Best Substitutes for Fresh Lime Juice
Out of Fresh Lime Juice? Here are the best alternatives that work in cocktail recipes.
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Original Ingredient
Fresh Lime Juice
Other
Sharply tart nose with fresh-squeezed lime brightness and green citrus oil. Palate is bracingly sour with clean, piercing acidity and aromatic zest. Crisp, invigorating finish with lime zing.
Recommended Substitutes
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Lime juice
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
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Lemon Juice
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
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Fresh Lemon Juice
Use as a 1:1 substitute unless otherwise noted.
General Substitution Tips
- → Match the alcohol level: a 40% spirit needs a similarly strong replacement or adjust volume.
- → For liqueurs, dilute spirits + simple syrup can replicate sweetness and proof.
- → Citrus substitutions: lemon and lime are mostly interchangeable at a 1:1 ratio.
- → For bitters, Angostura is the most neutral substitute for most other aromatic bitters.