This Sparkling Strawberry Ginger Lemonade is bright, pink, sparkling, and wildly crushable — fresh lemonade snap, ripe strawberry body, and a clean ginger lift that keeps it tasting grown-up, not candy. Built with Top Hat Strawberry Ginger Lemonade Concentrate and Top Hat Premium Club Soda or fresh sparkling water from your soda maker, it works two ways: add vodka or gin for a Strawberry Ginger Collins, or skip the spirit entirely for one of the best non-alcoholic sparkling drinks you'll ever make.
Think sparkling strawberry lemonade with a chef-y ginger backbone. The concentrate delivers a tight strawberry-lemon core with real balance, then club soda (or fresh sparkling water from your soda maker) keeps it crisp and bubbly. Add vodka or gin and it's a proper Collins — a cocktail that tastes like summer in a glass. Skip the spirit and it's still one of the best things you'll drink all week. Either way, it's an easy win for brunch, pool days, or anytime you want something beautiful and refreshing.
Method
- Add 1.5 oz vodka (or gin) to a tall Collins or stemless wine glass.
- Add 1.5 oz Top Hat Strawberry Ginger Lemonade Concentrate.
- Add ¼ oz fresh lemon juice if desired (optional — the concentrate has citrus built in).
- Fill the glass completely with ice (cubed or pebble).
- Top with 5 oz Top Hat Premium Club Soda or fresh sparkling water from your soda maker. Pour slowly down the side.
- Give one gentle stir to integrate while keeping bubbles lively.
- Garnish with fresh mint, sliced strawberries, or a lemon wheel. Serve immediately.
Pro move: For a deeper strawberry aroma, lightly muddle 1–2 fresh strawberry slices in the bottom of the glass before adding the concentrate and ice. If using a soda maker, carbonate the water first and pour it in — never add concentrate to the soda maker bottle before carbonating.
Skip the spirit entirely and let the concentrate + soda do the work. This is one of the best non-alcoholic sparkling drinks you'll make — real strawberry, real ginger, real lemon, real bubbles. It's a premium NA option that still feels like a cocktail: beautiful in the glass, complex on the palate, and perfect for brunch, pool days, or anyone who's just not drinking today.
A Collins is a classic cocktail formula: spirit + citrus + sweetener + soda water, built over ice in a tall glass. This Strawberry Ginger Collins follows that structure exactly — vodka or gin provides the backbone, the Lemonade Concentrate delivers both the citrus and the sweetness, and the club soda lengthens everything into a light, sparkling highball. Swap the spirit for nothing and you've got a perfect sparkling lemonade. Same technique, same glass, same garnish.
Own a SodaStream or soda maker? This recipe works perfectly with fresh sparkling water from your machine. We wrote a full guide with 10 recipes: SodaStream Cocktail Recipes →
Want a color-changing version? Float Top Hat Butterfly Truth Serum on top of this drink — the citrus in the lemonade triggers a blue-to-purple color shift. Try our full Butterfly Spritz Recipe →
More refreshing builds: Try our Paloma Recipe with Sparkling Grapefruit Soda, or our Moscow Mule with Craft Ginger Beer.
Stock up for the home bar: Our Soda Streamer Dream Kit includes Strawberry Ginger Lemonade alongside three other craft cocktail concentrates — four 32oz bottles for your soda maker.