Lynchburg Lemonade
The Lynchburg Lemonade is a bar standard outside the IBA list: 4 ingredients, built in the glass and served in a collins. That makes 161 ml in the glass: a middling measure.
MethodBuilt in the glass
GlassCollins
In the glass161 ml
Strength14.6%
Ingredients
- 40 mltennessee whiskey
- 25 mltriple sec
- 25 mlfresh lemon juice
- 50 mllemon-lime soda
Method
- Pour the whiskey, triple sec and lemon juice into an ice-filled collins glass.
- Top with lemon-lime soda and stir briefly.
Garnish: Garnish with a lemon slice.
What it tastes like
- bitter → sweet
- Sweetness shows without covering: it comes from lemon-lime soda, with 0.5 out of 10 of bitterness holding it back.
- round → sour
- Citrus shows, but this is no sour: 30th of 186, and it comes from fresh lemon juice.
- light → strong
- 14.6% after dilution: the middle band, 86th of 186.
Among the five around it on the map it is the only one built on whisky.
Five that come close
- Ve.N.ToBuilt on brandy and with grappa in place of lemon-lime soda.
- Tommy’s MargaritaBuilt on tequila and with tequila in place of lemon-lime soda.
- Amaretto SourWith amaretto in place of lemon-lime soda and shorter by 26 ml.
- Porn Star MartiniBuilt on vodka and with vanilla vodka in place of lemon-lime soda.
- FloradoraRounder and built on gin.
Every drink near the Lynchburg Lemonade on the map
Recipe source: Difford's Guide · checked on 3 November 2026