In the 1970s and 80s, shandy was a tin of almost-booze given to children, a soft drink with top notes of beer. The origins of the name are delightfully obfuscated by a combination of legend and poor documentation.

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Try an English IPA, a style which often offers a more pronounced bitterness, but that do not exude tropical fruit flavours. For example, a shandy made with 4 ounces of beer and 4 ounces of lemonade would have an alcohol content of about 4%. A pint of lager shandy contains the same number of calories but reduces alcohol consumption by two units.

If you want to make your beer stand out, try combining a blond lager or pilsner with citrus juice, grapefruit, lime, or ginger.

Shandy is also commonly heard across the world, including in Spain, where the word refers to a pre-mixed bottled option. If we follow the logic that a shandy is lighter in alcohol then a commercially made one must be authentic. After starting with kits, they moved on to taking a space in a brewery, hoping to be rewarded for the risk. There is no definitive answer to this question as the alcohol content of shandy can vary depending on the recipe.

Some people believe that drinking a shandy is better than beer, as it is less filling and has a lower alcohol content. Furthermore, alcohol can cause serious problems for the mother, such as low birth weight, gestational diabetes, and liver problems. Stiegl’s grapefruit radler; Bavaria’s lager shandy; Track and Naparbier’s Riddle Me This lime sour; Newbarns’ Radler Shandy.