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No. 014 Cocktails · Liqueurs

Snowball

Advocaat and fizzy lemonade in roughly equal parts, with a squeeze of lime. Advocaat contains egg.

A glass of thick yellow advocaat, the key ingredient of a Snowball
Advocaat, the base of a Snowball Photo: Tobias R. – Metoc, CC BY-SA 2.5

Recipe card

ml oz

Makes 1 drink · about 3 min to make

Ingredients

Ounces are US fluid ounces (29.57 ml), rounded.

Method

  1. Shake the advocaat and lime juice with ice.
  2. Strain into a highball glass over fresh ice.
  3. Top with lemonade and stir gently.
Glass
Highball glass
Garnish
Lime wedge (optional)
Technique
Shaken
Difficulty
Easy

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About the Snowball

Shake the advocaat (an egg-based liqueur) with a little lime juice, strain over ice and top with lemonade.

Background

A Snowball contains advocaat and carbonated lemonade in approximately equal parts, typically with a squeeze of fresh lime juice shaken with the advocaat.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia — Snowball (cocktail)

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