Name: DIY Finnish Lonkero (a.k.a. Long Drink)
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 4 ice cubes; 2 tablespoons gin, or to taste; ⅔ cup grapefruit juice, or to taste; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 tablespoon lime juice; 1 cup club soda

My family recently went on a vacation to Finland. In addition to enjoying the food and scenery, many of us fell in love with the lonkero, or long drink. This is a strictly Finnish drink made by combining cheap gin with citrus. The most common flavor is grapefruit, which is reproduced here. Lonkero is not sold in the US so I decided to try to copy it by referring to web sites from other tourists who tried to copy it and reading the ingredients on the company's web site.

DIY Finnish Lonkero (a.k.a. Long Drink)

ice cubes

gin,

grapefruit juice,

lemon juice

lime juice

club soda

Place ice cubes in a cocktail glass. Pour gin over ice cubes; add grapefruit juice, lemon juice, and lime juice. Top with club soda and stir gently.


thats not true. you can get lonkeros in the usa. there is a brand called long drink that makes it in cans, just like finland. the company is run by an american and three finns, so it is correct.  ive had it myself its pretty tasty. also the most popular finnish brand, hartwall, is slowly becoming available in the usa. look for these. of course, its quite easy to make yourself.

Nice drink! I played around with the proportions a little too much and made it a bit sour but that's my own fault. Still quite good.

Try your favorite gin with Mt Dew Ice or MT Dew White Out I prefer 50/50 but I might pour heavy 1:2 to 1:1 works just fine. The N.Y. version is more club soda vs the Finnish version has more grapefruit.

Delicious! Just enough tartness with a touch more lemon juice for my palate.

DIY Finnish Lonkero (a.k.a. Long Drink)

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Total: 5 minutes

Servings: 2

Cost: $16.33 /serving

Author : carsch

Ingredients

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