Life gives you lemons, you make lemonade – especially on National Lemonade Day (August 20). Celebrate this nostalgic treat in a donut-shaped pool float with one of these recipes, featuring Thatcher’s Organic Artisan Spirits:
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
⅓ cup water, plus 8 cups
4 lemons, juiced
2 cups Thatcher’s Organic Small Batch Vodka
Ice cubes
Combine sugar and ⅓ cup water in saucepan over medium heat. Bring mixture to a boil and remove from heat when sugar is dissolved. Combine remaining ingredients in a pitcher. Stir and serve into tall glasses. Yields 8-10 servings.
Ingredients:
4 cups water
4 lemons, juiced
Thatcher’s Organic Blood Orange Liqueur
3 cups club soda
Simple syrup
Combine first three ingredients in pitcher. Stir in club soda and simple syrup to taste. Serve in glass filled with ice.
Ingredients:
12 oz pink lemonade
1 cup Thatcher’s Organic Small Batch Vodka
2 liters lemon lime soda
Combine ingredients in large pitcher, adding soda last, and serve immediately. Yields 8 servings.
Sparkling Prickly Pear Lemonade
Ingredients:
1.5 oz Thatcher’s Organic Small Batch Vodka
1 oz Thatcher’s Organic Prickly Pear Liqueur
4 oz lemonade
Splash of club soda
Build cocktail in a Collins glass filled with ice. Stir and garnish with a sprig of mint.
Ingredients:
4 oz Thatcher’s Organic Small Batch Vodka
1 cup lemonade
1 cup ginger beer
1 lime, squeezed
Lemon slices
Combine all ingredients in cocktail shaker. Pour over ice and garnish with lemon, limes, and fresh mint leaves.
Thatcher’s Organic Artisan Spirits are available for purchase online or in a store near you. We give you the spirit to make One Mother Nature of a Cocktail.
