Strawberry Gin Lemonades.
This is the way that we can bring in sunshine with styyyyle.
I SWEAR. I am almost finished with strawberry overload. There may be one tomorrow (eep) but after that, a slight break for my favorite berry. They are just so good! I’m currently sitting here eating them out of a grocery-store-bought container as we remain kitchenless, and I will never get over the beauty of GOOD strawberries. You know what I mean?
If this cocktail feels a bit summery, it’s because it TOTALLY IS. Guys, I am super ready for summer. Granted that not much changes in my work schedule or life, but for some reason I will forever have the “summer vacation” mode set in my brain after years of school. Sort of like how I must go to bed early on “school nights” but can still stay up late on Friday and Saturday.
Because I’m still 12, of course.
There are so many things I’m looking forward to this summer with Max, of course, but one thing in general is just sitting on our back patio and eating dinner or enjoying a little happy hour. Some days the temperature has reached the high 70s or 80s already, so I think it’s perfectly acceptable to serve boozy lemonade now. Plus, it gives you a head start on Memorial Day! Or Mother’s Day? I mean… I’m a mom and I’d like this for Mother’s Day. Just sayin’.
Also, I’m in the midst of making a 2017 summer playlist. It’s huuuuuge.
In full disclosure, I suggest that you BUY your lemonade for recipes like this, especially since you will probably be making a few of them for friends. Yesss. I’m being that person.
I really like to make homemade lemonade and limeade – in fact, I already made a strawberry mint lemonade recipe here that you could go off of! Limeade is my all-time fave, probably because it reminds me of margaritas, but I don’t always have ten thousand limes to juice for said beverage.
You already have to make the strawberry puree and “juice” for the lemonade, so buying some good high-quality, legit lemonade is perfectly fine. And we’re adding booze, so there’s that.
Also! LOTS and LOTS of ice is key too. Crushed if you can (I know, aren’t I so obnoxious with the crushed ice?) but if not, just a bunch of cubes. The super cold lemonade and gin are so good together.
I cannot even tell you how refreshing this tastes! And of course, if gin isn’t your thing (I understand, for years I got Pine Sol vibes too), switch it up with vodka. Totally okay with that too.
Strawberry Gin Lemonades
Ingredients
- 2 to 3 tablespoons strawberry puree
- 1 to 2 ounces gin
- 3 ounces strawberry juice
- 4 ounces lemonade
- sliced strawberries and lemons for garnish
strawberry puree
- 2 cups quartered strawberries
- 1/2 cup water
Instructions
- Fill each glass with a few spoonfuls of the strawberry puree. Fill the glass with ice. Add 1 to 2 ounces of gin over the ice and stir it into the strawberry puree. Pour a few ounces of the strawberry juice in next, then finish filling the rest of the glass up with the lemonade. Garnish with a few lemon slices and strawberries. Add a straw and serve!
strawberry puree
- Blend together the strawberries and water until smooth and blended. Pour half of the mixture through a fine mesh sieve to strain any solids. You have your strawberry juice! Keep the other half of the puree to fill up the bottom of the glasses. This will leave you with extra, so you can store it in the fridge in a sealed container for a few days!
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32 Comments on “Strawberry Gin Lemonades.”
This is dreamy! I am all about that strawberry gin combo! And the A-Okay to buy that lemonade ;) Feeling those summer vibes too xoxo
No such thing as strawberry overload, if you ask me. Bring it on.
this totally reminds me of one of those drinks that makes you a liiiiiiittle too tispy after having a liiiiiittle too much at the pool or beach. love it! bring on summer, for real.
I’m not even a tiny bit sick of this strawberry marathon! I’m loving every bit of it! These drinks look amazing!
Yesssssss. So definitely making this sometime this weekend. (or tonight? Just depends on how soon I can buy some gin 😉) I don’t think I’ll ever get sick of strawberries either!
Ahhhhh this looks amazing…..far better than the sparkling water I’m drinking right now!!
These look so refreshing! I need to make a mocktail version of these!
Paige
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I need one of these right now! You’re right..really good strawberries are just the best. I’ve been loving gin lately too!
Slurp, slurp. . .Oh hey. . .I got caught up imagining I had a couple of these beauties in hand. They look absolutely, positively refreshing. . .the perfect little sip to make me impatiently wait for summer to get its boo-TAY here. And 😂 about the gin. I find that I am more a vodka girl myself. . .but I guess I really haven’t given gin a chance.
What is a good brand of strawberry juice? I’ve never used it before.
Where do you find strawberry juice?
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Can’t get over the color of these!! This sounds like the perfect summer Friday cocktail. Love those straws too!
This looks so good! If I made it in a pitcher, would I put strawberry purée in or save for the glasses?
These look so refreshing! Can’t say I’ve had gin in a cocktail before (that I can recall lol) so I’m looking forward to trying this!
I can’t wait to try this one! I’m still waiting for the good strawberries, though. I haven’t had a good one yet this season. I’ll never get sick of seeing your strawberry recipes, so I say keep ’em coming.
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Looks great! I designed an infographic based on this blog post!
Here you can find the infographic: http://householdme.com/strawberry-gin-lemonades-infographic/
Let me know if you liked it!
Thanks,
Alexander
Yesterday was beautiful in Minneapolis and I needed a fruity cocktail so I made these! Too lazy to make/strain strawberry puree so I diced and macerated strawbs in sugar, and muddled with mint before adding gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and soda water! Ok, so I bastardized this recipe but it was sooo good! Thanks for the fun, refreshing, tarte, sweet, EXCITING drinkspo!
The pictures sold me! Going grocery shopping today and just got a blender yesterday…will be sure to pick up those ingredients. Thanks!
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I almost never comment on recipes because I never remember where I found them, but it’s nearly a year later and we still love this one. Thank you!
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Hi Jessica, that is a great writing, I have gone through entirely and each words, it a great writing skill. Sometimes I was thinking to get over, but due to heavy working schedule I can not.
Jessica, it really looks refreshing. Though I haven’t tried it yet I think it tastes sour. Should not I add some sugar to reduce sour taste? I don’t like sour because I can’t digest too much sour. I believe it will definitely boost my vitamin C level.
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Hi there! I’d love to link this recipe as part of a gin cocktail recipe round up! Would you mind and if not, can we use an image as part of our Pinterest collage?
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