Pearl Button

Name: Pearl Button
Ingredients: 2 oz Leblon Cachaça; 0.75 oz Lillet Blanc; 0.5 oz Lime Juice; 4 oz Lemon Soda

By Patrick Muldowney

Submitted on: January 5, 2023

Refreshing

Spirit Forward

Hello friends! It has proven rather difficult to find lemon soda, but they had a sale on Warheads Soda at 4/$5, and naturally I bought some of their lemon flavor for tonight's drink. When I tried it, it had a solid lemon flavor, and wasn't nearly as sour as the original candies. The lemon soda proved to be perfect for tonight's drink! Using cachaça, the Pearl Button is a version of a Daiquiri that is slightly tart with the lemon soda, and pleasantly fizzy. The grapefruit garnish was a nice chang...

Ingredients

2 oz
Leblon Cachaça

0.75 oz
Lillet Blanc

0.5 oz
Lime Juice

4 oz
Lemon Soda

Tools

Boston Shaker

Instructions

Garnish

Grapefruit Slice

Build

Shake & Strain

Glass

Pearl Diver

Estimated strength

About 10% ABV (estimate)

By Patrick Muldowney

Home Cocktail Enthusiast

Amateur home mixologist working through vintage and contemporary cocktail books, one drink at a time

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1. Get shaker & add ice 2. Add first 3 ingredients 3. Shake until chilled 4. Get serving glass 5. Fill with ice 6. Strain into glass 7. Top with Lemon Soda 8. Garnish w/ Grapefruit Slice

Editor's Note

Cachaça meets Lillet Blanc in this bright, highball-style refresher. The grapefruit garnish provides a necessary aromatic lift to the effervescent finish.