Limelite

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Absolut Lime Vodka
1⁄2 oz Cointreau triple sec liqueur
1⁄2 oz Lime juice (freshly squeezed)
1⁄4 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
Top up with Lemon-lime soda (Sprite/7-Up)
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Lime wedge

How to make:

SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with lemonade.

Review:

Long and citrussy.

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Nutrition:

One serving of Limelite contains 104 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.6 standard drinks
  • 22.62% alc./vol. (22.62° proof)
  • 22.1 grams of pure alcohol

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Sandip Gohil’s Avatar Sandip Gohil
22nd February 2024 at 01:28
Very refreshing. Was looking for something to use up my limes with and this works so well for a quenching drink. Nothing fancy, does what it does
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