Thursday nights this summer have been movie night at Cousin Bob’s house, but also drink experiment night. Not that we’ve gotten too terribly experimental, it’s more like we’ve been choosing a different mixed drink every week.
A few weeks ago, for example, we determined that Scorpion Bowl is an excellent drink to mix in a pitcher. However, it’s probably not the best drink to serve full strength for a party. (It’s got a high alcohol stealth factor)
This week’s been really hot and I was craving something much lighter on the alcohol but higher on the refreshment scale. The answer: Lemonade Shandy.
Wikipedia defines Shandy as a drink created when you mix beer with some sort of soft drink. As a big fan of citrus, my choice of mixer is lemonade.
Here’s my recipe:
Lemonade Shandy
- Bass or any other pale ale you like.
- Good, fresh lemonade (Newman’s Own, for example. Not 2-liter bottle lemonade, please)
The mixture is roughly judged. Carefully pour beer into a beer glass to more than halfway and less than 2/3.
Drink.
Fill the rest of the glass with lemonade.
Like the Scorpion Bowl, this is a very refreshing and easy-to-drink concoction. Unlike Scorpion Bowl, this drink is quite low on alcohol. So, it has a high refreshment to alcohol ratio.
As for flavor, the sweetness and tartness of the lemonade definitely complements and balances the bitterness of the beer. If you’ve ever enjoyed a slice of citrus in your beer, you probably would like this.
It would also be fair to say that this is a relative of the Pimm’s No. 1 Cup. (See this post from last summer).
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What's in a Scorpion Bowl? And my Hurricanes definitely fall into the 'kill your guests for fun and profit' category. When it's hot outside, these go down fast. So do the guests shortly thereafter.
Posted by: Cindy at August 4, 2007 2:56 AM