Lemon Beer Punch (1960s)

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 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

Recipe

• 1 juice the lemons, reserving the rinds. there should be about a cup of juice.
• 2 combine sugar and water in a saucepan.
• 3 bring to a boil.
• 4 add lemon rinds.
• 5 remove from heat, cover, and let stand 5 minutes.
• 6 remove lemon rinds and discard.
• 7 cool syrup.
• 8 mix syrup, lemon juice and grapefruit juice.
• 9 pour into a punch bowl over ice.
• 10 add beer.
• 11 float lemon slices studded with cloves on top.