You Shandy Bastard!

[Badfellow]

The subject today, class, is the bastardized Shandy.

I do enjoy drinking a classic shandy of beer and lemonade, but the lack of potency generally leaves me wanting. All that pissing and drinking, and what for little buzz. So, I've undertaken some modifications of the recipe while staying true to shandy principles.

That being said, let's get a few things straight:

1. The shandy is intended to be consumed in massive quantites. Nursing (as if it ever were) is utterly unacceptable.
2. The shandy is intended to be a refreshing drink, particularly in hot summer climates where forced labor lawn mowing is rampant.

and

3. The shandy, properly executed (ie. bastardized), can be a beautiful and compellingly potent experience. But the base beer must be strong (at least 7% alcohol by volume).


Here's a couple of favorites from my labs. I should add, I cheat by adding spirits to my shandy where called for.



The Shandy Royale

2 parts Duvel
1 part Pineapple Juice
1 dash Cointreau or Grand Marinier

Fill a 1 liter beer stein 1/3 full with pineapple juice. Top off with a satanic hand of Duvel and finish with orange liqueur in the foam. Better pineapple juice produces better results and a richer, more fulfilling drink.



St. Peterburg Mafiya Shandy

3 parts Baltika 9 Extra Lager
1 part Pommegranate Juice

Fill a tall beer schooner with Baltika. Finish with juice. Granted, those yellow-dog Uzbeks traffic some pretty shady heroin through Moscow, but their pommegranate juice is top notch. Garnish with a silenced Makarov.


The Dark Elephant

4 parts Delerium Nocturnum
1 part Black Cherry Juice
1/2 ounce Jim Beam Black

Mix that shit together! The order doesn't matter! What does matter is that you'll be riding into your next blackout appointment in style on your very own Dark Elephant! This is what you quaff on the fifth or sixth "okay, I'll have one more".






I dare YOU to bastardize with the shandies!

[Shane-O-Matic]

You may just have opened up an avenue in my already comprehensive drinking scope.

I thank you.

[captain gonzo]

Special brew and lemonade....its perfect for refreshment.

The fruity twist wouldnt suit me with beer.

[kowalski]

Hmm... Special Brew & Lemonade: interesting

[captain gonzo]

Hmm... Special Brew & Lemonade: interesting

Its refreshing and still normal strength. Not bad on a summer noon.

[Bluto]

I always love rading Bdfellow's posts; such great ideas!

This isn't on par with what the Rev. has posted but it's a little something i came up with today that I think fits the spirit, at least

in a shaker
muddle 1/4 tsp grated ginger with 1/4 tsp sugar and a pinch of salt
add 1 jigger of gin
and 1 pony of pomegranate liquer
with with one jigger of lemoade
and ice,
shake vigorously
gently stir in one several splashes of seltzer
and strain into a cocktail glass.

garnish with a sprig of thai basil if you can get it, or a bit of fresh mint if you can't

This litttle concoction has me pretty well tuned up right now and I think it's pretty damned tasty.

[thirsty4beer]

here's a drink you all may know of and mock because of one of the ingredients, but it hets you pissed:

Turbo Shandy

ingredients are 1pint of lager
1 bottle of smirnoff ice (non-capitalised)

Method: drink half the pint then pour the smirnoff ice into the glass with the remainder of you lager.

i know what you are thinking but just try it. you will be drunk. Is good!

[captain gonzo]

here's a drink you all may know of and mock because of one of the ingredients, but it hets you pissed:

Turbo Shandy

ingredients are 1pint of lager
1 bottle of smirnoff ice (non-capitalised)

Method: drink half the pint then pour the smirnoff ice into the glass with the remainder of you lager.

i know what you are thinking but just try it. you will be drunk. Is good!

Tried that a couple of times, prefer to use vodka and actual cheapo r whites lemonade because smirnoff ice is really tart and also gives me indigestion.

[thirsty4beer]

yes, the heartburn is a downside for me too tbh. still, it will get you drunk

[Resident Asshole]

yes, the heartburn is a downside for me too tbh. still, it will get you drunk

A) No it won't

B) No alcopops

[thirsty4beer]

A. you are wrong

B. theres booze in it so i'll drink it

if someone bought you one would you turn it down, R A?

[captain gonzo]

Still gets you drunk, then again whats wrong with adding vodka to lemonade and using that instead....cheaper and more effective with fewer unpleasantries.

Or even better vodka cider and beer... but thats snakebites not shandy.

[Resident Asshole]

A. you are wrong

B. theres booze in it so i'll drink it

if someone bought you one would you turn it down, R A?

There's booze in pruno too, doesn't mean I'll drink it. I would probably take a sip if someone bought it for me, but yeah I would turn it down. That shit goes bananas on my acid-reflux. I could never get drunk off it because I drink acidic drinks (like a bad long island) so slowly that I might as well be drinking water.

And yeah, I've turned down plenty of free shitty beer in my life and instead chose to buy my own.

Also, unless you are from Canada I believe that cider with beer (stout specifically) is a Black Velveteen. A Snakebite is Yukon and Lime. However when I was in Calgary they called their cider/beer a Snakebite.

[captain gonzo]

A. you are wrong

B. theres booze in it so i'll drink it

if someone bought you one would you turn it down, R A?

There's booze in pruno too, doesn't mean I'll drink it. I would probably take a sip if someone bought it for me, but yeah I would turn it down. That shit goes bananas on my acid-reflux. I could never get drunk off it because I drink acidic drinks (like a bad long island) so slowly that I might as well be drinking water.

And yeah, I've turned down plenty of free shitty beer in my life and instead chose to buy my own.

Also, unless you are from Canada I believe that cider with beer (stout specifically) is a Black Velveteen. A Snakebite is Yukon and Lime. However when I was in Calgary they called their cider/beer a Snakebite.

Im english....lager and cider is a snakebite...entire generations of goths have grown up with snakebite and black, and thats probably older than the yank "snakebite"

[libertyjug68]

Badfellow you seem to be a gourmet and gourmand of what I always thought sounded like a drink for lads in knickers