Lemonade Shandy

This Lemonade Shandy is the perfect summer drink … light, delicious, and super refreshing!

My husband Joel’s best friend moved to London when they were teens. These two guys share a very unique sense of humor and are pretty much joined at the hip (still), so it was a little traumatic for them. Luckily,  my husband was able to spend the whole summer in England visiting his friend. Doesn’t that sound like the best summer ever?

One of the things he was introduced to in England was the shandy, which is a beer combined with soda or carbonated lemonade. Shandies are low in alcohol, can be purchased ready-made, and are commonly served to kids. Joel served me the drink years later, and it was love at first sip.

Now I don’t recommend serving this to children here in the U.S., but if you are looking for a refreshing summer drink, then you’ve got to try my Lemonade Shandy!

Lemonade Shandy

Once you learn how to make this easy Shandy, you’ll want to serve it all summer long.

I like to make shandies with an inexpensive, light-tasting lager or pale ale. My husband brought home Budweiser to make these, and it worked just fine.

Shandies traditionally combine beer with a carbonated beverage, but I prefer to use homemade lemonade.

The result is a fresh-tasting, lemony, low-alcohol cocktail that I could drink all day long. Give it a try! I think you’ll love it, too.

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Lemonade Shandy

Prep Time

10 mins

Total Time

10 mins

 

This Lemonade Shandy is perfect summer drink ... light, delicious, and refreshing!

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: English

Keyword: lemon shandy, lemonade shandy, shandy

Servings: 12 or more people

Author: Ginnie

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sugar
• 4 lemons, plus additional for garnish
• 6 (12-ounce) bottles or cans beer, chilled

Instructions

Prepare lemonade:

1. Combine sugar with 6 cups of hot water (from the faucet is fine) in a large pitcher. Stir until sugar is dissolved.

2. Cut lemons in half and juice them. Add juice to the pitcher and stir well.
3. Thinly slice the peel from one of the lemons, then add to lemonade.
   

Assemble shandies:

1. Fill a tall glass with ice.
2. Add enough lemonade to fill half the glass.

3. Top glass off with beer.

4. Garnish shandy with a slice of lemon, if desired. Enjoy!

   

What is your favorite summer drink?