Butch Asselin, the chief of Houlton police, had earlier explained the decision to ban the drink to minors. Pour the curaçao syrup, orange juice, lime juice, and 1 tsp of syrup from the cherries into a jug with plenty of ice cubes and mix well until the mixture feels cold Now once you understand what the product is, there's a really cool way you can incorporate this into your menus to save you money. Fentimans' range includes both gluten-free alcoholic ginger beer and a mixer range; mixers include tonic, diet tonic, rose lemonade, bitter lemonade and ginger ale. [7] [8] Botanical brewing [ edit ] Rub some of the sugar in lumps on 2 of the lemons until they have imbibed all the oil from them and put it and the remainder of the sugar in a jug (pitcher); add the lemon juice (but no pips –or pits) and pour over the whole a quart of boiling water.

The lemonade will be much improved by having the white of an egg beaten up in it; a little sherry mixed with it, makes this beverage much nicer.Lemons were introduced from North China and spread to Arab countries including Persia (Iran), Iraq and Egypt in around 700 CE. Lemons were first used to flavour foods but the first written evidence of them used as a beverage is found in Egypt. Here it was part of a wine made from lemons, dates and honey. Poet and traveler, Nasir-i-Khrusraw who wrote about 10th century Egyptian life, plus Jewish books and documents from the time support that the Jewish community in Cairo consumed, traded and exported vessels of a sugary, lemon juice beverage through the 13th century.

The pictured product, Fentimans Traditional Victorian Lemonade, was first brought to my attention by Anders Wiggstrom of the “Baskerville Hall Club of Sweden”. The beverage was remarkably sourced in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada by Charles Prepolec, BSI. The still version of lemonade was made at home and was often available on a daily basis (for those who could afford the rather dear price of imported lemons) and was served both at casual and festive occasions. If thought desirable, the quantity of sherry and water could be lessened and milk substituted for them. Cut to the mid-1600s, when lemonade had become popular in Paris, and also when the first English reference to lemonade is found, in Thomas Killigrew’s 1663 The Parson’s Wedding, according to Colin Emmins, author of Soft Drinks: Their Origins and History. This coincided with the popularity of cordials in England around that time, “to tempt the palates of the ill”, according to The British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA). The statement concludes by telling "any concerned citizens of Houlton, and the law enforcement officers and officials" to steer clear of the company's other soft drinks as their consumption "can only be described as 'deeply enjoyable'. For which we sincerely apologise. Sorry. Apologize."

In 1767 English chemist Joseph Priestly invented carbonated water. The technique was adopted by Johann Jacob Schweppe whose commercial drinks company began to sell carbonated soda in England in the 1790’s. By 1833 the first reference to carbonated lemonade was documented and had begun to sell widely in British drink stalls. Over 170 years ago, Robert White and his brother Matthew had a mission to sell proper lemonade in the streets of London - thus R. White’s Lemonade has been sold in the U.K. since 1845 . The original recipe has since been significantly modified and is available in many varieties including a diet version. It wasn’t until the 1800s that lemon cordial and carbonated water were forever joined together to create fizzy lemonade as we know it, after technological advancements in carbonation of the century before. Emmins considers the first written reference to be from 1833, linking its origins to that of ginger beer. By the 1840s, London was home to more than 50 manufacturers, according to the BSDA.