It’s Sunday and it’s a bit hot…although to be fair it’s always just a tad hot in Barbados (or at least it feels that way) and I decided to treat mom to an ice cold refreshing drink. A favourite around Christmas time, and usually commercially bought, a lemon shandy is a thirst-quenching drink that is easy and quick to make at home.

My shandy is made with lemon, limes (go figure), sugar, beer, angostura bitters, and (for my mom’s benefit) a dash of falernum.

Lemons are sometimes hard to get at a reasonable price, so whenever I find them at a cost that doesn’t make my eyes pop open, I buy a good number and juice them along with limes to freeze and store for any occasion that might warrant it. The sourness of the lemons and the slight bitterness of local limes combined, make for a mean Caribbean lemonade in it’s own right — but lets be honest everything is better with beer.

Lemon Shandy

Hadi It’s Sunday and it’s a bit hot…although to be fair it’s always just a tad hot in Barbados (or at least it feels that way) and I decided to treat mom to an ice cold refreshing drink. A favourite around... Drinks lemonade, lemon shandy, beer, homemade version, refreshing, cool European Print This

Serves: 4 Prep Time: 15 minutes

Nutrition facts: 180 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups squeezed lemon/lime juice (2 parts lemon, 1 part lime)
• 1 cup sugar
• 4 cups water
• 1 dark beer (your favourite)
• 1 tsp angostura bitters
• 1 tablespoon falernum, optional*

Instructions

Combine lemon juice, sugar, and water and stir until sugar dissolves.
Taste to ensure it is that perfect lemonade flavour for you before adding your favourite beer, angostura bitters, and falernum.
Mix and set in the fridge.
Serve ice cold.