It is sweltering in Illinois as I write this. I glanced at the weather report before I biked to work this morning, and to my dismay saw that it would feel like 112 F outside. And, it did. Look out east coast, this heat wave is coming for you. I'd recommend that you stock a few ingredients in your home in preparation. This is my favorite way to keep cool on these hot, hot summer nights.
Porch Beer
Ingredients
12 oz. lager beer (I use Tecate)
1 lime
Kosher flake salt
4 large ice cubes
Method
Cut the lime into quarters and run one of the wedges around the rim of a 20 oz pint glass. Pour a tablespoon of salt into a flat dish and coat the glass rim. Add four large ice cubes to the glass, squeeze in the lime juice, and add the lime quarters. Top with beer.
(From the archives.)
Yum! This is exactly what the thermometer is calling for.
Posted by: katie | July 21, 2011 at 12:30
Looks like exactly what I want to drink on my porch ... maybe with a dash of hot sauce, too!
(And we must be on a similar page ... a week or so ago I made up a drink I named "front porch lemonade")
Posted by: Bowen | July 28, 2011 at 17:25
Indeed Katie, enjoy!
Bowen, I definitely second the hot sauce. Great minds think alike! Nice site.
Posted by: Gemma | August 04, 2011 at 11:41
Oh, yum.
Posted by: yarnydays | August 25, 2011 at 13:15
Indeed, yarnydays (cute blog, by the way!)
Posted by: Gemma | September 27, 2011 at 16:20