Best Warm Bourbon Lemonade Recipes

Sparkling Bourbon Lemonade image

Provided by Bobby Flay

Time 45m

Yield 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup sugar
1 cup fresh lemon juice (about 4 large lemons)
1/2 cup fresh orange juice (1 large orange)
4 cups club soda, chilled
Lemon slices (about 4 large lemons)
Orange slices (1 large orange)
1 bunch fresh mint sprigs, plus more for garnish
Crushed ice
6 shots bourbon

Steps:

Combine 1 1/2 cups water and sugar in a small saucepan over high heat. Cook until the sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes. Cool the simply syrup completely. This simple syrup can be made 1 week in advance and stored, covered, in the refrigerator.
Combine the simple syrup, lemon juice and orange juice in a pitcher. Mix in the club soda. Add the lemon slices, orange slices and mint.
Fill glasses with crushed ice. Add 1 shot bourbon to each glass and fill to the top with the sparkling lemonade. Garnish each glass with mint.

Bourbon Lemonade image

Provided by France C

Categories Lemonade

Time 5m

Yield 1

Number Of Ingredients 8

¼ cup hot water
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 ½ fluid ounces freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 ½ fluid ounces bourbon whiskey
½ fluid ounce triple sec
3 cups ice, divided, or as needed
2 fluid ounces club soda
1 lemon slice

Steps:

Combine hot water and brown sugar in a cocktail shaker. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Add lemon juice, bourbon, triple sec, and 1 cup of ice. Cover and shake until chilled, 15 to 20 seconds.
Fill a highball glass with ice. Strain cocktail over ice and top with club soda. Stir to combine. Garnish with a lemon slice.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 271.8 calories, Carbohydrate 37.2 g, Fat 0.1 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 0.2 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, Sodium 32.5 mg

Strawberry Lemonade Bourbon Cocktail image

Provided by Food Network

Categories beverage

Time 8h10m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

Strips of zest from 1 lemon
4 strawberries, washed, hulled and sliced, plus more for garnish
2 fresh basil leaves, plus more for garnish
6 ounces lemonade
8 ounces bourbon
2 ounces agave nectar

Steps:

Fill 2 ice cube trays with water. Distribute the zest among the compartments. Freeze until solid.
Muddle the strawberries in a Mason jar shaker. Slap the basil between the palms of your hands to release the oils and add to the shaker along with the lemonade, bourbon and agave nectar. Add plain ice cubes. Shake and strain in to 2 glasses filled with ice cubes with lemon zest.
Garnish with additional strawberries and basil.

Warm Bourbon Lemonade image

Yield Makes about 4 cups, serving 4 to 6.

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice plus, if desired, lemon slices for garnish
1 cup sugar
2 cups water
3/4 cup bourbon, or to taste

Steps:

In a saucepan stir together the lemon juice, the sugar, and the water and simmer the mixture, stirring, until the sugar is dissolved. Stir in the bourbon, divide the lemonade among heated mugs, and garnish each drink with a lemon slice.