Usually a mixture of beer and lemonade, a shandy is a low-alcohol drink that’s the perfect antidote for the summer heat. While shopping the local summer greenmarket, we spotted a variety of sour and sweet cherries that were begging to be muddled into a cocktail.
Pairing the ripe cherries with a crisp lager, lime juice and a bit of cane sugar resulted in a frothy shandy that is just right for sipping outdoors on a hot afternoon.
The Sour Cherry Shandy
Makes two drinks
- 1 shot Cointreau
- 1 shot lime juice
- 2 cubes cane sugar
- 16 cherries plus 2 for garnish (use a mix of sour and sweet cherries)
- 2 bottles lager
- Add the cherries and cane sugar to The Mason Shaker.
- Muddle the ingredients in the bottom of the shaker until throughly mashed.
- Add Cointreau and lime juice to the shaker. Add ice to just above the liquid, and shake vigorously for 10 seconds.
- Strain the cocktail into two glasses filled with ice, fill with lager and garnish with remaining cherries.