Rock Shandy

Name: Rock Shandy
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 4 Oz Club soda or sparkling mineral water; 4 Oz Lemonade; 0.5 Teaspoon bitters; Lime wedges to garnish; Ice

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PREP TIME 5 min

Cocktail Type

Great for

Pool Party

Difficulty

Easy

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A Rock Shandy is the perfect drink for a sweltering hot day, and we’ll tell you why. The recipe comes from South Africa—a country known for its hot weather. These drinks made with bitters are great to help keep your guests from melting during your outdoor cocktail party.

What’s in it?

Have you ever had a high-alcohol cocktail in the sun? If you have, you’ll know it’s usually a situation that ends with headaches. That’s why this refreshing citrus drink is total genius. Made with club soda, lemonade, Angostura bitters, and ice and garnished with fresh lime, making this refreshing drink is really simple. Serve these easy summer cocktails on a warm day to thirsty friends who don’t know any better (yet).

The recipe

To make one, you only need a few ingredients and a couple of seconds (depending on how long it takes you to pour a drink).

QUICK TIPS

Turn this cocktail into a bigger batch and serve it in an ice-filled pitcher on a sweltering hot day.

If you’re craving a stronger drink, add an ounce of vodka or gin to your shandy.

Freeze berries and lime in ice trays (with water) and use these as your ice cubes for a colorful twist.

INGREDIENTS

MAKE FOR

1 Person

4 Oz

120 Ml

4 Parts

Club soda or sparkling mineral water

4 Oz

120 Ml

4 Parts

Lemonade

0.5

Teaspoon bitters

Lime wedges to garnish

Ice

INSTRUCTIONS

Fill a large highball glass with ice

Add equal parts club soda and lemonade

Add a few drops of bitters (¼ – ½ a teaspoon, depending on your own taste)

Squeeze the juice of a quartered lime into the shandy then drop it into the drink

Add a swizzle stick and a straw

Serve

Recipe substitutions and variations

You might be surprised to learn that it isn’t the only shandy around. You can mix things up by serving a few of the following variations. For a slightly sweeter drink with a ginger kick, replace the club soda water with ginger ale. Or if you want something a little more sour and citrusy make a batch of homemade lemonade. You can’t go wrong! On the opposite side of the scale is the Beer Shandy, which is made by combing equal parts beer and lemonade and finished off with fresh lemon. You can also turn your drink into a boozier cocktail by adding an ounce of vodka or gin.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

It isn't strong at all —even if you used a full teaspoon of bitters. It comes in at an ABV of 0.88%, which is barely anything if you consider low alcohol cocktails are usually around 10% ABV.

This Shandy drink is made of equal parts club soda and lemonade along with a few dashes of aromatic bitters.