Pink, fizzy and tart like lemonade, this bowl hides more alcohol than it shows. Mix it cold, serve it over plenty of ice and keep a jug of water next to it.
111½ oz
lager ten 330 ml bottles, well chillede.g. Heineken · Beck's · Carlsberg · Stella Artois · Peroni
23¾ oz
frozen pink lemonade concentrate two 12 oz cans, thawed
12¾ oz
vodkae.g. Absolut · Smirnoff · Grey Goose · Ketel One · Belvedere
12¾ oz
London dry gine.g. Tanqueray · Gordon's · Beefeater · Bombay Sapphire · Sipsmith
Garnish: Lemon wheels floated in the bowl · Ice: Ice cubes
Porchcrawler
Sweet-tart pink lemonade with light beer fizz and a clear alcoholic warmth underneath. Easy to drink, stronger than a beer.
The Porchcrawler, sometimes called a Porch Climber, is a North American party punch built on beer, a spirit and frozen lemonade concentrate. It belongs to the same family as Skip and Go Naked (beer, gin and lemonade) and is typically made in a cooler or punch bowl for backyard parties and summer gatherings.
There is no documented inventor. The recipe travels by word of mouth, and the spirits change with what is on hand: vodka and gin are common, rum or whiskey appear too. The name is usually explained as a joke about its strength, since the lemonade and bubbles mask how much alcohol it contains.
With these amounts it is roughly twice as strong as a standard lager, and the sweetness hides it well.
A light, cheap lager is traditional. It should be crisp and not too bitter.
Yes, use about 1 litre of strong homemade pink lemonade, made sweeter and sourer than normal to stand up to the beer.
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A lazy summer porch party.
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