Ginger Shandy Recipes

CRANBERRY GINGER SHANDY

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large pitcher, combine the cranberry juice, ginger beer, and lemon juice. Stir well . Chill until you're ready to serve.
• Add beer to the pitcher just before serving.
• Before serving, rim tall glasses with a ginger-sugar rim, wetting the rim with lemon juice and rolling it in a mix of ground ginger and sugar.
• Pour the shandy into the prepared glasses over ice, if desired. Garnish with a lemon wedge . Serve and enjoy.

GINGER SHANDY

Steps:

• In a pint glass, combine the lager and ginger ale (or ginger beer) and stir briefly and gently to combine.

PALE GINGER SHANDY

Steps:

• Heat the sugar, ginger and 1/2 cup water in a small sauce pan over medium-high heat. Bring to a boil, and stir to melt the sugar. Remove from the heat and allow to steep and cool for 15 minutes, then strain (should make about 3/4 cup). Reserve the unused ginger syrup for another use.
• Mix 1/4 cup of the syrup with the lemon juice in a large liquid measuring cup. Add the club soda. Divide between two chilled beer chalices. Pour half of the beer into each glass. Garnish each with a lemon slice and serve.
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BEER GINGER SHANDY

Steps:

• Filled 2 pint glasses with ice. Combine equal parts ginger beer and wheat beer in each glass. Garnish each with a lime wedge.

CRANBERRY-GINGER SHANDY

Steps:

• Bring cranberries, sugar, ginger, and 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until cranberries burst and mixture has thickened slightly, about 8 minutes. Let cool completely, then strain through a fine-mesh sieve, gently pressing on solids (pressing too hard will make mixture cloudy).
• For each drink, fill a pint glass with ice. Add 1 ounce cranberry syrup. Top with pilsner (you'll need about half a bottle per drink) and stir; serve.

LEMON SHANDY

Steps:

• 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.
• 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.)
• Pour 1/4 cup lemonade, or to taste, into each of 4 chilled beer glasses and top off with beer.

GINGER BEER SHANDY (ALCOHOLIC)

Steps:

• Freeze eight 16-oz beer glasses or beer mugs for at least 2 hours.
• Rub rims of glasses or mugs with lemon slices and dip rims into finely chopped candied ginger.
• In a large pitcher combine 3 Tbsp candied ginger and lemon juice.
• Muddle together with a wooden spoon or muddler.
• Pour in beer and ginger ale.
• Stir gently to combine.
• Serve in frosted glasses or mugs.
• Garnish with additional lemon slices, if desired.