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    Home > Blog > Drinks > Blood Orange Shandy

    Blood Orange Shandy

    by Jenny Park · Published: Dec 29, 2021

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    Our shandy recipe is a delicious beer based drink with fresh winter citrus and garnished with mint.
    Three blood orange shandy cocktails with slices of oranges on the side.
    Blood orange shandy recipes being made in cocktail glasses.
    Blood orange shandy cocktail recipes made and ready to be served.
    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

    1. Place sugar and water in small saucepan and simmer until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and cool.
    Blood Orange Shandy simple syrup in a pot.

    SHANDY

    1. Combine simple syrup and orange juice into a liquid measuring cup and stir together.
    Blood orange juice mixed with simple syrup.
    1. 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.
    Cocktail glass with shandy ingredients.
    Blood orange shandy in a cocktail glass.
    Blood orange shandy cocktail.

    Tools You Will Need

    • knife
    • cutting board
    • dry measuring cup
    • liquid measuring cup
    • small saucepan
    • citrus juicer

    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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    Our shandy recipe is a delicious beer based drink with fresh winter citrus and garnished with mint.
    RECIPE BY Teri & Jenny
    Prep Time: 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time: 5 minutes mins
    Total Time: 10 minutes 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

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    December 29, 2021 / 6 Comments

    About Jenny Park

    Jenny Park is half of Spoon Fork Bacon. She is also a food stylist and recipe developer. One of her favorite foods is donuts. #sfbJENNY

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    1. Muhammad Hassaan

      May 13, 2020 at 12:29 am

      5 stars
      Thanks for sharing

      Reply
    2. Haiden

      May 07, 2020 at 4:49 am

      5 stars
      This is really great. I tried it at my home and it really good in taste.

      Reply
    3. Tommie Lott

      March 28, 2020 at 11:35 pm

      5 stars
      Thanks for sharing such useful information, Keep sharing.

      Reply
    4. Charlotte

      February 24, 2020 at 12:17 pm

      5 stars
      This is SO good. I love blood orange & love shandy’s… so refreshing.

      Reply
    5. apk4f

      February 18, 2020 at 1:37 am

      5 stars
      thanka a lot for this recipe!

      Reply
    6. Sabrina

      February 15, 2020 at 9:45 am

      5 stars
      I’m in! This works for me, love pilsners and blood orange flavored anything, just hadn’t paired them before, so thank you for this recipe!

      Reply

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