The 2-Ingredient Cocktail I'm Making All Summer Long

It couldn’t be easier. When I think of warm-weather cocktails, I think fruity, refreshing, and thirst-quenching. I also thinkease.I don’t want to spend my warm weather downtime juicing countless limes, muddling herbs, and simmering simple syrups. I just want a drink, and I want it now. After a recent dinner out with friends, we all wandered into a low-key bar for a nightcap. It wasn’t the kind of place for fancy cocktails and I wasn’t crazy about their beer selection, but they had an offering tucked in the corner of the menu that caught my eye: a can of Stiegl Radler and a shot of mezcal. Now, my shot-and-a-beer days are long past, but this combination sounded good to me. Upon receiving my order, I drank some of the radler, then added the shot directly to the can. My friends followed suit, and we all looked at each other with surprised faces. It was delicious! We’ve since declared it the drink of the summer. Why This Combo Works Stiegl is an Austrian brewery that makes a mighty fine radler. A radler is a combination of a light, refreshing beer with fruit soda, typically made with real fruit juice. It’s also called a shandy (or apanachéin France). Citrus—like orange, lemon, or grapefruit—is the most common radler flavor. Stiegl’s radler is the grapefruit variety, and it is juicy, lightly tart, and super refreshing. It’s very fruit-forward and not bitter at all, so it tends to please even non-beer drinkers. This fruity, effervescent drink is the ideal mixer for smoky, naturally fruity mezcal. I don’t know why I didn’t think to try this combo earlier; maybe because one is Austrian, and one is Mexican? No matter where they’re from, they’re a match made in heaven. A Note On Ingredients I can usually find

It couldn’t be easier.