Shandy

[londonpenguin]

How do you make shandy? Is it one part beer to one part lemonade, or are the parts unequal? Is there an ingredient I don't know about?

Thanks!

 

[florida sun]

Hi there

Well now, from what I remember when I used to work behind a bar many moons ago, when somebody asked me for a Pint of Shandy it was always half beer or lager and half lemonade, if they wanted a lemon top or beer/lager with a dash it was 90% beer/larger and 10% lemonade.

Although some people did occasionally ask for a weak shandy, hence less beer/larger.

Im sure it's still the same, and no there were no other ingredients that we used.

Hope that helps. I could just drink a nice shandy now

Sue

 

[londonpenguin]

Thanks, Sue! That does help. Occasionally I'd like to order one here, but I'm afraid the bartender wouldn't know what I was talking about, and I'd be too embarrassed if I couldn't tell him/her how to make it.

P.S. Since you used to work behind a bar and you live in Wales, I'm picturing you looking like Myfanwy from "Little Britain."

 

[florida sun]

Thanks, Sue! That does help. Occasionally I'd like to order one here, but I'm afraid the bartender wouldn't know what I was talking about, and I'd be too embarrassed if I couldn't tell him/her how to make it.

P.S. Since you used to work behind a bar and you live in Wales, I'm picturing you looking like Myfanwy from "Little Britain."

Lol, Thank Goodness, thats better than Vicki Pollard


Sue

 

[KayleeUK]

P.S. Since you used to work behind a bar and you live in Wales, I'm picturing you looking like Myfanwy from "Little Britain."

 

[londonpenguin]

Lol, Thank Goodness, thats better than Vicki Pollard
Sue

Yeah, but no, but yeah, but no, but yeah because Myfanwy has waaaaay better hair than Vicki Pollard AND she can get all the free beer she wants cos she works behind a bar.


[Sorry.]

 

[floridalol]

Actually a proper shandy is half of bitter and half of ginger beer. It was only in the 1970's that lemonade began to replace ginger beer. For anyone not having tried a shandy with ginger beer instead of lemonade it really is a far superior taste. Bitter/Lager tops should only have a splash of lemonade not 10% that would dilute it too much.

 

[KayleeUK]

I wonder what it tastes like with ginger beer???

I like lots of lemonade in mine

 

[AlanUK]

I like lots of lemonade in mine

Which is why we are a perfect match, because I like lots of Beer in mine

 

[londonpenguin]

Ginger beer? Does anyone know if that's like root beer or like ginger ale?

 

[Dimplenose]

I like shandy made with ginger beer instead of lemonade - but last time I asked for one the bar man made it with ginger beer in place of the beer!!

Ginger beer is nothing like root beer, it's a bit like ginger ale but hotter(spicier). We used to make our own when I was younger and kept a ginger beer "plant" in a sweetie jar in the cellar - the ginger beer we made from that was quite firey.

Libby

Libby