For Lilac Simple Syrup:
- 2 cups Sugar
- 2 cups Water
- 4 cups Lilac floretsstems removed, rinsed and cleaned
For Lilac Lemonade:
- 1 cup Lilac simple syrup
- 1 cup Lemon juicefresh
- 2 cups Waterdistilled
For the Lilac Shandy:
- 6 ounces Light beerlight
- 6 ounces Lilac lemonade
Garnish:
- 1 slice Lemon
Lilac Shandy
This Lilac Shandy is beautiful to look at and has a perfect light and fresh taste with a subtle hint of alcohol to enjoy on a gorgeous summer evening.
The best part about this recipe is that I have included steps to preparing your own homemade lilac syrup, homemade lilac lemonade and a homemade lilac shandy. So you can perfect all the finer details!
To make Lilac Shandy, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Lilac Shandy
1 | Boil sugar | 5 |
In a saucepan, boil 2 cups of water and stir in 2 cups of granulated sugar until completely dissolved. | ||
2 | Add florets | 5 |
Add 4 cups of rinsed and cleaned florets, cover the saucepan with a lid, reduce the heat and simmer for about 5 minutes. | ||
3 | Steep | 8h |
Remove the saucepan from the heat and allow the florets to steep for about 8 hours. | ||
4 | Strain | 1 |
Strain the florets through a fine-mesh sieve and bottle the prepared syrup or use it for a Lilac Shandy. | ||
5 | Prepare lilac lemonade | 3 |
In a large pitcher, stir 1 cup of prepared lilac syrup, 1 cup of fresh lemon juice and 2 cups of distilled water until combined. Taste and adjust to your flavor palette then refrigerate before serving or using in a lilac shandy. | ||
6 | Prepare lilac shandy | 1 |
In a pint glass, pour the beer of your choice until half full then add some of the prepared lilac lemonade from step 5 and stir to combine. | ||
7 | Serve | 1 |
Garnish with a slice of lemon for serving. | ||
Recipe Reviews
It tasted kinda funky but it wasn't bad or anything.
This was actually kinda hard to make but I really enjoyed it.
Absolutely love the sweetness of this lemonae its really great on a hot day.
Where am I supposed to buy florets exactly? I can't find them anywhere..
Complicated recipe cause the florets can either taste fine or aweful.
WOW never thought you could make a drink from flowers..going to be trying this and the lilac syrup out instantly!!
Perfect for the hot weather if you drink i ton a nice comfortable patio like myself haha.
Bookmarking this amazing website you guys legit have the coolest and most unique stuff out there.
Luckily i have these flowers growing outside my apartment i'll have to ask the neighbor but i'll try this out soon hopefully!
Yeah...I think i'm going to stick to just buying drinks or making homemade iced tea with mint lol this was too hard.
Loved this a lot can't wait for summer to come around so I can make it again.
Easy drink to make and taste really good thanks so much.
Drank this with some madeleines french sponge cake goes so good with it.
Was really tasty didnt expect that from a flower that literally grows outside my window.
What the hell?? this is literally the easiest thing in the world to make and I am over here buying drinks instead...that changes today for sure.
Added a slice of lemon to the inside of mine just like the pictures and some ice cubes :)
Didn't think I'd be able to make lilac shandy myself but glad that the steps are so easy to follow thanks to that i got myself a bombass drink.
Mine didnt turn out looking as nice as the photos but it tasted grate.
This is perfection didn't know i could use these flowers in anything or that they were even edible!
Didnt make the garnish cause i didnt want it to be zesty.
Cool! Thanks for sharing recipe!
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