Lemon Beat

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Serve in an Old-fashioned glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Cachaça
1 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄2 oz Honey syrup (3 parts honey to 1 water by weight)
× 1 1 serving
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill an Old-fashioned glass.
  2. Prepare lemon slice wheel garnish.
  3. SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
  4. STRAIN into ice-filled glass.
  5. Garnish with lemon slice wheel.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Strength 8/10
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Sweet to sour 6/10
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Review:

Made with a quality cachaça, a freshly squeezed ripe lemon and a raw honey syrup this simple cocktail is deliciously refreshing.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Lemon Beat contains 174 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 16.81% alc./vol. (16.81° proof)
  • 17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Annechien’s Avatar Annechien
13th May 2024 at 10:40
This is delightful! I just bought my first bottle of cachaça and decided to start with this cocktail. I love it. Really nice with the honey. I expect this is one of those bottles that will need replacing regularly.
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Carol Smith’s Avatar Carol Smith
2nd July 2023 at 22:27
Refreshing is the word for it. Grassy, sunny, honey. A nice alternative to a Caipirinha.
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John Hinojos’ Avatar John Hinojos
29th September 2022 at 00:11
Delightfully tart and refreshing. Perfect on a warm afternoon before dinner. Use quality ingredients.
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Fabio Andrade’s Avatar Fabio Andrade
4th September 2020 at 22:44
In Brazil we make this with lime and call it "Pinga com mel" (Cachaça with honey). Pinga is one of the ways the populars call cachaça.
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
6th September 2020 at 18:29
I believe a Pinga com Mel is made with lime rather then lemon and served as a shot. I'll create a dedicated Pinga com Mel page and add a link to it from this page.
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