Shandy Panaché: Lime Ginger & Mint + Mango & Pineapple 2.2% (Brewed in collaboration with Steep Soda) June 2020 According to the story, on a Saturday in June 1922, he was in danger of running out of beer due to high demand. In a panic, he mixed half of his beer supply with lemonade and served it to his customers as a Radlermaß, meaning “cyclist’s measure” in German. UPDATE: So much has been discovered since this post originally went up, about the dangers of quinine in people with quinine sensitivity. Big thank you to reader Jonathan for providing this informative link about this. I’m leaving this post up as an archive, but I encourage you to read that article first, and if you… In our modern day, you might be aware that shandy beer is the infamous British pub drink you can easily make with any beer and soda you want. But to make things more fascinating, let’s dig deeper and unleash the historical rootsof shandy beer. Whereas, nowadays, a shandy is considered a blend of beer with any nonalcoholic beverage, the original specifically was beer mixed with ginger beer or ginger ale. (Both ginger beer and ginger ale are believed to have originated as alcoholic brews but were then processed as soft drinks, making their names misnomers as early as mid-19th century. Typically, ginger beer has a stronger gingery flavor.) Another traditional mixer for a shandy is carbonated lemonade.

Today, shandies pave their way to the commercial market. In 2007, a beverage company in Wisconsin, Leinenkugel, first launched its bottle version. This brand is the first to garner recognition. 19 Best Shandy Beer Recipes At the Kugler Alm, founded in 1895, an open-air café in Upper Bavaria in the community of Oberhaching near Munich. Panach’ is a commercial brand created in 1979 by Heineken, a Dutch brewing group, and brewed for the first time, precisely at the Brasserie de la Valentine, in Marseille. In Spain, it is called Clara. The addition of lemonade lightens the color of the beer, hence its name, clara meaning “clear” in Spanish. Prepare five slices of ginger, four beers, one sliced lemon, and one can of frozen concentrated lemonade for this drink. As the recipe name suggests, try this recipe, chill your way out, and beat the summer heat! 19. Cranberry ShandyHere’s a recipe featuring a fun twist for your summer favorite: the shandy beer! This one uses ginger, orange, and cranberry to feature the flavors of winter and fall and is still a light, refreshing beer! As far as I’m concerned, springtime is Dark and Stormy season. As the rain pummels the ground here in the Pacific Northwest, a little window of blue sky nestled between two dark clouds in the neighboring distance makes me wish I were watching the rain fall from across a dark ocean, my little Caribbean fishing… There are a few variations on the shandy that have become popularized via the Leinenkugel brand. But you can easily make them at home: and they taste so much better homemade! Here are our favorite variations: As I’m not a beer drinker, my biggest experience with shandy was my dad drinking them in summer. He’d love to have one after he’d been out cutting the grass for hours in the Michigan heat and humidity. Dad would come inside and pop open a lemon-lime soda (simply because that’s all we have in the US) and whatever beer he had on hand. He’d mix them together (about half and half) into a beer glass, and always said how thirst-quenching they were. I LOVE these toucan Guinness glasses! Topping up.

Easy to drink and thirst-quenching, shandy beer is the ultimate summer drink. While this drink dominates the commercial market, there’s no stopping you from crafting a shandy beer at home.Grapefruit shandy: This variation uses grapefruit soda as the mixer: but you can also use grapefruit juice, soda water and simple syrup. It makes a sweet and citrusy spin. Since radler means “cyclist” in German, other sources now assume that the radler was invented at the end of the 19th century in one of the predominantly social-democratic cycling clubs. In the 19th century, shandy beer originated when a mixture of ale and champagne gained popularity. During this period, the primary ingredient in shandy beer was ginger ale. But the invention of a clever mixture of beer and lemonade would have older origins. In fact, they would be attributed to the German Franz Xaver Kugler, in 1922, Runaway to the Fells: 4% Spiced Damson Gose & Walk on The Mild Side: 6.0% Dark Ruby Mild (Both brewed in Collaboration with Fell Brewery) July & November 2021

Chris Dela Rosa of Caribbean Pot showcases a straightforward guide to crafting a refreshing shandy beer recipe for sunny days. Classic panaché calls for equal parts beer and soda, but some people like their drink stronger. It is accepted that a shandy may contain up to 3 parts beer to 1 part lemonade. Summer shandy: The summer shandy often uses lemon soda or sparkling lemonade as the mixer, which makes a refreshing, light and citursy flavor. We used wheat beer here, which enhances the light flavor. By the way, there’s no ice in a proper shandy! I saw recipes that instructed ice to be added! Egads! 😱 However, many sources say that this is just a legend. Indeed, there is evidence in the German literature that the radler measure was already known in 1912, probably even around 1900. As a result, it is said to be a legend more than a story, cleverly thought out, to attract more visitors to the Kugler Alm.Beer foams a lot more than soda, so I generally prefer to add the beer first, let the foam deflate, then top with the sugary fizz. Lemonade will also foam, but to a much lesser extent. One-off brews give us the chance to experiment, learn, and take time out to celebrate when the occasion arises (or when hops are available). Some of our specials to date have included: I discovered something last year when I was out with a friend for a drink and nibbles. As we sat at the bar of the restaurant here in LA, we were watching the bartender and talking to him, as you do.