Alcoholic Drink - Lemon Drop

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The alcoholic drink known as the "Lemon Drop" is one of the more popular alcohol beverages and customer favorites.

The Lemon Drop - A Drink With Many Varieties and Recipes

Interestingly, when some people search the Internet for information about an alcoholic drink called a "lemon drop," they enter the following search terms: "alcoholic drink drop lemon."  Whether you search for this popular drink using "alcoholic drink drop lemon" or "alcoholic drink lemon drop," the fact is that this is one of the most popular alcoholic drinks available, not to mention the many different variations and alternative recipes that are also customer favorites.

For a thorough coverage of the many different varieties of lemon drop recipes, we went to a website called DrinkMixer.

Why not start with the basic "Lemon Drop Recipe"?

Lemon Drop Recipe #1

Ingredients

• 1/2 oz vodka
• 1/2 oz lemon juice
• 1 sugar cube

Directions

Add sugar to the rim of an old-fashioned glass, and drop a cube or packet of sugar into the bottom of the glass. Pour vodka and lemon juice into a stainless steel shaker over ice, and shake until completely cold.  Pour into the prepared old-fashioned glass, and serve.

Serve in: Old-Fashioned Glass 

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Lemon Drop Recipe #2

Ingredients

• 1 shot Absolut® Citron vodka
• 1 slice lemon
• 1 tsp sugar

Directions

Place sugar on lemon, place in mouth and take shot, then bite down on lemon.

Serve in: Shot Glass 

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Lemon Drop Recipe #3

Ingredients

• 1/2 shot Absolut® Citron vodka
• 1/2 shot sweet and sour mix
• 1 slice lemon
• 1/2 tsp sugar

Directions

Mix equal parts Absolut Citron and sweet and sour mix over ice then strain into a shot glass.  Sprinkle sugar on lemon slice.  Drink shot, then suck the lemon. 

Serve in: Shot Glass

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Lemon Drop Recipe #4

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 oz Captain Morgan® Original spiced rum
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 lemon wedge

Directions

Fill a shot glass with rum.  Dip lemon wedge in sugar, bite and hold the juice in your mouth.  Shoot the rum and lick your lips.

Serve in: Shot Glass 

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Lemon Drop Recipe #5

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 oz Absolut® Citron vodka
• 2 oz margarita mix
• 2 tbsp triple sec
• juice of 1 lemon
• 2 packages sugar

Directions

Pour over cracked ice, and strain into a cocktail glass with sugar around its rim

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Lemon Drop Recipe #6

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 shots Absolut® vodka
• 1 1/2 shots Cointreau® orange liqueur
• 1 lemon wedge
• ice
• sugar

Directions

Put the vodka and Cointreau into a shaker.  Squeeze the lemon juice into the shaker.  Put a good amount of ice in the shaker, close and shake until cold.

Moisten the rim of a cocktail glass and then dip the rim in the sugar.  Strain the contents of the shaker into the glass.  Garnish with lemon zest for a decorative touch.   

Serve in: Cocktail Glass

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Lemon Drop Recipe #7

• 1 part Bacardi® Limon rum
• 1 part lemonade

Directions

Fill a mug half way with Bacardi, then top off with lemon kool-aid or lemonade.  

Serve in: mug

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Lemon Drop Recipe #8

Ingredients

• 1 oz Smirnoff® Citrus Twist vodka
• 1 oz sweet and sour mix

Directions

Combine equal parts of each ingredient in a cocktail shaker with a few ice cubes.  Shake well, strain into a double-shot glass, and serve.

Serve in: Shot glass

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Lemon Drop Martini Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 oz vodka
• 1 oz triple sec
• 2 oz margarita mix
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp lemon juice

Directions

Place the sugar and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker.  Swirl the shaker around so that both ingredients are mixed thoroughly.  Add ice cubes.  Add the vodka, triple sec and margarita mix, and shake well.  Strain into a cocktail glass.  Add rimmers to make the drink look nice, if you have them.

Serve in: Cocktail Glass 

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Vegas Lemon Drop Martini Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 oz Absolut® Citron vodka
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1/4 lemon

Directions

Slice the 1/4 lemon into two separate wedges.  Place in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes.  Pour the Absolut Citron into the shaker, and add one teaspoon of sugar.  Shake vigorously.  Strain into a sugar-rimmed cocktail glass.  Garnish with a lemon twist, and serve. 

Serve in: Cocktail Glass

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 An Alcoholic Drink - The Lemon Drop:  Conclusion

As stated above, it really doesn't matter if you search the Internet for "alcoholic drink lemon drop" or for "alcoholic drink drop lemon." 

As the above varieties and different recipes illustrate, the Lemon Drop is certainly a huge customer favorite.  Why else would there be so many different recipes and varieties? 

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