Black and tan; shandy

[A. Vine]

Bruce Dykes wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at YALE.EDU>
>
> > Bruce Dykes wrote:
> >>
> >>Other fun entries in the half beer beverage list:
> >>
> >>Snakebite (UK): half lager, half (hard) cider. (my personal choice is
> >>Guinness Harp, but American macrobrew Pilsners do nicely as well)

When I was in college, a "snakebite" was something like a shot of Yukon Jack and
a lime, or with lime juice.

> >>Ratler (DE): half beer (unsure of restrictions), half 7UP.
> >>Shandy (UK): less than half beer, topped off with lemon-lime soda.
> >>
> >often described as half lemonade, but that presupposes English lemonade,
> >which is somewhat closer to lemon-lime soda than to U.S. style lemonade.
>
> Yes, English lemonade (Italian limonata, Deutsche Limonade)=lemon lime soda
>

Actually, some English use the term "lemonade" for "soda" in general.  The most
popular soda is a lemon-lime flavor, but I don't think the term exclusively
means that.  I think that doubles for German "Limonade" = "soda", but I'm not
sure about Italian.

Andrea
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