A lemony syrup made by boiling lemon zest with lemon and sugar is the base for this delicious and refreshing hard lemonade with vodka.

Hard Lemonade

lemon

white sugar

lemons,

vodka

cubes,

lemon,

Zest 1 lemon into large pieces using a knife. Place lemon zest in a saucepan; top with 1 cup water and sugar. Bring lemon zest mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves and liquid is syrupy, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool; remove and discard lemon zest.


Stir lemon juice and vodka together in a pitcher; pour in lemon syrup. Stir in enough water to fill the pitcher.


Fill glasses with ice; pour hard lemonade into each glass. Garnish each glass with a lemon slice.


A little work.......BUT ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT. This is outstanding.

I will never buy commercial hard lemonade again because it seems tasteless in comparison! I added more fresh lemon juice: bringing it to a cup. The recipe calls for the juice of 6 lemons which translates to about 12 Tablespoons about 3/4 cup. It's also yummy if you use citrus flavored vodka but if you have a big crop of fresh lemons this is a great way to use 'em up and using regular vodka keeps the price down.

My husband and I love this. Very sweet and yummy. Totally worth the work. I am not sure why the other reviewer's was so sour. I wonder if her lemons were supersized or she used a smaller pitcher than I did or something? Ours is definitely lemony but more sweet than anything.

I think that a cup of sugar is too much. Next time I will put less then 3/4 cups in and add more lemon. It needs to be more sour. Too much sugar is not refreshing for a hot day.

Yum! Made it with raspberry vodka because that s what I had on hand. Really sweet which is how my guy likes it but could cut back on sugar or add more lemon if you like it with a little more bite.

Very good! Tasty and simple! Worth the effort!

I don't know why but this turned out CRAZY sour for me. I made the syrup exactly as stated but the drink was still very sour (despite mixing well). I still enjoyed it but it was a little too bitter for most of my guests.

hard lemonade

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total: 20 minutes

Servings: 6

Cost: $2.27 /serving

Author : Lisa-ButteryBooks

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