Summer Shandy Recipe

Hi Guys! Today we have a fun little drink for you – Summer Shandy!! I’m a total (craft) beer and champagne lady myself and during hot summer months I’m usually craving one of these guys. Currently, I’m digging nice strong IPAs, but when it’s super hot I just want something light…with a small kick! You can use any beer of your choice like a hefenweizen, pale ale, pilsner, whatever you want! It’s really up to you. I like making my own lemonade because it’s so easy to make, but feel free to use store bought! 

Ingredients in a Summer Shandy Cocktail

Our shandy recipe is really simple! It’s really about getting the proportions of the ingredients in a good place!

If you don’t want to make your own lemonade you can use store bought. Just add 1 cup of store bought lemonade in place of lemon juice and sugar.

• ½ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
• ½ cup superfine sugar
• 1 cup water
• ½ cup sparkling water – you can substitute this sparkling water for tonic if have have that on hand. I have also used Lemon LaCroix and it’s delicious!
• 4 (12 ounce) bottles of chilled Hefeweizen – If you don’t like Hefeweizen, you can use a lighter beer like a pale ale or pilsner.

How to Make Our Summer Shandy

1. Gather all your ingredients .
2. Make the sparkling lemonade: Place lemon juice and sugar into a pitcher and stir. Add water and continue to stir until sugar dissolves. Top off with sparkling water and stir.
3. Pour beer into chilled glasses and top each with a generous splash of sparkling lemonade. Garnish with lemon slices and mint leaves.

FAQs

Variations

• Instead of hefeweizen , you can use any beer of your choice like a pale ale or pilsner.
• If you don’t like the lemon flavor, you can substitute lime instead.
• If you don’t have sparkling water, you can use tonic, or even Lemon LaCroix.

I hope you all enjoy a nice Summer Shandy during these hot summer months! 

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