Meyer Lemon Shandy
- For the Meyer lemonade
- 1 cup Meyer lemon juice (or regular lemon juice)
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 cups water
- For the shandies
- 2 12 oz bottles of lager, chilled (I like New Belgium's Blue Paddle Pilsener, but you can use any crisp, refreshing lager!)
- 1 cup Meyer lemonade, chilled
- Make a simple syrup with the sugar and 1 cup of water. Cool to room temperature.
- Stir the simple syrup together with the lemon juice and water. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Note: this makes a very strong lemonade, which I prefer when making shandies because then the lemon flavor is more pronounced without diluting the beer too much. If you want to drink the extra lemonade plain, without beer, I suggest diluting it further with cold water and lots of ice.
- Pour the beers into two chilled pint glasses. Top with half a cup of the lemonade each (hence the name "lager top" for a shandy that's made with a fairly larger ratio of beer to lemonade). Enjoy in the sunshine!
lemonade, lemon juice, sugar, water, shandies, lager
Taken from food52.com/recipes/4242-meyer-lemon-shandy (may not work)