Ingredient
Lemon
The acid backbone of half the cocktail canon - fresh lemon juice and a length of peel are non-negotiable in toddies, sours and mulled drinks.
Flavour profile
Lemon is the workhorse acid of the whole winter cocktail shelf. A squeeze of fresh juice in a toddy or sour does the lifting that no other ingredient can; bottled lemon juice flattens over a week and is almost never worth the small saving. The peel is just as useful - a strip dropped into a warming pan releases oils into the drink as it warms, and a twist over a finished cocktail is the difference between competent and considered.
Recipes featuring lemon
Hot Toddy
The classic warm whisky cocktail with honey, lemon and spice - soothing, simple and built for cold nights.
Hot Whisky Sour
A warming twist on the classic, with whisky, fresh lemon, honey syrup and hot water finished with cinnamon, no egg required.
Mulled Wine
The English Christmas classic - red wine warmed with citrus, sugar and winter spice, often lifted with a measure of brandy or port.
Glühwein
The classic German mulled wine - red wine gently warmed with orange, cinnamon and clove. The defining drink of the Christmas market.
Every recipe with lemon (62)
- Alcohol-Free Hot Toddy Alcohol-Free Winter Drinks
- Allspice Rum Warmer Spiced Cocktails
- Apple Brandy Hot Toddy Warm Cocktails
- Austrian Punsch Warm Cocktails
- Black Russian Festive Classics
- Bourbon Cranberry Punch Winter Punches
- Cardamom Gin Fizz Spiced Cocktails
- Champagne Cocktail Festive Classics
- Champagne Punch Winter Punches
- Christmas Punch Winter Punches
- Cinnamon Apple Mocktail Alcohol-Free Winter Drinks
- Clove Bourbon Sour Spiced Cocktails
- Earl Grey Gin Fizz Modern Winter Serves
- Fennel Gin Sour Spiced Cocktails
- Fish House Punch Winter Punches
- Hot Cherry Brandy Toddy Warm Cocktails
- Hot Cognac Toddy Warm Cocktails
- Hot Gin and Tonic Warm Gin Cocktails
- Hot Gin Punch Warm Gin Cocktails
- Hot Ginger and Apple Alcohol-Free Winter Drinks
- Hot Maple Toddy Warm Cocktails
- Hot Spiced Tea Cocktail Warm Cocktails
- Hot Vanilla Bourbon Warm Cocktails
- Hot Whisky Mac Warm Cocktails
- Jägertee Warm Cocktails
- Low-ABV Bittersweet Toddy Low-Alcohol Winter Drinks
- Low-ABV Spiced Fizz Low-Alcohol Winter Drinks
- Miso & Honey Highball Modern Winter Serves
- Mountain Grog Après-Ski Drinks
- Mulled Blackberry Wine Mulled Drinks
- Mulled White Wine Mulled Drinks
- Rusty Nail Festive Classics
- Saffron Gin Cocktail Spiced Cocktails
- Sazerac Festive Classics
- Sidecar Festive Classics
- Sloe Gin Hot Toddy Warm Gin Cocktails
- Spiced Bourbon Punch Winter Punches
- Spiced Gin Punch Warm Gin Cocktails
- Spiced Pisco Sour Modern Winter Serves
- Spiced Vodka Martini Spiced Cocktails
- Swiss Mulled Wine Après-Ski Drinks
- Tirolean Jägertee Après-Ski Drinks
- Vin Brûlé Mulled Drinks
- Vin Chaud Mulled Drinks
- Virgin Spiced Pear Alcohol-Free Winter Drinks
- Warm Amaretto Sour Warm Cocktails
- Warm Bramble Gin Warm Gin Cocktails
- Warm Cucumber Gin Warm Gin Cocktails
- Warm Elderberry Cordial Alcohol-Free Winter Drinks
- Warm Elderflower Gin Warm Gin Cocktails
- Warm Fig and Bourbon Warm Cocktails
- Warm Gin and Honey Warm Gin Cocktails
- Warm Juniper Toddy Warm Gin Cocktails
- Warm London Dry Toddy Warm Gin Cocktails
- Warm Port and Lemon Warm Cocktails
- Warm Rosemary Gin Warm Gin Cocktails
- Warm Sloe and Spice Warm Gin Cocktails
- Winter French 75 Modern Winter Serves