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Strawberry Lemonade with a lemon wedge on the glass and ingredients in the background.

Strawberry Lemonade

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Prep Time 5 minutes
Course Drinks
Servings 1

Equipment

  • jigger
  • bar spoon
  • highball glass
  • cocktail shaker optional
  • Hawthorne strainer optional
  • Saucepan if you need to make strawberry simple syrup from scratch

Ingredients
 
 

  • 1.5 oz Lemon Juice
  • 5 - 6 oz Water
  • 1 oz Strawberry simple syrup instructions below if you need to make from scratch with 1 cup sliced strawberries, 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar
  • Ice

Instructions
 

Strawberry Simple Syrup

  • Slice up 1 cup of strawberries. Add them to a saucepan.
  • Add 1 cup of water to the saucepan.
  • Add 1 cup of sugar to the saucepan.
  • Place the saucepan on medium-high heat on the stove for about 5 - 10 mins. The mix should simmer, but not full on rolling boil.
  • Stir the mixture well during heating.
  • Remove the pan from the heat and strain the syrup through a strainer to remove any large pieces of strawberries.
  • Place the strained syrup in the refrigerator to cool.

Strawberry Lemonade

  • Add ice up to the rim of the highball glass.
  • Measure 1.5 oz of lemon juice with the jigger. Dump the lemon juice into the glass.
    *see below notes if you prefer to measure in cups and tbs.
  • Measure 1 oz of cooled strawberry simple syrup with the jigger. Dump the strawberry simple syrup into the glass.
  • Measure 5 - 6 oz of water with the jigger. Dump the water into the glass.
    Pro tip: instead of measuring out the water, just pour it straight into the glass to top the glass off.
  • Take the bar spoon and stick it in the glass. Stir the drink well.
  • (optional garnish) Add a lemon wedge and/or strawberry slice to the rim of the glass.

Notes

Alternative Measuring.
Don't prefer to use a jigger to measure in ounces?  Use the following tbs and cups amounts.
  • 3 tbs of lemon juice
  • ¾ cups of water
  • 2 tbs of strawberry simple syrup
Variations
  • If you don't want to heat and make strawberry simple syrup from scratch, muddle 5 sliced strawberries with 1 oz of simple syrup. It will be a lighter flavor.
  • You can shake this drink by building it in a cocktail shaker instead of in the glass.
  • Ramp up the sweetness by adding up to 2 oz of ¼ cup of strawberry simple syrup.
  • Make it sparkling by using club soda.
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Nutrition information provided is just an estimate and may vary based on specific ingredients used.