The Walking Dead: Alexandria Lemonade & Spiked Arnold Palmer

Alexandria Lemonade

In Alexandria they actually had powered lemonade, so this recipe isn’t quite accurate to the show.  But of course lemonade with real lemons is a whole lot better!

This is another fairly simple recipe with minimal ingredients: sugar, lemons, water, and mint, but the mint is optional.

Interestingly the recipe made a lemonade “base,” not a finished lemonade.  The recipe suggests mixing 1 part base to 2 parts water (sparkling or still), but you can add more or less water depending on how strong you’d like the lemonade to be.

We tried it with their recommended 1 part base, 2 parts water, and used still water since it’s what we had on hand.

Taste: 9/10

We really liked this lemonade, especially the fact that we could add as much water as we liked.

Difficulty: Easy

Easy to make, just time consuming to squeeze all those lemons!

Cost: Cheap

Lemons, sugar, and water.  That’s all you need.

Suggestion:

I would use just a little bit less than their 1 part base, 2 parts water recommendation.

Also, make sure you stir the base and water together!  Our first taste was very watery on top and extra lemony at the bottom.

Spiked Arnold Palmer

I had to wait until I made the Alexandria Lemonade, Crème de Pêche, and Apocalypse Sun Sweet Tea for this one, because it combines all three!  Plus a few other ingredients as well, like seltzer and bitters.

This is probably the easiest recipe on this blog to date – combine everything, shake, and pour over ice.

My husband liked this one more than me, but I still thought it was pretty good.  The flavor was subtle, and though it was sweet it wasn’t overwhelmingly so.

Taste: 7/10

This was good, but not outstanding.  I particularly liked the addition of Peychaud’s bitters to the drink.  Maybe using actual peach schnapps would make it taste a bit better, since the Crème de Pêche I made wasn’t very flavorful.

Difficulty: Easy

Incredibly easy to make – just combine ingredients and mix them together.

Cost: Average to Expensive

The cost really depends on how many ingredients you’ve already made (or have on hand) vs. how many you need to buy.  I had already made the schnapps, lemonade, and iced tea so I really just needed to buy Peychaud’s bitters and seltzer.

Suggestion:

Don’t feel like you have to make their specific ice tea, lemonade, and/or peach schnapps for this recipe.  Store-bought or another recipe would work just as well for this one.