Lynchburg Lemonade
The Quirky Foodster Team
Ingredients
- Tennessee whiskey — 45 ml (1 1/2 oz)
- Triple sec — 15 ml (1/2 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice — 22.5 ml (3/4 oz)
- Lemon-lime soda, to top — 60 ml (2 oz)
Method
- Shake the whiskey, triple sec and lemon juice with ice.
- Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.
- Top with lemon-lime soda.
- Garnish with a lemon wheel.
Description: A whiskey lemonade named for Lynchburg, Tennessee, home of the Jack Daniel's distillery.
Cultural Background: Created in the 1980s as part of a Jack Daniel's marketing campaign and has remained a popular, easy-drinking whiskey highball since.
Tips: Use Tennessee whiskey specifically to keep the drink true to its origins, though bourbon substitutes fine.
Variations: Swap lemon-lime soda for ginger ale for a spicier finish.
Serving Suggestion: Serve tall and cold as a warm-weather sipper.
Nutrition: Approx. 190 kcal per serving
FAQs:
Q: What's the difference between Tennessee whiskey and bourbon?
A: Tennessee whiskey undergoes an extra charcoal-filtering step (the Lincoln County Process) that most bourbon doesn't.
- Tennessee whiskey — 45 ml (1 1/2 oz)
- Triple sec — 15 ml (1/2 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice — 22.5 ml (3/4 oz)
- Lemon-lime soda, to top — 60 ml (2 oz)
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