Vodka Lemon
The Vodka 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
Strength8.7%
Ingredients
- 50 mlvodka
- 150 mllemon-lime soda
Method
- Pour the vodka 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 leads, and it comes from lemon-lime soda: the 16th sweetest of 186.
- round → sour
- Acidity leaves it halfway: 112th of 186, and the acid comes from lemon-lime soda.
- light → strong
- Just 8.7% in the glass: lighter than 74% 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 vodka.
Five that come close
- Gin LemonBuilt on gin and with gin in place of vodka.
- 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 Spritz4 degrees stronger and built on vino.
Every drink near the Vodka Lemon on the map
Recipe source: Nostra convenzione · checked on 3 November 2026