Pond Water Cocktail recipe
Rating
Can you make this?
Add the ingredients you have at home to your My Bar and we'll show you what cocktails you can make. Start off by adding the ingredients you have for this cocktail using the plus icons.
Pond Water is a playful, modern highball-style beer cocktail that leans into bold colour and easy drinking rather than classic pedigree. You’ll find it sits firmly in the “party mix” tradition: built around familiar bottled favourites, designed for simplicity, and best known for its striking blue-green look in a pint glass. It’s less about heritage and more about instant fun—sweet, fizzy, and unapologetically loud.
On the palate, apple liqueur brings a clear, candy-like fruit sweetness that sets the tone from the first sip. The WKD blue adds more sugary, bright sweetness and a vivid berry-leaning fruitiness, while the lager stretches everything out with crisp carbonation and a light, bready bitterness that stops the mix from feeling too syrupy. Expect a sweet-forward, lightly bitter finish with plenty of fizz.
Serve it cold when you want something colourful and uncomplicated—house parties, pre-drinks, or casual get-togethers where novelty matters as much as flavour. If you enjoy sweet alcopops, fruit liqueurs, and easy lager refreshment, this is squarely in your lane.
Microbadges
Can you make this?
Add the ingredients you have at home to your My Bar and we'll show you what cocktails you can make. Start off by adding the ingredients you have for this cocktail using the plus icons.
Cocktail Colin says:
Apple liqueur leads with bright, candy-like orchard sweetness, quickly washed into fizzy lager crispness and the neon, sugary blue punch of WKD blue, creating a bubbly, fruit-forward pint that drinks more like soda than beer. It works because the lager’s bitterness and carbonation keep the liqueur and WKD from turning cloying, and it’ll suit party crowds and sweet-tooth drinkers who want colour and easy chugability.
Method
How to make a Pond Water
- Apple liqueur 60ml, Lager 275ml, WKD blue 275ml
-
- Add half a pint of lager and a bottle of WKD Blue to a pint glass with ice
-
- Stir well and add in two shots of Apple Sourz before serving
Power tips
Elevate the Pond Water with these master mixologist tips
Upgrade to premium
And receive world class tips on how to raise your cocktails to the next level.
Find out more- Upgrade to premium to receive power tips from top bartenders around the world. Raise you mixology game.
- Read the tweaks that take this simple cocktail to the next level of greatness. Become the next best mixologist which people all talk about.
Learn more about some of the mixology terms used in this cocktail
· Stir ·Your private tasting notes
Featured in
FAQ's
What is the ideal way to serve the Pond Water cocktail?
The Pond Water cocktail is best served in a pint glass, chilled but not shaken, with the ingredients stirred together to ensure a uniform taste. Ice can be added to keep it cold longer, enhancing the refreshing quality of the drink.
Can I substitute any ingredients in the Pond Water cocktail?
Yes, if you're looking to substitute ingredients in the Pond Water cocktail, you can try different flavors of liqueur instead of apple liqueur for varying tastes. For a non-alcoholic version, non-alcoholic beer can replace the lager, and a non-alcoholic blue-colored soda can substitute for the WKD blue.
What kind of occasions is the Pond Water cocktail suited for?
Given its unique name and vibrant color, the Pond Water cocktail is well-suited for casual gatherings, summer parties, or as a fun Halloween drink. Its playful nature makes it a conversation starter at events.
How does the alcohol content in Pond Water compare to other cocktails?
With an alcohol content of 5.53%, Pond Water is on the lower end of the spectrum compared to other cocktails, making it relatively light. It's akin to drinking a strong beer or a wine, rather than a high-alcohol content spirit-based cocktail.
Are there any customization ideas for the Pond Water cocktail to cater to different tastes?
To cater to different tastes, you can experiment with the Pond Water cocktail by adding a splash of soda for extra fizz or incorporating different fruit liqueurs for a change in flavor. Garnishing with a slice of lime or apple can also add a refreshing twist and enhance its aesthetic appeal.
Upgrade your mixology
Become a member for free taking your cocktail making skills up to level 11. Or become a premium member to rise to cocktail greatness.
- Save your bar forever
- Access to our Cocktail Creator, allowing you to create your own wonderful concoctions.
- Access to Cocktail Colin; ask Cocktail Colin anything on an individual cocktail and he'll give you the answers you need.
- Create personalised cocktail menus for all your events, bars or parties
- Save cocktails to personalised 'Tried' and 'Want to try' lists
- Create and record tasting notes on cocktails
- Create lists of cocktails to share with friends and family
- A personalised MyBar URL, allowing you to share everything you can make with friends
- And much more ... (what to buy next, measurement choices, search personalisation...)
Have you tried our Wordpress Plugin?
Download our plugin and embed cocktail recipes directly onto your own site or blog.
Choose from our whole recipe database, or choose a specific cocktail made with a certain ingredient, and let us place a beautiful recipe on your own site.
Find out moreYou might also like
Dive into this orchard-fresh apple martini.
Appletini
Vodka, Apple liqueur, Sour mix
Relish this fizzy mix of apple and orange zest.
Brazilian Sunrise
Vanilla vodka, Apple liqueur, Grenadine, Fizzy orange drink
Discover this vibrant mix of apple and orange.
Apple Orange Margarita
Tequila blanco, Cointreau, Apple liqueur, Lime juice, Orange juice
Try this apple-brandy shot from NYC's heart!
Big Apple Shot
Brandy, Apple liqueur
Create a cocktail
Choose a theme and some ingredients, give us some description and we'll create an amazing cocktail for you.
Register as a Premium Make Me a Cocktail community member and get access to an even more powerful creator.
Start creatingBuild your bar
Tell us what you have at home and we’ll find a delicious cocktail for you to make right now.
Register as a Make Me a Cocktail community member and we’ll save your ingredients list so you can come back to it at any time.
Create My Bar
Cocktail Colin
Your cocktail expert
Hi! I'm Cocktail Colin
Ask me anything about this cocktail - how to make it, substitutions, variations, or any other questions!
Become a member to access Cocktail Colin
Become a member (for free) to pick Cocktail Colin's cocktail filled brain on everything on this cocktail, from substitutions, if you can use what you have, to serving suggestions and more.
Become a member
Comments