Lynchburg Lemonade
ClassicTennessee whiskey, triple sec, lemon, and lemon-lime soda. A tall, sunny whiskey cooler.
Sweet-tart and fizzy, with the charcoal-mellowed smoothness of Tennessee whiskey behind a bright lemon front. Triple sec adds orange sweetness, and the soda stretches it all into something light and very easy to drink.
Ingredients
- 1.5 oz Tennessee Whiskey
- 0.75 oz Triple Sec
- 1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
- 0.5 oz Simple Syrup
- Lemon-Lime Soda to top
- Lemon wheel · optional garnish
- Maraschino cherry · optional garnish
Method
- 1
Add the whiskey, triple sec, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a shaker with ice.
- 2
Shake until well chilled.
- 3
Strain into an ice-filled highball glass.
- 4
Top with lemon-lime soda.
- 5
Garnish with a lemon wheel and a cherry.
The Story
The Lynchburg Lemonade is a 1980s creation, usually credited to a bartender in Huntsville, Alabama, and named for Lynchburg, Tennessee — the town where Tennessee whiskey is made. It spread through the country on the back of that name and a simple formula: whiskey and orange liqueur, lengthened with lemon and soda. It is the whiskey drinker's lemonade, and a fixture of casual bars to this day.