Jameson and Lemonade

I got into a bit of a kick of checking out bottling websites for recipes.  Last week's St. Germain Cocktail was pulled from the St. Germain website, and today's drink was pulled from the Jameson website. 

We're a little short on photos today due to some studio work (read: the house was a mess).  But, we did bring out the classic Al Harrington glass for this one, as captured in the photo below.

Jameson and Lemonade, recipe taken from the Jameson website, available here. 

1 part Jameson
2 parts club soda
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
3 teaspoons of castor sugar

Place the sugar and the lemon juice in a highball glass and stir vigorously until the sugar is dissolved.  Then add Jameson, stir and top with ice.  Finish the drink by topping up with soda water and garnishing with a lime wedge.

Imagine a Mike's Hard Lemonade, or something similar, and you're pretty close to a Jameson and Lemonade.  This cocktail tastes far better than a pre-made malt liquor counterpart, likely because the Jameson and Lemonade is made from fresh ingredients.  It's quite sweet though, and unless you love sweet things, one of these drinks is likely enough.

The club soda is a nice addition, because it cuts at some of the sweetness, and you can use more or less of it to taste.  I thankfully already had castor sugar available - but if you don't have castor sugar specifically, just use any superfine sugar and it'll do nicely.


On Friday, we're drinking a cocktail called Spa.  It's a gin based drink, with cucumber, some sugar, water, and we'll top it off with some creme de violette.  Should be excellent.  See you then!