Highballs and long drinks · Whiskey
Think of a glass of cold, fizzy lemonade with a warm vanilla and caramel backbone. Lynchburg Lemonade is sweet, tart and easy going, the sort of tall drink that belongs on a porch in summer.
1 oz
Tennessee whiskeye.g. Jack Daniel's · George Dickel
1 oz
triple sece.g. Cointreau · Bols · Marie Brizard · DeKuyper · Giffard
¾ oz
lemon juice
¼ oz
simple syrup
3½ oz
lemon-lime soda well chilled
Garnish: Lemon wheel · Ice: Ice cubes
Lynchburg Lemonade
Sweet and tart with bright citrus, a gentle whiskey warmth and plenty of fizz. Light and very drinkable.
The drink is named after Lynchburg, Tennessee, home of the Jack Daniel's distillery, but it was created in Huntsville, Alabama. The usual account credits Tony Mason, who owned a restaurant and bar there and developed the recipe around 1980.
In the 1980s the distillery promoted a Lynchburg Lemonade recipe nationally. Mason took Jack Daniel's to court, arguing that his recipe had been used without permission, and the case is still cited in trade secret law because it raised the question of whether a drink that any guest can taste can be a secret at all. Today the drink is a widely known whiskey highball served in bars across the United States.
Tennessee whiskey, the style made in Lynchburg; bourbon is a fine substitute.
It is credited to Tony Mason, a bar and restaurant owner in Huntsville, Alabama, around 1980.
Yes. Sparkling lemonade works best; with still lemonade, reduce the syrup and add a splash of soda water.
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Front porch evenings with fiddles and fireflies.
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