Lime Juice cocktails
Bright, sharp, and uncompromising, lime juice is the backbone of some of the most enduring drinks behind the bar — from the clean snap of a Daiquiri to the herbal precision of a Last Word.
32 classic recipes from our canon that use lime juice — Lime Juice sits in our juices shelf.
Margarita
Bright, salty and bracing — the benchmark every other sour is measured against.
Ingredients
- ◆50 ml blanco tequila
- ◆20 ml triple sec
- ◆15 ml lime juice
Daiquiri
Rum, lime and sugar in perfect tension — deceptively simple, endlessly refreshing.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml white rum
- ◆20 ml lime juice
- ◆10 ml simple syrup
Mojito
Mint, lime and soda over rum — a Havana classic built for hot afternoons.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml white rum
- ◆20 ml lime juice
- ◆10 ml simple syrup
- ◆6 leaves mint
- ◆to top club soda
Cosmopolitan
Tart, pink and razor-sharp — far better than its reputation suggests.
Ingredients
- ◆40 ml vodka
- ◆15 ml triple sec
- ◆30 ml cranberry juice
- ◆15 ml lime juice
Kyiv Mule
Vodka, lime and ginger beer with a cold copper bite.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml vodka
- ◆10 ml lime juice
- ◆120 ml ginger beer
Mai Tai
Two rums, orange, almond and lime — the tiki benchmark, not a fruit-punch slushie.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml white rum
- ◆15 ml triple sec
- ◆15 ml orgeat
- ◆30 ml lime juice
- ◆7 ml simple syrup
- ◆30 ml dark rum
Paloma
Tequila, grapefruit and lime over soda — Mexico's everyday drink, lighter than a Margarita.
Ingredients
- ◆50 ml blanco tequila
- ◆60 ml grapefruit juice
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆to top club soda
Last Word
Equal parts gin, Chartreuse, maraschino and lime — herbal, complex and perfectly balanced.
Ingredients
- ◆22 ml gin
- ◆22 ml green chartreuse
- ◆22 ml maraschino liqueur
- ◆22 ml lime juice
Zombie
Three rums, falernum and citrus with a hidden kick — the most notorious tiki drink of them all.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml dark rum
- ◆45 ml white rum
- ◆30 ml spiced rum
- ◆20 ml lime juice
- ◆15 ml falernum
- ◆10 ml grapefruit juice
- ◆5 ml cinnamon syrup
- ◆5 ml grenadine
- ◆1 dash angostura bitters
- ◆6 drops absinthe
Singapore Sling
Gin, cherry and a cast of liqueurs over pineapple — the lavish Raffles Hotel original.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml gin
- ◆15 ml cherry liqueur
- ◆7 ml cointreau
- ◆7 ml benedictine
- ◆120 ml pineapple juice
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆10 ml grenadine
- ◆1 dash angostura bitters
Tommy's Margarita
Tequila, lime and agave — a Margarita stripped to three honest ingredients.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml blanco tequila
- ◆30 ml lime juice
- ◆30 ml agave syrup
Old Cuban
A grown-up mojito — aged rum, mint and lime lengthened with Champagne and bitters.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml dark rum
- ◆22 ml lime juice
- ◆30 ml simple syrup
- ◆6 leaves mint
- ◆2 dashes angostura bitters
- ◆60 ml prosecco
Jungle Bird
Dark rum and Campari over pineapple and lime — bitter, tropical and unexpectedly sophisticated.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml dark rum
- ◆22 ml campari
- ◆45 ml pineapple juice
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆15 ml demerara syrup
Cuba Libre
Rum and cola with a real squeeze of lime — the difference from a rum-and-coke is the lime.
Ingredients
- ◆50 ml white rum
- ◆120 ml cola
- ◆10 ml lime juice
Hemingway Special
A dry, grapefruit-and-maraschino daiquiri — supposedly the author's preferred, sugarless version.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml white rum
- ◆40 ml grapefruit juice
- ◆15 ml maraschino liqueur
- ◆15 ml lime juice
Grand Margarita
A Margarita built on Grand Marnier — deeper, more orange-forward and a touch richer.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml blanco tequila
- ◆30 ml grand marnier
- ◆15 ml lime juice
Naked and Famous
Equal parts mezcal, yellow Chartreuse, Aperol and lime — smoky, bitter and bright at once.
Ingredients
- ◆22 ml mezcal
- ◆22 ml yellow chartreuse
- ◆22 ml aperol
- ◆22 ml lime juice
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
Three Dots and a Dash
Aged and agricole rum with falernum, allspice and citrus — Morse code for 'victory'.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml white rum
- ◆15 ml dark rum
- ◆7 ml falernum
- ◆7 ml allspice dram
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆15 ml orange juice
- ◆15 ml honey syrup
- ◆2 dashes angostura bitters
Spicy Fifty
Vanilla vodka with elderflower, honey and a slice of chilli — sweet heat in a coupe.
Ingredients
- ◆50 ml vodka
- ◆15 ml elderflower liqueur
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆10 ml honey syrup
- ◆2 thin slices jalapeño
Chartreuse Swizzle
Green Chartreuse swizzled with pineapple, lime and falernum — herbal, tropical and frosty.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml green chartreuse
- ◆30 ml pineapple juice
- ◆22 ml lime juice
- ◆15 ml falernum
Planter's Punch
Dark Jamaican rum, lime and cane sugar — the original rum punch, simple and strong.
Ingredients
- ◆45 ml dark rum
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆30 ml demerara syrup
Suffering Bastard
Gin and brandy over lime and bitters, lengthened with ginger beer — a wartime Cairo cure.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml gin
- ◆30 ml brandy
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆2 dashes angostura bitters
- ◆to top ginger beer
Illegal
Mezcal and overproof rum with falernum and lime — smoky, tart and built to bite.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml mezcal
- ◆15 ml white rum
- ◆15 ml falernum
- ◆1 bar spoon maraschino liqueur
- ◆22 ml lime juice
- ◆15 ml simple syrup
- ◆few drops egg white
Don's Special Daiquiri
A two-rum daiquiri with passion fruit and honey — Donn Beach's tiki take on the classic.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml dark rum
- ◆15 ml white rum
- ◆15 ml passion fruit syrup
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆15 ml honey syrup
IBA Tiki
A modern rum tiki with amaretto, passion fruit and pineapple over a slice of muddled ginger.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml white rum
- ◆30 ml dark rum
- ◆15 ml amaretto
- ◆5 ml frangelico
- ◆5 drops maraschino liqueur
- ◆30 ml passion fruit syrup
- ◆90 ml pineapple juice
- ◆30 ml lime juice
Canchánchara
Cuban cane spirit with honey and lime — rustic, ancient and barely changed in centuries.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml white rum
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆15 ml honey syrup
Missionary's Downfall
A blended rum cooler with peach, mint and pineapple — bright, frozen and herbaceous.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml white rum
- ◆15 ml peach liqueur
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆30 ml honey syrup
- ◆10 leaves mint
- ◆4 chunks pineapple
Gimlet
Gin, lime and sugar in tight balance — crisp, pale and bracingly tart.
Ingredients
- ◆60 ml gin
- ◆20 ml lime juice
- ◆15 ml simple syrup
Hurricane
Two rums, passion fruit and citrus — a potent New Orleans crowd-pleaser.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml dark rum
- ◆30 ml white rum
- ◆30 ml passion fruit syrup
- ◆15 ml lime juice
- ◆30 ml orange juice
Hugo Spritz
Prosecco, elderflower, mint and lime — a lighter, floral alternative to the Aperol Spritz.
Ingredients
- ◆30 ml elderflower liqueur
- ◆10 ml lime juice
- ◆4 leaves mint
- ◆90 ml prosecco
- ◆splash club soda
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