How to Make Your Own Refreshing Summer Shandy At Home

How to Make Your Own Refreshing Summer Shandy At Home?

The solution: Make your own radlers, or shandies, or whatever you choose to call them. 

1. Session IPA + Grapefruit Juice
Ballast Point’s Grapefruit Sculpin is the most influential new craft beer of the past several years, with imitators popping up all across the country—and now in your own kitchen.
Many commercial grapefruit IPAs are relatively high in alcohol by volume (Sculpin is 7 percent ABV), so if you’re looking to drink several homemade radlers in one afternoon, pick a gentler base beer. Add a couple ounces of fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice to the 4.5-ABV Firestone Walker Easy Jack and enjoy.

2. Pale Ale + Pineapple Juice
A little bit of pineapple juice goes an awfully long way in beer. So you’ll want to start with a relatively low-alcohol base that doesn’t need much cutting.
Pour an ounce of pineapple juice in Deschute’s Mirror Pond, a well-balanced, 5-percent ABV pale ale. Mirror Pond has some fruit character to complement the pineapple, but enough bitterness to keep it firmly in beer territory.

3. Berliner Weisse + Mango Juice
Tart, refreshing, low-ABV Berliner Weisse is the ideal canvas on which to project your wildest radling fantasies.
Many commercial Berliners come pre-flavored, but White Birch, among others, makes a great straight version that meshes well with any flavor of canned Goya juice—especially an ounce or two of mango.

4. Belgian Wit + Cherry Juice
This idea comes from The Roost in Northampton, Massachusetts, where they serve delicious pints of Allagash White with ice cubes of Lindemans Kriek, a cherry beer from Belgium.
If you don’t want to freeze your lambic, just add a splash of cherry juice to any witbier or hefeweizen.

5. Saison + Lemonade
A couple shots of homemade or commercial lemonade will transform dry, peppery saison into an ideal, all-day summertime guzzler.
Great Divide’s Collette is a great saison sold by the six-pack, though it’s a strong 7.3-percent ABV. Stone’s equally excellent Saison is a bit tamer at 6 percent.

6. Porter + Blueberry Juice
Stouts and porters aren’t just for winter. Irish people drink the dark stuff year-round, even on a warm, summer day.
A glug or two of blueberry juice will brighten up the porter’s dark roasted malt essence by adding another flavor dimension to the typical coffee/chocolate profile.

The 14 Best Organic Foods

1.EGG(Eggland's Best Organic)
Scrambled, fried, or poached, these heart-healthier eggs cook up flavorful and fluffy.
One large egg: 
70 calories
6 grams (g) protein
0 g carbs
4 g fat

2.CEREAL(Kashi Whole Wheat Biscuits, Cinnamon Harvest)
One serving is nearly 20 percent of your daily fiber, and it doesn't taste like the box it came in.
2 oz:
180 calories
6 g protein
43 g carbs (5 g fiber)
1 g fat

3. MIlk(Stonyfield Organic Reduced Fat)
It's creamy, without the calories of whole milk.
1 cup: 
130 calories
8 g protein
13 g carbs
5 g fat

4.COFFEE(Stumptown Coffee Roasters Organic French Roast
"Direct trade" means the roasters buy directly from growers and then ship this dark, rich coffee to you.
1 cup: 
2 calories

5.BROWN BREAD(Bread Alone Bakery Organic Whole Grain Health Loaf)
Sweetened with honey and topped with sesame and sunflower seeds, it's the perfect slice for sandwiches.
1 slice: 
140 calories
5 g protein
27 g carbs (4 g fiber)
2 g fat

6.LUNCH MEAT(Applegate Farms Organic Roasted Turkey Breast)
Try some of this lean, luscious protein rolled and slathered with pesto.
2 oz:
50 calories
10 g protein
1 g carbs
0 g fat

7.DELI CHEESE(Applegate Farms Organic Mild Cheddar Cheese)
Serve your next grilled cheese without a side of hormones.
1 slice: 
85 calories
5 g protein
0 g carbs
6 g fat

8.CONDIMENT(Annie's Naturals Organic Dijon Mustard)
It has no calories, tons of flavor, and goes great with our pretzel pick. (See "Best Crunchy Snack.")

9.FROZEN MEAL(Amy's Roasted Vegetable Tamale)

It's satisfying enough to stave off hunger, but sanely portioned to prevent a gut bomb.

Per meal:
280 calories
9 g protein
46 g carbs
7 g fat

10.POST WORKOUT (Organic Valley Reduced Fat Chocolate Milk)
Stocked with the protein your muscles need to rebuild quickly.
Per cup: 
170 calories
8 g protein
24 g carbs
5 g fat

11.MEAT(Full Circle Bison Ranch Organic Grass Fed Buffalo (Rib Eye))
This steak outranked all the organic beef brands we sampled.
3 oz: 
150 calories
25 g protein
0 g carbs
5 g fat

10.SPICE(McCormick 100% Organic Cayenne Red Pepper)
After you hit your steak with salt and pepper, ratchet up the heat with a shake of this.
(0 calories)

11.COOKING OIL(Spectrum Organic Canola Oil)
Use this for medium-to-high-heat cooking.
1 Tbsp: 
120 calories
0 g protein
0 g carbs
14 g fat

12.BEER(Samuel Smith Organic Ale)
Consider this balanced, full-bodied ale your new warm-weather brew.
12 oz: 
150 calories
2 g protein
15 g carbs
0 g fat

13.WINE(Scribe 2008 Pinot Noir)
Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, California, gives it the thumbs-up. We second.
3.5 oz: 
84 calories
0 g protein
2 g carbs
0 g fat

14.FRUIT SNACK(Peeled Snacks Much-Ado-About Mango)
Only one ingredient: dried organic mangoes.
Per bag:
120 calories
2 g protein
28 g carbs (2 g fiber)
0 g fat

 

3 Exercises You Should Do Every Day

3 Exercises You Should Do Every Day

These three moves will help you look better and feel better

Exercise 1: Wall Slides

Stop what you’re doing right now, and imagine that there’s a string attached from the ceiling to your chest. Now imagine that the string is being tightened, pulling your chest closer towards the ceiling.

If you were sitting with good posture, your chest wouldn’t rise much. But if you’re like most people, you just raised up a few inches. (You can also remind yourself to sit as tall as you can.)

This is a good way to see how much you slump. And if you do, you should start doing an exercise called the wall slide immediately.

For best results, do 10 to 15 reps of this exercise up to three times a day. (It's easy to do in your office, and a great warmup before you lift weights.)

Yes, it looks simple—and it is. But you’ll love how good it makes your shoulders and upper back feel.

Exercise 2: Hip Raises

It’s not just slumping that hurts your posture. Simply sitting can be harmful, too.

For instance, when you sit constantly—as most of us do—the muscles on the fronts of your hips become short and tight. What’s more, your glutes—or butt muscles—actually forget how to contract. (Think about it: With so much chair time, they're not being used for much of anything except padding for your hipbones.)

Exercise 3: Thoracic Rotation

Like wall slides, this is another great exercise for your upper body posture. Just look around your office: See anyone with a hunch in his upper back? (Make sure to take an honest look in the mirror, too.)

Compare his posture to that of Superman. The difference should jump at you: Superman has his chest up and shoulders pulled back; your colleague is just the opposite. The reason is simple: Your muscles and connective tissue tend to “set” in the position your body is in the most often.

Now you can’t fix 8 hours of slumping with just one exercise. But you can counteract some of the daily damage using thoracic rotation.

Try anywhere