Gin Lemon
The Gin Lemon is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 2 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a collins. That makes 230 ml in the glass: a long drink.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassCollins
In the glass230 ml
Strength9.3%
Ingredients
- 50 mlgin
- 150 mllemon-lime soda
Method
- Pour the gin into an ice-filled collins glass.
- Top with lemon soda and stir gently.
Garnish: Garnish with a lemon slice.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- Sweetness shows without covering: it comes from lemon-lime soda, with 0.3 out of 10 of bitterness holding it back.
- round → sour
- Acidity leaves it halfway: 111th of 186, and the acid comes from lemon-lime soda.
- light → strong
- Just 9.3% in the glass: lighter than 68% of the catalogue, and the volume has as much to do with it as the recipe.
Among the five around it on the map it is the only one built on gin.
Five that come close
- Vodka LemonBuilt on vodka and with vodka in place of gin.
- Missionary’s DownfallBuilt on rum and with pineapple chunks in place of lemon-lime soda.
- PucciniBuilt on vino and with prosecco in place of lemon-lime soda.
- Don’s Special Daiquiri3 degrees stronger and built on rum.
- Limoncello Spritz3 degrees stronger and built on vino.
Every drink near the Gin Lemon on the map
Recipe source: Nostra convenzione · checked on 3 November 2026