How to Make A South-of-the-Border Shandy


This shandy is made with Mexican beer with some chili powder added for added spice.

City Style and Living Magazine Spring 2025 How to Make a south of the border shandy
Photography by Lauren McDuffie

Makes 1 (64-ounce) Pitcher
Glass: tall beer

INGREDIENTS
24 ounces chilled Corona beer

24 ounces chilled lemon-lime soda

16 ounces chilled mango juice

4 ounces ancho chili powder

4 teaspoon kosher salt

Lime wheels or wedges, for garnish

METHOD
In a ½ ­gallon pitcher, preferably one with a lid, combine the beer, soda, and mango juice. Cover and keep chilled until ready to serve. In a small bowl, combine the chili powder and salt. Pour into a shallow bowl and set aside. When ready to serve, moisten the rims of the serving glasses with water and twirl in the spiced salt, then fill with the shandy. Garnish with lime wheels.

Recipe excerpted from Cocktails, Southern Style: Pours, Drinks, Sips, and Bites by Belinda Smith-Sullivan. Photographs by Lauren McDuffie. Reprinted by permission of Gibbs Smith Books.


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