Super Bowl Sips | Lemonade Shandy
HAPPY SUPER BOWL WEEKEND! We’re so excited in our family. We watch football all fall. When it’s Monday night and football is in the background of dinner, my daughter rolls her eyes and says “football again?” But she still knows the players and teams, so it’s not like she hates it as much as she pretends. It started with my youngest’s obsession with football as a baby and has grown into a full blown preoccupation.
Super Bowl is literally the biggest thing at our house. Once it is over, my youngest sinks into a small depression when football ends and start watching reruns of games from the season. Then there’s combine, the draft, and the preseason. Do don’t worry about him too much. He’s already started setting up his mock draft for this off season.
For the kids cocktails this year I’ve been making fizzy lemonade. They love it. It’s just sparkling water that I stir in powdered lemonade. That’s what they’ll be drinking this Sunday. But it reminded me of beergaritas - also known as the Lemonade Shandy.
Lemonade Shandies are one of my favorite things to mix up when you host a party for a football game. They are boozy but not so boozy that you can’t keep up with the whole game (and the ads). Clearly we aren’t hosting parties this year thanks to the Covid which has literally ended all fun social interactions. I still left the ratios for the ingredients as punch bowl sized. I don’t recommend you drink the whole thing yourself. Think of it as ratios that you can adjust.
SUPER BOWL SHANDY
36 ounce corona beer
2 cups vodka
52 ounces lemonade
In a pitcher or a punch bowl, combine all of the ingredients and serve with a wedge of lemon.
weeknight cocktail | football punch
I think a punch is the coolest. I love pouring big buckets of booze into a cute punch bowl and serving it up. I also love that it's a one and done kind of thing. Make a big batch and you won't have to deal with it again for a while. What better time to not be tethered to the bar than Super Bowl?
I made this one 'not too strong' so you can continue to have cocktails for the four hours of football without being totally on your lips by the award ceremony. If you want to pop it up a notch, add a little vodka!
FOOTBALL PUNCH
STEP 1
Combine all ingredients in a large punch bowl and stir
STEP 2
Serve in chilled glasses
2 quarts light beer
1 can frozen lemonade concentrate
46 ounces pineapple juice
1/2 cup cointreau
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Hey, have you had a Michelada? How do you make yours? I've heard everything from Clamato to plain tomato juice to spicy beer. I like mine with lime juice, hot sauce and an amazingly spicy rim. I also like it over ice, but that's totally optional.
