Our Favorite Huckleberry Cocktails You Need to Try

Wild huckleberry and pink lemon smash is the perfect summer cocktail. The light, fruity combination scratches a drinker's lemonade itch. 

The cocktail tastes bright, fruity, and tart. However, making the drink requires some skill-or, at the very least, some time. 

Bartenders need lemon, berries, vodka, simple syrup, sparkling soda, and ice. The berries need to be muddled, and though simple syrup is easy to make, it does require some time. Still, the refreshing beverage is worth the effort. 

The Montana huckleberry mule puts a fun, fruity twist on a cocktail favorite. Ginger beer gives the drink a refreshing burst of sweetness that helps the beverage go down quickly and easily, so pace yourself. 

You only need three ingredients for the drink: huckleberry vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice.

Mix it all together, pour it into a brass mug, garnish with mint leaves if you'd like, and enjoy! Even the most amateur mixer can manage this drink.

Drinkers craving simple sophistication need to look no further than this huckleberry martini. The recipe is simple; mix the liquids and pour. However, the cocktail calls for simple syrup, which you'll need to prepare ahead of time.

The martini requires lemon, huckleberry vodka, cranberry juice, and simple syrup. This martini caters to those who like sweet cocktails. If the simple syrup doesn't provide enough sweetness, adding sugar to the rim can be the perfect finishing touch.

For our next cocktail, the huckleberry provides a tart twist on the beloved Tom Collins. The drink mixes up relatively simply; however, the recipe calls for huckleberry simple syrup the bartender needs to prepare in advance. 

For a Huckleberry Collins, you’ll need to stock your bar with huckleberry simple syrup, gin, lemon juice, and soda water.

The simple syrup gives the drink a pleasant sweetness, while the soda water creates a delightful fizz that makes the drink infinitely drinkable.

The huckleberry press is a bright, refreshing springtime cocktail full to the brim with fruit flavor. Huckleberry vodka provides a burst of fruit taste, aided by muddled berries and lime.

The recipe calls for huckleberry vodka, soda water, lemon-lime soda, lime, and blueberries. 

The berries and soda make the cocktail sweet and refreshing. The drink mixes quickly; the only tricky part is muddling the fruit.

This huckleberry lemonade vodka cocktail crams as much huckleberry flavor as humanly possible into each glass. 

A drink with lemonade, jam, and limoncello is bound to be pretty sweet. The limoncello adds a dose of concentrated lemon flavor as well, ensuring you get the full flavor of lemonade and not just the taste of huckleberry.

Named after everyone's favorite cartoon dog, the Huckleberry Hound for spring cocktail is bright, fruity, and simple to make. 

Rushed bartenders or party hosts looking for a drink to make quickly for a large crowd will delight at the simplicity of the beverage. You need only three ingredients: huckleberry vodka, grapefruit juice, and bitters.

Mix everything in a shaker, pour, and enjoy a cocktail that is sweet enough to please a crowd without sacrificing sophistication.

Margaritas are a perfect summer drink. The cocktail provides just enough sweetness to temper the tartness of the beverage, resulting in a cool drink that goes down easily. Add in fresh, muddled huckleberries, and you have an irresistible twist on a classic.

For a huckleberry margarita, you’ll need tequila, orange liqueur, agave nectar, lime juice, and of course, fresh huckleberries. 

Though mixing the drink isn't complicated, preparing the rim and properly garnishing the glass adds a little time to the mixing process.