Lynchburg Lemonade Review

If you have to ask what a Lynchburg Lemonade is, then you’re probably not a Jack Daniel’s fan. Lynchburg is the small town in Tennessee where the Jack Daniel’s Distillery is located. As Jack Daniel’s is the best-selling American whiskey in the world, it brings a lot of visitors to Lynchburg, about 75 miles south of Nashville. And they don’t come to drink lemonade.

A Lynchburg Lemonade is a mix of Jack Daniel’s Old Number 7 whiskey, triple sec, a dash of lemon juice and good old-fashioned lemonade. There are variations, though, and the cocktail has a contentious history going back to 1980. You can read all about it here.

So what’s new about Lynchburg Lemonade? Well it’s now available in the UK as a cocktail in a can, so you can pop into Tesco or Asda and some independent retailers and pick up a few. Stick them in the fridge and your home bartending suddenly got a whole lot easier.

Lynchburg Lemonade Review

Yes, but is it any good? I’ve been sceptical of cocktails in a can, for the usual snobby reason that they can’t be as good as you can make yourself. Well, move over snobbery as a can of Lynchburg Lemonade is absolutely delicious.

I’m a big fan of whiskey cocktails, though my wife is less keen and would rarely order one in a bar. She was won over by the Lynchburg Lemonade, though, so safe to say you can enjoy it even if you’re not a regular whiskey drinker.

The key component, as my wife pointed out, is not the whiskey but the lemonade. We know the whiskey is good, as Old Number 7 is one of the distillery’s oldest whiskies, the Number 7 being the number assigned to Jack Daniel’s distillery under government regulations. We know triple sec is good, and is going to be consistent. Therefore the drink will succeed or fail on the quality of the lemonade.

Jack Daniel’s doesn’t tell us where the lemonade comes from, but it’s a winner. It’s wonderfully refreshing, and any tartness is balanced by the inclusion of a little triple sec… and of course a healthy slug of whiskey. The whiskey isn’t predominant, which is why non-whiskey drinkers should give it a try. It’s 5% ABV so it’s more like drinking a beer than a straight spirit.

Whiskey fans like me might want to try adding a little more Old Number 7 to give the cocktail more of a punch, but it won’t need much as it’s finely balanced already. It went down a treat at the end of a hot day, disappearing far too quickly. It’s good to know that reinforcements are as close as our nearest Tesco or Aldi, and at £2 for a 330ml can it won’t break the bank. In fact Aldi was doing a promotional offer of a four-pack for £5, which is great value for money. In the USA you can find it on Drizly.