This Lavender Hard Lemonade Recipe is Awesome

This hard lemonade recipe includes lavender syrup for a cocktail that both smells and tastes delicious! Learn how to mix it here.

It’s been awhile since I’ve shared a cocktail! I’m looking forward to telling you all about this hard lemonade recipe – because I’m obsessed with one of the ingredients in it: lavender syrup.

It seems to be trendy to use lavender these days in beverages and cocktails, and for good reason. When I first tried a lavender flavored beverage I thought it would be weird, but I was wrong.

The flavor was subtle and the smell as you’re drinking is kind of amazing. Of course I’m assuming you love the lavender smell. Who doesn’t?

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If you’re a little bit nervous about this lavender hard lemonade recipe, don’t be. You might be afraid it tastes like potpourri in your grandmother’s bathroom; it doesn’t.

Be brave and give this bad boy a try – I promise it’s going to become your summer cocktail staple. And it’s really easy to make. Enjoy!

Hard Lemonade Recipe

Ingredients (makes one cocktail):

• 1-ounce lavender syrup
• 1.5-ounces quality bourbon whiskey
• 3.5-ounces lemon prickly pear soda
• Ice

Directions:

1. Into a cocktail glass, add 1 ounce of lavender syrup.
2. Add bourbon, lemon prickly pear soda and ice into a cocktail shaker.
3. Stir with a spoon for 20-30 seconds.
4. Fill the cocktail glass with fresh ice.
5. Hold a tablespoon over the glass and strain the cocktail over the ice.
6. Garnish with a lemon wheel or lavender.
7. Serve.

If you want to see more delicious summer cocktail recipes, check out the following drink posts:

• Raspberry Lemonade Margarita Recipe Perfect for Summer
• Blueberry Mojito that Tastes Like Cake
• Easy Cherry Vodka Sour with Mint & Blueberry
• Peach Screwdriver Recipe for an Endless Summer
• Strawberry Watermelon Vodka Smoothie