Lemon Beer Punch (1960s)
"A Puerto Rican punch adapted from The Spice Cookbook and credited to Berta Cabanillas and Carmen Ginorio. The original called for 1 cup of lemon juice and "all the rinds." One lemon should produce about 3-4 tablespoons of juice."
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 4 -5 lemons
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup grapefruit juice
- ice
- 1 (12 ounce) bottle lager beer
- lemon slice, for garnish
- whole cloves, for garnish
directions
- Juice the lemons, reserving the rinds. There should be about a cup of juice.
- Combine sugar and water in a saucepan.
- Bring to a boil.
- Add lemon rinds.
- Remove from heat, cover, and let stand 5 minutes.
- Remove lemon rinds and discard.
- Cool syrup.
- Mix syrup, lemon juice and grapefruit juice.
- Pour into a punch bowl over ice.
- Add beer.
- Float lemon slices studded with cloves on top.
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