Limonette Cocktail

The Limonette Cocktail sparkles with the bright sunshiney flavors of limoncello, fresh lemon juice, Empress 1908 Elderflower Rose gin, dry vermouth, and rich honey simple syrup. It’s a martini with attitude!

This elegant cocktail is shaken with ice and poured into your favourite cocktail glass. Make it fancy with a coupe or martini glass! Then, Limonette is topped with club soda, which adds a bubbly dimension and extra crispness. It’s easy to sip and goes down smooth.

What are the ingredients for this limoncello cocktail?

Limoncello — the star of this cocktail! I used one from a local distillery.

Gin – I used Empress 1908 Elderflower Rose gin, with balances the acidity in the lemon

Vermouth – I used dry white vermouth which also balances the lemon, honey, and gin flavors.

Lemon – Freshly squeezed lemon juice is essential!

Honey syrup – This is so easy to make, it takes mere minutes. Once it’s cool, you can start adding it to cocktails. Here’s the recipe for Honey Simple Syrup.

Club soda – To finish off this cocktail and make it literally sparkly, top it up with club soda.

Garnish – I like to garnish this simply with a lemon peel. A fun variation: Rim your cocktail glass with sugar by wetting the edge of the glass with a wedge of lemon, and dipping the glass upside-down into some sparkle sugar.

Limonette Cocktail variations

To play with the flavors of this cocktail, you can try variations on some of the ingredients.

You can use regular London Dry gin for the gin component. While this gin brings more herbal, and beautiful bitter notes, it still makes a balanced, delicious drink.

Try substituting the honey syrup for simple syrup. 

Instead of club soda, try topping up the cocktail with a dry sparkling wine, or a citrusy soda.

Print Recipe

Limonette Cocktail

The Limonette Cocktail sparkles with the bright sunshiney flavors of limoncello, fresh lemon juice, Empress 1908 Elderflower Rose gin, dry vermouth, and rich honey simple syrup. It’s a martini with attitude!

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Honey Simple Syrup cooling time35 minutes mins

Total Time40 minutes mins

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American, Italian

Keyword: cocktails, drinks, Gin, Honey, Lemon, limoncello, martini, vermouth

Servings: 1 Drink

Equipment

• 1 cocktail shaker with strainer

Ingredients

• 1 oz Limoncello liqueur
• 1 oz Empress 1908 Elderflower Rose gin
• 1 oz dry Vermouth
• 2 oz lemon juice freshly squeezed
• ½ oz honey simple syrup see note for recipe
• 2-4 oz club soda

Instructions

• Add limoncello, gin, vermouth, lemon juice, and honey simple syrup to a cocktail shaker with ice.
• Shake until well chilled.
• Strain into a cocktail glass.
• Top with club soda.
• Garnish with lemon peel.
• Option: Rim the cocktail glass with sparkle sugar before straining in the cocktail.

Notes

I encourage you to try making this Honey Simple Syrup recipe. It really does make this cocktail special and unique!

Did you make Limonette Cocktail? Post a photo on Instagram, and tag me @dinneratlulus and use the hashtag #dinneratlulus.

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