National Lemonade Day is Saturday, August 20th, and we’ve compiled a collection of lemonade cocktail recipes to help you celebrate this refreshing beverage.
Finlandia Rose Lemonade
Ingredients:
1 1/2 oz. Finlandia Botanical Wildberry & Rose
4 oz. Lemonade
1 dash of Lime Juice
Optional: Top with Club Soda
Garnish with Lime & Wildberries
Directions:
Fill a stemless wine glass with crushed ice. Add in the ingredients and stir. Garnish and enjoy!
Recipe Courtesy of Finlandia Vodka Global Mixologist, Pekka Pellinen. Photo: Dominic Episcopo.
Hendrick’s Watermelon Lemonade
Ingredients:
2 parts Hendrick’s Gin
1 part Fresh Lemon Juice
3/4 part Simple Syrup
4 Chunks Watermelon
Splash Club Soda
Directions:
Muddle the watermelon with the simple syrup, add the rest of the ingredients and stir well. Garnish with a wedge of watermelon.
Recipe by Hendrick’s Gin East Coast Ambassador, Erik Andersson.
Braves Bramble
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Coopers’ Craft Bourbon
1 1/4 oz. Lemonade
1/2 oz. Chambord
Directions:
Put all ingredients minus the Chambord into an ice-filled shaker, shake and strain into an ice (crushed or pellet ice)-filled glass. Drizzle Chambord on top. Garnish with a speared blackberry or lemon wheel and enjoy!
Recipe Courtesy of Coopers’ Craft Bourbon Brand Mixologist, Fitz Bailey. Photo by Dominic Episcopo.
Hendrick’s Blueberry Lemonade
Ingredients:
2 parts Hendrick’s Gin
1 part Fresh Lemon Juice
1 part Simple Syrup
8 Blueberries
Top Club Soda
Directions:
Muddle well the blueberries with the simple syrup. Add the rest of the ingredients and ice. Garnish with blueberries and mint.
Recipe by Hendrick’s Gin East Coast Ambassador, Erik Andersson.
Finlandia Pink Lemonade
Ingredients:
1 oz. Finlandia Vodka
3.5 oz. Pink Lemonade
1/2 oz. Simple Syrup
Directions:
Stir ingredients together. Pour into a popsicle mold. Let them freeze for 5-8 hours, and then enjoy!
Recipe Courtesy of Finlandia Vodka Global Mixologist, Pekka Pellinen. Photo: Brown-Forman.
From Yoon With Love
Ingredients:
2 oz Hwayo25 Soju
1 oz Pisco
0.5 oz Grapefruit juice
0.5 oz simple syrup
Top off Limonata (lemon soda)
Garnish: Dehydrated lime wheel, rose bud
Directions:
Combine all ingredients into a cocktail shaker. Add ice to a rocks glass. Pour ingredients into glass and top with Limonata. Garnish with a lime.
Recipe created by Yoon Haeundae Galbi.
Hendrick’s Gin Cucumber Lemonade
Ingredients:
2 parts Hendrick’s Gin
1 part Fresh Lemon Juice
1 part Simple Syrup
Top with Soda Water
3 rounds of Cucumber & 1 wheel of Lemon to Garnish
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a highball glass filled with cubed ice and lightly stir. Garnish with 3 thinly sliced rounds of cucumber and 1 lemon wheel and serve.