Hard Lemonade

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Serve in a Collins glass

Ingredients:
2 oz Ketel One Vodka
2 oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 oz Monin Pure Cane Syrup (65.0°brix, equivalent to 2:1 rich syrup)
Top up with Thomas Henry Soda Water
× 1 1 serving
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Garnish: Lemon slice

How to make:

SHAKE first three ingredients with ice and strain into ice-filled glass. TOP with soda and serve with straws.

Review:

Refreshing lemonade with a kick. Great for a hot afternoon.

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Variant:

Vodka Collins, Ray's Hard Lemonade

History:

Discovered in 2004 at Spring Street Natural Restaurant, New York City, USA.

Nutrition:

One serving of Hard Lemonade contains 239 calories

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 11.76% alc./vol. (11.76° proof)
  • 17.6 grams of pure alcohol

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Brandon H’s Avatar Brandon H
31st July 2023 at 23:38
Variant: Sub a flavored syrup in for the simple syrup--I used 1.5 oz Rose's strawberry syrup; change the amount based on personal taste.
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wilco geelhoed’s Avatar wilco geelhoed
2nd August 2022 at 17:32
Doesn't it supposed to have ketel 1 geneva?
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Simon Difford’s Avatar Simon Difford
3rd August 2022 at 13:03
I used Ketel One Vodka - not genever. You could use another brand of vodka.
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Lorenz Kock’s Avatar Lorenz Kock
24th March 2022 at 22:38
Depending on how cheap of a vodka you use (why would you buy an expensive vodka? More taste of nothing?) this is suprisingly okay.
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