So Radler

Name: So Radler Beer Cocktail
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 1 bottle (375 ml) sour beer, such as Almanac Citra Sour, chilled; 3/4 cup water; 1/4 cup honey; 3 sprigs fresh rosemary; 1 piece (3 inches by 1 inch) grapefruit peel; 1 1/2 cups fresh grapefruit juice (from 2 grapefruits), strained to remove pulp and seeds

By Kat Odell

June 15, 2017

Perhaps one of the most effortless and refreshing cocktails out there, a radler is composed of a blonde lager mixed with equal parts lemonade or citrus-flavored soda.

In place of the more traditional lemon, this radler recipe involves a simple grapefruit syrup that’s built from fresh grapefruit juice, grapefruit zest, honey, water, and a hint of rosemary. Since you add the grapefruit juice last, it ends up tasting like fresh juice, with sweet notes of honey and a mild herbal undertone thanks to the rosemary.

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