Blood Orange Shandy

simple syrup

• ½ cup sugar
• ½ cup water

shandy

• 1 1/2 cups freshly squeezed and strained blood orange juice (from about 4 to 5 oranges)
• 24 ounces pilsner of choice (or hefeweizen)

garnish

• 8 blood orange slices
• 4 sprigs mint leaves

SIMPLE SYRUP

1. Place sugar and water in small saucepan and simmer until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and cool.
2. SHANDY
3. Combine simple syrup and orange juice into a liquid measuring cup and stir together.
4. Fill four drinking glasses with ice and divide blood orange juice mixture amongst four glasses. Fill each glass with half of beer and stir together. Garnish each glass with blood orange slices and mint leaves, if using.Serve.
5. simple syrup
6. Place sugar and water in small saucepan and simmer until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and cool.
7. shandy
8. Combine simple syrup and orange juice into a liquid measuring cup and stir together.
9. Fill four drinking glasses with ice and divide sweetened orange juice. Fill each glass with half of beer and stir together. Garnish each glass with blood orange slices and mint leaves, if using.Serve.

Make Ahead Instructions for Our Blood Orange Shandy

The simple syrup can be made up to 1 week in advance and stored in an airtight container, in the refrigerator, until ready to use.

If making freshly squeezed blood orange juice yourself, which we highly recommend, it can be made up to 3 days in advanceand stored in an airtight container, in the refrigerator, until ready to use.