Make these zesty and bright fresh lemon drop mimosas with vodka as a crisp and refreshing summer cocktail! Lots of vibrant lemon flavor plus splashes of vodka and elderflower liqueur make these easy mimosas a summer-must have!
These fun lemony mimosas with vodka are perfect for those of you who enjoy the flavors in a lemon vodka cocktail or a lemon drop martini! A fun lemon zest cocktail rim and fresh sliced lemon make the look complete for these lemon-lover mimosas…
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Serve Lemon Mimosas at Sunday Brunch or MOther’s Day Brunch
Easy mimosa recipes like this are a cinch to serve up at a bridal shower or a Sunday morning brunch. Alternatively, you could also serve this easy mimosa recipe with your favorite light dinner (such as chicken, seafood, or fish). It’s a great cocktail for Mother’s Day brunch as well!
The bright lemon flavor and sparkling wine makes this the perfect ‘anytime’ cocktail for those who love a light citrusy and refreshing cocktail.
A Quick Sour Mix From Scratch Brings Out Fresh Flavors
If you’re up for something with a fun twist that differs from your classic mimosa recipe, then try this easy mimosa recipe! The fresh-squeezed lemon juice is balanced out with splashes of simple syrup and elderflower liqueur to make a quick lemon sour mix. You’ll use this as a delicious base to flavor this simple cocktail.
Think of this as a stronger mimosa that more closely mimics a vibrant lemon vodka cocktail. The only difference? It gets even better when finished with bubbly refreshing dry champagne or sparkling wine. Â This is one of the best mimosa prosecco cocktails to cool off on hot summer days due its vibrant citrusy quality. Â It’s perfect served with light appetizers, alongside dinner, or even after dinner.
Ingredients To Make A Vodka Lemon Champagne Cocktail
- 1 to 2 large fresh lemons – for zesting and juicing
- Vodka
- Elderflower liqueur
- Simple syrup
- Lemon zest – using fresh lemons listed above
- White sugar
- Chilled prosecco or champagne – a bottle of brut style dry champagne or sparkling wine, cold
Using a jigger with a 3/4 oz mark line is perfect for precision measuring of liquids in cocktails just like this one…
How To Make Vibrant Lemon Drop Mimosas with Vodka
This new spin on the classic brunch cocktail is perfect for those of you who enjoy the flavors in a lemon drop martini. You’ll love these easy lemonade mimosas bursting with elegant fresh lemon flavor.
Easy Lemon Drop Mimosas with Vodka are Perfect For Lemon Lovers…
Once again, I cannot stress how much this sparkling vodka cocktail tastes just like a lemon drop martini, but better! The finishing generous splash of bubbly sparkling wine takes this zippy lemon vodka cocktail to the max!
Additionally, the use of elderflower liqueur makes this cocktail even more mouthwatering. The elderflower liqueur flavor pairs extremely well with fresh lemon. You’ll notice how it amplifies the delicious flavors within the fresh lemon juice for the drink.
Enjoy these sparkling drinks as easy summer cocktails with vodka on balmy June and July days. Serve these lemon vodka cocktails when bright ripe yellow Meyer lemons are in season! Â It also makes a cool crisp holiday cocktail that you can serve at Easter dinner or even throughout the holidays… The cool pop of lively lemon flavor needs no occasion, it’s perfect anytime.
If you’re looking for a frothy fruity twist on a sparkling cocktail, this easy rainbow sherbet prosecco float is another tasty little number you should try this summer!
Vibrant Lemon Drop Mimosas with Vodka
Ingredients
- 1 to 2 large Fresh Lemons
- ¾ oz Vodka - added to each glass
- ¾ oz Fresh Lemon Sour Mix - added to each glass – recipe follows
- ½ oz Elderflower Liqueur - to flavor the fresh lemon sour mix listed above
- 1 tsp Lemon Zest - spread on a flat plate for cocktail rim
- 1 tsp White Sugar - spread on a flat plate for cocktail rim
- 1 bottle Chilled Prosecco or Champagne - dry brut sparkling wine or champagne, already chilled
Instructions
- On a flat plate, zest the lemon and then sprinkle the white sugar over the lemon zest. Gently combine with a spoon.  Swipe champagne flutes with a wedge of lemon and dip into the sugary lemon zest mixture.  Set aside.
- Make the fresh lemon sour mix with elderflower: In a pyrex glass measuring cup or small bowl combine: 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice with 2 oz simple syrup plus 1/2 oz of elderflower liqueur.  Stir these three ingredients together thoroughly to combine (or shake them together in a mason jar with a tight fitting lid—do not add ice to the jar, cold sparkling wine will make the drink cold).  The sour mix is now finished.
- Make the cocktail: add 3/4 oz of elderflower lemon sour mix to the bottom of each champagne flute. Follow up by topping that off with 3/4 oz of good quality vodka to the bottom of each champagne flute. Â Finish by topping off your champagne flutes the rest of the way with very cold dry prosecco or brut champagne.
- Garnish with fresh lemon slices. Â Serve cold.
