Cold and refreshing sparkling vodka lemonade is a summertime must-make drink. It’s so easy and you can easily scale the recipe up or down depending on how much fun you want to have. Spiked lemonade is the perfect sipping drink on a warm summer night.

Photo of a class of spiked lemonade garnished with a lemonade slice

One perk of being an adult is adding vodka to your lemonade and in the summer, it’s a perk worth partaking of because it’s easy, simple, refreshing and, well, so summer-timey.

It’s my personal drink of choice while playing golf although the golf version is a little more low-brow than this sparkling vodka lemonade version I’m sharing here. While golfing all you do is spike a cold bottle of lemonade with the vodka hidden in your golf bag. But, that’s our little secret, okay?

This sparkling version is upgraded and meant for sharing on the porch as a warm summer day winds down. It takes just minutes to make and it’s fizzy and refreshing.

How to Make Vodka Lemonade

You could just mix vodka and lemonade, but I like adding soda water because it cuts the sweetness and adds fizz. Who doesn’t love some fizz?

I think this spiked lemonade is great for sharing so this recipe makes four large vodka lemonades. Here’s what you need:

Ice
8 ounces vodka
32 ounces lemonade
16 ounces of soda water

Feel free to add some lemon slices and then mix it all together in a pitcher. As is the case with so many things, the amounts of each ingredient are easily adjustable and you should do so with abandon to make it just right for you.

photo of a pitcher of sparkling lemonade with vodka

Garnishes and Such…

If you’re feeling extra, you can run a lemon slice around the rims of the glasses and then dip them in sugar. If you’re feeling extra-extra use colored sanding sugar to add a pop of color.

Sanding sugar is available in the baking aisle. I used a mix of white and yellow sugar because I like bonus points. A sugared rim just adds a touch of whimsy.

photo of a glass with ice and sugar on the rim

Add ice to the glasses fill ’em up with sparkling vodka lemonade and add a slice of lemon for the finishing touch. Pro tip: A straw is a nice way to get some bonus points, too.

Make-Ahead Tip

If you want to make a batch of lemonade vodka ahead you can but wait to add the ice and soda water until you’re ready to serve it. You don’t want the ice to water it down or the soda water to go flat.

Three cheers for summer and fizzy vodka lemonades. I hope you enjoy!

Happy Sippin’,

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