Lemon Juice cocktails
Bright, sharp, and indispensable, lemon juice provides the backbone of acidity that keeps a cocktail honest — whether cutting through the smoke of a Penicillin or lifting the brandy in a Sidecar into something perfectly balanced.
31 classic recipes from our canon that use lemon juice — Lemon Juice sits in our juices shelf.
Whiskey Sour
Bourbon, lemon and a silky egg-white cap — tart, rounded and timeless.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml bourbon
- ◆25 ml lemon juice
- ◆20 ml simple syrup
- ◆1 egg white
French 75
A gin sour topped with Champagne — celebratory, sharp and dangerously easy.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml gin
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
- ◆15 ml simple syrup
- ◆60 ml champagne
Penicillin
Scotch, honey, ginger and lemon with a smoky Islay float — a modern classic that cures what ails you.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml scotch whisky
- ◆22 ml lemon juice
- ◆22 ml honey syrup
- ◆7 ml ginger syrup
Bramble
A gin sour over crushed ice, bled through with blackberry liqueur — a modern British classic.
Ingredients
- ◆50 ml gin
- ◆25 ml lemon juice
- ◆12 ml simple syrup
- ◆15 ml blackberry liqueur
Sidecar
Cognac, orange liqueur and lemon — a sharp, elegant brandy sour from the Jazz Age.
Ingredients
- ◆50 ml cognac
- ◆20 ml triple sec
- ◆20 ml lemon juice
Pisco Sour
Pisco, lime and a silky egg-white cap finished with bitters — South America's signature sour.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml pisco
- ◆30 ml lemon juice
- ◆20 ml simple syrup
- ◆1 egg white
- ◆3 drops angostura bitters
Bloody Mary
Savoury, spiced and tomato-rich — the definitive morning-after cocktail.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml vodka
- ◆90 ml tomato juice
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
- ◆2 dashes worcestershire sauce
- ◆2 dashes hot sauce
- ◆1 pinch black pepper
- ◆1 pinch celery salt
Paper Plane
Equal parts bourbon, Aperol, amaro and lemon — a modern classic that's bitter, bright and balanced.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml bourbon
- ◆30 ml aperol
- ◆30 ml amaro
- ◆30 ml lemon juice
Long Island Iced Tea
Five spirits, lemon and a splash of cola — no tea, all trouble.
Ingredients
- ◆15 ml vodka
- ◆15 ml gin
- ◆15 ml white rum
- ◆15 ml tequila
- ◆15 ml triple sec
- ◆25 ml lemon juice
- ◆30 ml simple syrup
- ◆to top cola
Aviation
Gin, maraschino and a whisper of violette — floral, tart and faintly sky-blue.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml gin
- ◆15 ml maraschino liqueur
- ◆5 ml creme de violette
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
Bee's Knees
Gin, citrus and honey — a Prohibition sour that smooths every rough edge.
Ingredients
- ◆52 ml gin
- ◆10 ml honey syrup
- ◆22 ml lemon juice
- ◆22 ml orange juice
Gin Basil Smash
Gin smashed with fresh basil and lemon — herbaceous, vivid green and modern.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml gin
- ◆22 ml lemon juice
- ◆22 ml simple syrup
- ◆10 leaves basil
Clover Club
Gin, raspberry and lemon under a blush-pink foam — pretty, tart and far older than it looks.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml gin
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
- ◆15 ml raspberry syrup
- ◆1 egg white
Southside
A minted gin sour — like a mojito's sharper, gin-drinking cousin.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml gin
- ◆30 ml lemon juice
- ◆15 ml simple syrup
- ◆6 leaves mint
Gin Fizz
Short, shaken and effervescent — a gin sour lengthened with a splash of soda.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml gin
- ◆30 ml lemon juice
- ◆10 ml simple syrup
- ◆60 ml club soda
Ramos Gin Fizz
Gin, citrus, cream and orange-flower whipped to a towering cloud — the famous two-minute shake.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml gin
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆30 ml simple syrup
- ◆60 ml heavy cream
- ◆1 egg white
- ◆3 dashes orange flower water
- ◆2 drops vanilla extract
- ◆to top club soda
Corpse Reviver No. 2
Equal parts gin, Cointreau, Lillet and lemon with an absinthe rinse — a bright, dangerous eye-opener.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml gin
- ◆30 ml cointreau
- ◆30 ml lillet blanc
- ◆30 ml lemon juice
- ◆1 dash absinthe
Trinidad Sour
An upside-down sour built on a full pour of Angostura, softened by orgeat and rye.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml angostura bitters
- ◆30 ml orgeat
- ◆22 ml lemon juice
- ◆15 ml rye whiskey
New York Sour
A whiskey sour crowned with a float of red wine — dramatic-looking and surprisingly harmonious.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml rye whiskey
- ◆30 ml lemon juice
- ◆22 ml simple syrup
- ◆few drops egg white
- ◆15 ml red wine
Between the Sheets
A Sidecar split between rum and cognac — boozy, citrusy and dangerously smooth.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml white rum
- ◆30 ml cognac
- ◆30 ml triple sec
- ◆20 ml lemon juice
Lemon Drop Martini
Vodka, lemon and orange liqueur with a sugared rim — tart candy in a glass.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml vodka
- ◆20 ml triple sec
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
John Collins
The original tall gin cooler — lemon, sugar and soda over plenty of ice.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml gin
- ◆30 ml lemon juice
- ◆15 ml simple syrup
- ◆60 ml club soda
Russian Spring Punch
Vodka, cassis and lemon topped with sparkling wine — a fizzy, berry-bright cooler.
Ingredients
- ◆25 ml vodka
- ◆25 ml lemon juice
- ◆15 ml creme de cassis
- ◆10 ml simple syrup
- ◆to top prosecco
White Lady
Gin, orange liqueur and lemon — a crisp, citrus-forward Sidecar that switched spirits.
Ingredients
- ◆40 ml gin
- ◆30 ml triple sec
- ◆20 ml lemon juice
Pisco Punch
Pisco with pineapple, citrus and a splash of wine — a 19th-century San Francisco legend.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml pisco
- ◆22 ml pineapple juice
- ◆15 ml simple syrup
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
- ◆30 ml white wine
Brandy Crusta
A sugar-crusted brandy sour with maraschino and curaçao — the ancestor of the Sidecar.
Ingredients
- ◆52 ml brandy
- ◆7 ml maraschino liqueur
- ◆1 bar spoon triple sec
- ◆15 ml lemon juice
- ◆1 bar spoon simple syrup
- ◆2 dashes aromatic bitters
Casino
Gin sharpened with maraschino, lemon and orange bitters — bright and bracing.
Ingredients
- ◆40 ml gin
- ◆10 ml maraschino liqueur
- ◆10 ml lemon juice
- ◆2 dashes orange bitters
Ve.n.to
Grappa shaken with lemon and chamomile honey — a delicate, floral Italian sour.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml grappa
- ◆22 ml lemon juice
- ◆30 ml honey syrup
- ◆few drops egg white
Gold Rush
Bourbon, honey and lemon — a modern whiskey sour with the syrup swapped for honey.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml bourbon
- ◆22 ml honey syrup
- ◆22 ml lemon juice
Whiskey Smash
A bourbon sour smashed with mint and lemon — like a julep and a sour had a summer fling.
Ingredients
- ◆6 leaves mint
- ◆22 ml lemon juice
- ◆15 ml simple syrup
- ◆60 ml bourbon
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