Adult Lemonade Recipe

1. Heat 1 cup of water in a saucepan until small bubbles form around the edges. Remove from the heat, add the sugar, and stir until dissolved. Set the simple syrup aside to cool.

2. Once cooled, combine the simple syrup with the lemon juice and 5 cups of water. Stir well and refrigerate until chilled. This is the base lemonade for both adults and children.

3. To make the adult version, fill a glass with ice and lemonade, then stir in 2 ounces of your preferred spirit, such as tequila, vodka, or gin. Add the alcohol to each individual glass to avoid mixing it into the children’s lemonade.

Batch Cocktails: Make-Ahead Pitcher Drinks for Every Occasion

Get the party started with this collection of cocktails that are perfect for open house celebrations, enjoying along the parade route or after the festivities to keep the fun flowing. Each fun yet sophisticated recipe is designed to be mixed up in large pitcherfuls and in advance, and go way beyond the electric-hued daiquiri and plastic cup mixes that abound.

Local Buzz

Keep your bar local. Try these Louisiana-made spirits and mixers at your next at-home happy hour.

Gentilly Gin

Made from a traditional old French Louisiana recipe, Gentilly Gin features notes of elderflower and persimmon.

Bayou Rum

Bayou White Rum is distilled from Louisiana sugarcane in copper pot stills, aged in Bourbon casks and bottled in-house.

Noire Rum

Louisiana’s Noire Rum is a 5-year old blend “matured on a combination of white oak and ancestral fruit tree staves.”

Mockly

This New Orleans-based non-alcoholic beverage is just as tasty on its own as a cocktail alternative as it is with spirits