1990s Recipes + Menus
Lemon Shandy
Serves4
Shandy—a drink made of beer mixed with lemonade, ginger ale or ginger beer—first appeared in Britain in the mid-nineteenth century. Guests can, of course, quaff the beer and lemonade separately.
July 1996
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 cups water
- four 3-inch strips lemon zest, removed with a vegetable peeler
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice
- chilled beer, such as pale ale
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In a small saucepan bring sugar and 1 cup water to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved, and stir in zest. Cool sugar syrup to room temperature.
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Transfer syrup to a small pitcher and stir in remaining 2 cups water, lemon juice, and mint. Chill lemonade until cold. (Makes about 4 1/2 cups lemonade.)
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Pour 1/4 cup lemonade, or to taste, into each of 4 chilled beer glasses and top off with beer.
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