Top 9 Lemon Vodkas to Try

Ketel One is a Dutch distillery offering high-quality 100% wheat vodka made with a family recipe that’s over 300 years old. Ketel One Citroen uses four different types of Sicilian lemons to infuse their longstanding vodka recipe. The aroma is sweet and zesty, ceding to a palate of freshly cut lemon and honey flavor with a silky mouthfeel.

Originating in Sweden in 1879, Absolut has grown to be one of the biggest purveyors of vodka in the world. Their lemon-flavored Absolut Citron is their biggest-selling flavored vodka. According to Absolut’s website, it was the muse for the famous Cosmopolitan cocktail. Distillers describe this vodka’s palate as clean and fruity like a sun-baked lemon fresh off the tree. 

Belvedere is a Polish vodka distiller that opened in 1993, offering a unique rye vodka distilled by fire. It’s the epitome of modern vodka. Belvedere offers three organic flavor-infused vodkas. The citrus-flavored vodkas include lemon, basil, and elderflower infusion and Blackberry, lemongrass, and sage. Both citrus and herb infusions offer highly complex flavor profiles with layers of herb, citrus, and sweetness.

Ciroc is another modern vodka company that takes advantage of its native French wine-making traditions to offer a vodka made from the grape distillate. Ciroc Summer Citrus vodka is the ultimate refresher for a summertime cocktail, combining both blood orange and lime juice and zest for a juicy, tangy and sweet palate with a smooth finish. 

Crop is an artisanal, small-batch vodka distiller out of New York that uses organic, eco-friendly corn as the foundation for its line of vodkas. Their Meyer Lemon Organic vodka offers a perfect balance of sweet and sour. It features a deliciously balanced flavor profile to sip neat or in a vodka cocktail.  

Named for a swimming hole in Austin, Texas, Deep Eddy Vodka is an Austin-based artisanal vodka distillery that debuted in 2010. Deep Eddy makes all their vodkas in small batches. Deep Eddy Lemon Vodka uses real lemon juice, cane sugar, and vodka for a delightful, all-natural flavored spirit that tastes like lemonade.

One of the most elegant and high-end vodka brands, Grey Goose is a French vodka distillery that creates some of the smoothest French vodka from local wheat and fresh limestone quarry water. Grey Goose Le Citron infuses vodka with essential oils from lemons sourced from the French Menton region. Its bright aroma has a subtle and delicate citrus palate with a finish that leaves in the warmth.

New Amsterdam is a trendy modern vodka distillery that uses famed hockey player Ryan Whitney's favorite beverage to inspire its newest Pink Whitney vodka. It’s a pink lemonade-flavored vodka. Much like pink lemonade, it has a bright pink hue and is as refreshing and playful as the real deal. 

The world's top-selling vodka, Smirnoff is a longstanding Russian distillery using a centuries-old recipe of triple-distilled gluten-free vodka. Smirnoff Citrus uses all-natural citrus juice to infuse their classic recipe, delivering a slightly sweet and tangy vodka that's the perfect summer spirit.