Shandies are a generally accepted thing, and they’re half lemonade half beer, so this really isn’t some wild, out there concoction.
120Boa! Das heißt „Radler”.
44Alsterwasser, du Plebejer.
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On top of that, fruit IPAs are a thing as well. They're not my thing but other people like them so, good for them I guess.
17Yeah, but complaining about bitter and then adding more bitter to improve it makes no sense. They didn't say they added sweet tea.
9In the north of France, there's a thing sold that's "beer bitter" which is a bitter alcohol specifically for adding to beer (Picon being the most common one).
The true purpose is probably mostly to add alcohol though. But it does taste nice.
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As a PNW beer snob, I used to make shandies out of the Ranier 30 racks that would be left at our house after a party. I didn't like the beer at the time and mixing it with lemon San Pellegrino made it delightful.
I now drink Ranier proudly when I can since I moved to Chicago. I love this city but I still bleed green, white, and blue.
8That makes me think of this video
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Isn't that just a shandy? Or is that lemonade
27Weiss beer and grapefruit juice is the best.
11One time i mixed a chocolate peanutbutter beer with grape juice to make a pbj shandy.
It was equally as gross as the beer was on its own.
6I'd seen colaweizen plenty of times when I was in Germany years ago. But then this guy walked up to the bar and asked for a Fantaweizen. That was new for me.
3Try banana juice. You can thank me later.
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It's lemonade. But lemonade as in Sprite or 7up, not the lemon squash Americans usually mean by the term.
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Radler ✅
Alcohol-Free Beer ❌
23- Radler: beer & lemon soda
- Berliner Weisse: beer & raspberry syrup
Those are the two I know; there are others.
The Germans, who among all people are known for their long and storied association with beer above all else, regularly mix beer with random stuff. If they do it, I'd argue it's more normal than American purism.
7Oh there is more:
- Russ: wheat beer & lemon soda
- Cola-Weizen: wheat beer & coke
- Kirschgoaß: dark beer & coke & cherry liquor & cognac usually served as a 1L Maß
- Almradler: beer & Almdudler (an Austrian herbal soda)
- at an Irish Pub: Irish Car Bomb: Stout & Irish Cream & Whiskey (it's surprisingly good and packs a punch)
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Shandies are called Radler in Germany, and many hate them so much that there are well known songs hating against them. To be fair, they are songs you'll only hear on parties, after a few shots and beers, but still.
20A splash of OJ or Sprite at the top of your beer is a great hangover drink. Irish buddy taught me that.
13That sounds like an Archer thing: “I’m afraid if I stop drinking the cumulative hangover will kill me”
7You mean morning drink?
5A fellow man of culture I see
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Radler is no Bier!
13This is actually basically how a lot of "hard iced tea" and "hard seltzer/wine coolers" type drinks are made. It's just the most flavorless piss beer with flavors added because that's cheaper than adding grain alcohol to thinks to spike it cleanly.
13Alcohol production licensing laws probably play a larger role than the cost of ethanol.
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In Taiwan we put ice in our beer and like it.
12You know I'm in favor of our (American) military defense of Taiwan against the CCP, but...
5China also does the same practice. Lol
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That was one of my very first "sentences" in mandarin I learned when I was living there. : “不要冰塊”
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I've had a singular alcoholic beverage and tbh it wasn't good and I felt nothing. What's the crime of mixing with ice tea?
12Liquor in tea? Delicious.
Beer in anything? Disgusting.
17A Radler is a German thing, shandy in English. Basically half lager half lemonade. Fantastic light drink. I've seen them at Total Wine in a few flavors.
Beer cocktails are a thing. Drink what you like.
Prost.
22Tea does not mix with anything but sugar and fruit, and I will die by that. Twisted Tea is an abhorent product, and the creator needs a catholic exorcist.
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TIL shandy is not "sham brandy" as in non-alcoholic (??) brandy but what we call Radler. Learning all kinds of things today. Thank you OOP.
12meh there's similar popular stuff https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Mary_(cocktail)
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7Watched one of my friends put beer in his cereal on vacation because we didn't have milk. Apparently it was good
5Yo dawg, I heard you like grains...
10Weissbier.
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I want to try it now!
5Rookie mistake. You use Almdudler for that.
5I haven’t tried that but it sounds like a crime towards both beer and almdudler.
Man, I gotta get me some almdudler.
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This would be an Arnold O'Palmer?
3The fuck I thought I got onto Lemmy for a second, I DO THAT. LİPTON PEACH İCE TEA WTİH BEER
3I really didn't expect this comment section to make me actually want to try it...
1it makes beer far better than what it is usually, if it wasn't for the after taste I would consistently drink it
(After taste of beer. I hate the aftertaste of beer.)
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I would assume that ice tea is more bitter, right? (Obviously depends on how long you let it steep.)
2If it’s the USA, then “iced tea” may actually mean “sweet tea” (an American South tradition), which is often prepared something like this:
- bring 1/2 gallon (1.9L) water to a boil
- place 8 large black tea bags in a 1 gallon (3.8L) pitcher
- pour boiling water over the tea bags in the pitcher
- steep 10-15 minutes, then remove tea bags from the pitcher
- add 1 dry cup (220g) granulated sugar
- stir the slurry until sugar is dissolved
- fill the pitcher to the top with ice cubes
- wait 20 minutes for ice to chill and dilute the tea, gently stir again
- serve
It may be a stronger tea, but so much sugar gets added (probably 3x what would be used to sweeten tea served hot) that you typically don’t notice any bitterness.
4There's unsweetened ice tea there though. I don't understand why that isn't the default though :(
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I'll go with a "Pink Elephant"
2Anime reaction, therefore unfunny
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Beer is mid, my favourites are Fireball, Jägermeister, any soju, and Everclear
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