Shandygaff or Shandy, a beverage first invented in the United Kingdom, is beer flavoured with ginger beer or ginger ale.

Carbonated lemonade or citrus-flavored soda may also be used. In German, this type of drink is called a Radler (German > "Cyclist"). In French it is called a Panaché (French > "mixed", "motley").

The proportions of the two ingredients are adjusted to taste, normally half-and-half, although shandy that is sold canned or bottled is typically much weaker (about one part beer to ten parts sweet soda). In some jurisdictions, the dilution of some packaged shandy (and thus its low alcohol content) may make it exempt from laws that govern alcoholic beverages.

[edit] Variations

The following variations of shandy are found around the world.

[edit] Shandy

In the United Kingdom, shandy or shandygaff is beer mixed with ginger beer, ginger ale, or carbonated lemonade.

In H.G. Wells’s comic novel The History of Mr. Polly, Wells refers to shandygaff as “two bottles of beer mixed with gingerbeer in a round-bellied jug.”

Fentimans, of Hexham, markets a lemonade-based Shandy made of a 70% – 30% mixture of beer and carbonated lemonade rated at 0.5 ABV (1 proof). It is available in the United States through Lion Brewery, Inc..

[edit] Panaché

In France, a panaché (meaning "mixed" or "motley") is beer mixed or flavoured with limonade (French-style lemonade), which is lemon-flavoured soda or soda water. Adding grenadine to the mix makes a Monaco.

In Britain, a popular variant is the “lager top,” in which a small measure of clear lemonade or lime juice is added to the lager, usually about a centimeter. There are regional variations to the pronunciation: in East Anglia and Inverness a single pint is referred to as a "lager tops", whilst in the Isle of Man and the Lake District, the name "lager touch" is used. In parts of Wales and the West this may be referred to as a "lager splash".

[edit] Rock Shandy

In Ireland, a non-alcoholic half-and-half of fizzy orange and lemon soft drink is quite popular and commonly referred to as a Rock Shandy. According to brand information on the website of the Cantrell & Cochran Group, which markets an orange-and-lemon drink under the brand name of Club Rock Shandy, the origin of the name is from the Blackrock Swimming Club of Blackrock, Co. Dublin [2].

In South Africa and Namibia, a Rock Shandy is made up of 50% soda water and 50% lemonade, optionally with a few dashes of Angostura bitters for flavor.

In Southern Africa, a popular variation is the Malawi shandy, which is made from 50% lemonade, 50% ginger ale, and a few dashes of Angostura bitters.

In Germany and Austria, the Spezial, or Spezi is a non-alcoholic drink with 50% orange lemonade and 50% cola. It is a traditional drink that is very popular among children.

[edit] Biermischgetränke

Biermischgetränke (“beer-based mixed drinks”) are popular in Germany. Sometimes a non-alcoholic beer is used, so that the drink has no significant alcohol content. Since a 1993 change in German tax law, Biermischgetränke are also sold pre-mixed in bottles.

A common ingredient in these drinks is German-style lemonade. The German language uses two terms for such drinks. Zitronenlimonade is lemon-lime soda.^[1] Brauselimonade is fizzy lemon-lime soda water.^[2]

In Northern Germany, a half-and-half made of pilsner beer and lemonade is known as an Alster (short for “Alsterwasser”) while the rest of the country Radler and Alster exist simultaneously and differ only in the type of lemonade used. Usually a lemon-based soft drink is used for both Alster and Radler; the use of an orange-based soft drink is very uncommon.

In Berlin and eastern Germany the Potsdamer, a 50%/50% mixture of light-coloured beer and flavoured soda, is a popular drink. The soda used in a Potsdamer is flavoured with a shot of raspberry syrup, giving it a red colour. (To follow custom and control the size of the head, one should fill a 0.5 L glass halfway with the soda first, and then pour the beer.)

In southern Germany, a mix of Weißbier and lemonade is called a Russ (“Russian”).

The Whizz Peach, made by the private Wilhelm Rummel Brewery in Darmstadt, is made with 50% Kristallweizen (filtered wheat beer) and 50% peach-flavored lemonade.

The Berliner Weisse mit Schuss is made from a light Weißbier (white beer) mixed with a Schuss (“shot”) of sweet syrup instead of soda. It comes in three standard varieties: the Grün ("green") with Waldmeistersirup, a Woodruff flavoured syrup; the Gelb ("yellow") with a shot of Zitronensirup ("lemon syrup"); and the Rot ("red"), with a shot of Himbeersirup ("raspberry syrup").

In France, a Demi-peche combines French beer and a shot of peach syrup.

[edit] Radler

The Radler ("cyclist") is a Biermischgetränk with a long history in German-speaking regions. Consisting of a 50%/50% or 60%/40% mixture of various types of beer and German-style soda pop, the invention of the Radler has been widely attributed to the Munich gastronomer Franz Xaver Kugler in 1922. However the recipe for the Radler had been mentioned as early as 1912^[3]. Nowadays the Radler is not just drunk only in Bavaria but across Germany and Austria. During the summer months, Radler is very popular there due to its reputation of being a thirst-quencher.^[4]

[edit] Diesel

The Diesel is a mixture of lager and a cola-based beverage. The mixing of these two drinks produces a Diesel-fuel-like colouration, which explains the name of the drink.^[5]

In Slovenia the preferred method is to prepare it using Cockta soda.

In Germany, lager beer mixed with cola is called a Colabier or Gespritzter. There exist several regional differences in names and variants.

• Hefeweizen mixed with cola is called a Colaweizen.
• Weißbier mixed with cola is called a Flieger ("Aviator"), Neger (“Negro”), or “Turbo.”
• Pilsner or Alt-bier and cola is known as a Krefelder.

An Altbier Cola is made with Altbier, cola, and a shot of kirschlikor (“cherry schnapps”).

A Greifswalder, a Shandy which is very popular in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, is made with Köstritzer (a type of “dark lager”) mixed with cola.

A Brummbär (“Brown Bear”) is Stout or Porter mixed with cola.

A Mazout (Flemish dialect for "Diesel") is a common drink in Flanders made from lagers like Jupiler, Maes pils or Stella Artois and Coca-Cola.

[edit] Turbo Shandy

A more potent variation known as a Turbo Shandy is made from mixing lager with a citrus-flavoured or lemonade-based alcopop (e.g., Smirnoff Ice or Mike's Hard Lemonade). It is sometimes fortified with a shot or more of the base alcohol.

The Cantrell & Cochran Group previously marketed a shandy drink called “Club Shandy”, which contained orange or lemon soda and 0.5% (1 proof) of alcohol, but this has not been available since the mid-1990s.

The Berliner Weisse mit Strippe (“Weisse with a ribbon [of alcohol]”) is made with a shot of Kümmel or Korn liquor.

The Heller Moritz is Hefeweizen served with a piccolo (Italian > “small bottle”) of champagne and a slice of lemon.

The Bavarian Goaßmaß (“goat stein”) consists mainly of a 50%/50% to 60%/40% mixture of dark Weizen beer and Cola with a shot of kirschlikor (“cherry schnapps”). It is served in a 1-liter stein caled a “Maß”. There is also a Goaßhalbe (or “goat half”) which is the same mixture of beer, cola and cherry liquor, but served in a 0.5 liter glass.

The Bismarck, named for the favorite drink of the “Iron Chancellor,” is 50% Köstritzer (a schwarzbier) and 50% champagne and is served in a beer stein. It is similar to the Black Velvet Cocktail, which is made with Stout beer (e.g., Guinness) poured on a spoon over either champagne or sparkling hard cider and served in a wine glass or champagne flute.

The Thuringian Kalte Ente (“Cold Duck”) is 66% Pilsner and 33% German lemonade with a shot of Kirschlikör (“cherry schnapps”).

The Bierkut is 50% Pilsner mixed with 50% Vodka and orange juice.

The Mass und Schuss is a liter of beer served with a schuss (“shot” of hard alcohol) on the side. The Laterndl is prepared by putting a shot-glass of Kirschwasser ("Sour Cherry Brandy") at the bottom of the Mass before pouring in the beer, making it a sort of reverse “Depthcharge”.

The Dr Pepper Shandy is a mix of lager with amaretto. The proportions of the two ingredients are adjusted to taste, generally somewhere between three and five parts beer to one part amaretto. The name is derived from Dr Pepper soda which tastes comparable.

[edit] Other names for shandy

• Austria: An Almradler is made with a 60/40 mix of popular Austrian Almdudler soda (a traditional Alpine herb drink that tastes a bit like a ginger ale) and pils or lager beer. A 50/50 blend is marketed by Puntigamer in bottles and cans. It is also popular in Bavarian Germany.

• Belgium
  • Flanders: Kivela (Estonian > “land of stone”) A mixture of German lemonade and lager. Spavola (Italian > "bubbling water") a mixture of sparkling mineral water and lager. Mazout is a mixture of cola and lager.
  • Wallonia: Diabolo (“devil”), a lager mixed with mint or grenadine.
  • Brussels: Tango, dark beer with grenadine.

• Bahamas: Local dialect pronounces Shandy as "Shanti" or "Shanty" (as in shanty town, where the ragamuffins live).

• Chile: Fan-schop, a mixture of draught beer with Fanta orange soda.

• Colombia: Refajo, a mixture of lager beer with red cola-style soda like Kola Román or Colombiana.

• France: A Monaco is a Panaché with Grenadine added.

• Japan: Shandygaff, a mixture of beer and cola.

• Portugal: Called indiscriminately either a Panache or a Shandy, it is a drink popularized by the European tourists who brought the drink here. It is made with draft beer mixed with carbonated lemonade or a lemon-flavoured soft drink (often 7 Up or Sprite).

• Switzerland: Called either a Panaché [Swiss French] or Panasch [Swiss German]. In the canton of Valais, the Swiss-French call it "Bière-lime".

• Spain:
  • Called a Clara or Clara con limón if it’s made with sweet carbonated lemon soda (Clara Spanish > “Clear Lemonade”).
  • When made with carbonated soda-water, whether it is lemon-flavored or not, it is called Clara limón gaseosa ("Lemon Soda").
  • In some other parts of Spain, a mixture of beer and sweet lemon-lime soda is called a Champú ("shampoo").
  • It is called a Pica / Pika ("Sting" or "Bite") in the Basque Country.
  • It is called a Lejía ("chlorine bleach") in parts of Guipuscoa.

• USA: In the mid-western USA, a Cincinnati is a 33%/66% concoction of 1/3 lemon-lime soda (i.e. Sprite or 7 Up) and 2/3 lager or pilsner beer.

[edit] See also

• Cerveza preparada A type of beer cocktail in Mexico that is made with tomato juice, hot sauce, and lemon or lime juice.
• Calgary Red Eye, a cocktail made with beer and Clamato that is used as a hangover cure.
• In Texas, a lager mixed with lime juice is called a Gringo Honeymoon.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Magical blends
• Puntigamer in German

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