Meyer Lemon Shandy

Name: Meyer Lemon Shandy
Ingredients: For the Meyer lemonade; 1 cup Meyer lemon juice (or regular lemon juice); 3/4 cup sugar; 3 cups water; For the shandies; 2 12 oz bottles of lager, chilled (I like New Belgium's Blue Paddle Pilsener, but you can use any crisp, refreshing lager!); 1 cup Meyer lemonade, chilled

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Ingredients

For the Meyer lemonade
1 cup Meyer lemon juice (or regular lemon juice)
3/4 cup sugar
3 cups water
For the shandies
2 12 oz bottles of lager, chilled (I like New Belgium's Blue Paddle Pilsener, but you can use any crisp, refreshing lager!)
1 cup Meyer lemonade, chilled

Directions

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["Make a simple syrup with the sugar and 1 cup of water. Cool to room temperature.", "Stir the simple syrup together with the lemon juice and water. Refrigerate until thoroughly chilled. Note: this makes a very strong lemonade, which I prefer when making shandies because then the lemon flavor is more pronounced without diluting the beer too much. If you want to drink the extra lemonade plain, without beer, I suggest diluting it further with cold water and lots of ice.", "Pour the beers into two chilled pint glasses. Top with half a cup of the lemonade each (hence the name \"lager top\"" for a shandy that's made with a fairly larger ratio of beer to lemonade). Enjoy in the sunshine!""]"