Name: Blood Orange Shandy
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Ingredients: ½ cup sugar; ½ cup water; 1 1/2 cups freshly squeezed and strained blood orange juice ((from about 4 to 5 oranges)); 24 ounces pilsner of choice (or hefeweizen); 8 blood orange slices; 4 sprigs mint leaves

Blood orange shandy with blood orange slices.

We have the perfect adult beverage for anyone and everyone to enjoy (over the legal drinking age of course) during winter months, our Blood Orange Shandy! Not only is this beer-cocktail gorgeous, but it’s so simple to make and incredibly delicious!

We take advantage of all the gorgeous winter citrus every year and blood oranges are something we can never get enough of, ever! The blood oranges along with the splash of sparkling water in this shandy make this drink so refreshing!

How to Make Our Blood Orange Shandy

Process

Blood Orange Shandy ingredients on a kitchen counter.

SIMPLE SYRUP

Place sugar and water in small saucepan and simmer until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and cool.

SHANDY

Combine simple syrup and orange juice into a liquid measuring cup and stir together.

Blood orange juice mixed with simple syrup.

Fill four drinking glasses with ice and divide blood orange juice mixture amongst four glasses. Fill each glass with half of beer and stir together. Garnish each glass with blood orange slices and mint leaves, if using.Serve.

Cocktail glass with ice to make a shandy.

Blood orange shandy in a cocktail glass.

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Make Ahead Instructions for Our Blood Orange Shandy

The simple syrup can be made up to 1 week in advance and stored in an airtight container, in the refrigerator, until ready to use.

If making freshly squeezed blood orange juice yourself, which we highly recommend, it can be made up to 3 days in advance and stored in an airtight container, in the refrigerator, until ready to use.

Blood orange shandy cocktails garnished with blood oranges and mint.

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Blood Orange Shandy

Our shandy recipe is a delicious beer based drink with fresh winter citrus and garnished with mint.

RECIPE BY Teri & Jenny

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5 from 9 votes

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 10 mins

Servings: 4

INGREDIENTS

simple syrup

▢ ½ cup sugar
▢ ½ cup water

shandy

▢ 1 1/2 cups freshly squeezed and strained blood orange juice (from about 4 to 5 oranges)
▢ 24 ounces pilsner of choice (or hefeweizen)

garnish

▢ 8 blood orange slices
▢ 4 sprigs mint leaves

INSTRUCTIONS

simple syrup

Place sugar and water in small saucepan and simmer until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and cool.

shandy

Combine simple syrup and orange juice into a liquid measuring cup and stir together.
Fill four drinking glasses with ice and divide sweetened orange juice. Fill each glass with half of beer and stir together. Garnish each glass with blood orange slices and mint leaves, if using.Serve.

NOTES

Make Ahead Instructions for Our Blood Orange Shandy

The simple syrup can be made up to 1 week in advance and stored in an airtight container, in the refrigerator, until ready to use.

If making freshly squeezed blood orange juice yourself, which we highly recommend, it can be made up to 3 days in advanceand stored in an airtight container, in the refrigerator, until ready to use.

Calories: 322kcal Carbohydrates: 69g Protein: 2g Fat: 1g Saturated Fat: 1g Sodium: 24mg Potassium: 294mg Fiber: 1g Sugar: 60g Vitamin A: 248IU Vitamin C: 62mg Calcium: 20mg Iron: 1mg

KEYWORD: seasonal cocktail

COURSE: Drinks

Blood Orange Shandy