Do You Know What a Shandy Is?
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ejames, I haunted Bremmerton from time to time, every time I got to Seattle and would take the ferry from there
to Bremmerton as a destination. The first time, they had USS Missouri docked there and open for tours, on its
way to Honolulu as a permanent museum, with its huge circular plaque in the deck where the surrender of Japan
was taken. A few years later, I toured the decommissioned destroyer USS Turner Joy, one of the two destroyers
involved in the Gulf of Tonkin incident that started the Vietnam War for the US. Actually, I believe the US had been
doing poop and snoop missions and provoked the attacks, but that didn't come out until decades later. My own
ship in the Navy, USS Gallant, dry docked at Todds Shipyards in Long Beach, CA. Neither trip to Bremmerton did
I know to try the beer and tomato juice. No Shandy either, just a draft beer, whatever they had.
to Bremmerton as a destination. The first time, they had USS Missouri docked there and open for tours, on its
way to Honolulu as a permanent museum, with its huge circular plaque in the deck where the surrender of Japan
was taken. A few years later, I toured the decommissioned destroyer USS Turner Joy, one of the two destroyers
involved in the Gulf of Tonkin incident that started the Vietnam War for the US. Actually, I believe the US had been
doing poop and snoop missions and provoked the attacks, but that didn't come out until decades later. My own
ship in the Navy, USS Gallant, dry docked at Todds Shipyards in Long Beach, CA. Neither trip to Bremmerton did
I know to try the beer and tomato juice. No Shandy either, just a draft beer, whatever they had.
I think if I want something that's got a sweet kick to it, I'll stick to hard cider. I seem to have fallen in love with Angry Orchard lately. I see no point in adding lemonade or soda to beer.... I say that now, but knowing me, since it was mentioned, I'll probably experiment now.
@foggymountain, if Guinness is mixed with anything it should be with champagne (aka 'Black Velvet'), although why anyone would wish to spoil ether drink in such a fashion is beyond me.
BTW, the closest you can get in the US to an 'English' shandy is probably a lager-type beer with 50% 'Seven Up' NOT 'lemonade' as you know it!
I heard of shandy when I was very young. It is an abomination. It was drunk by women, or by men uncertain of their own sexuality. It never passed my lips ! lol
BTW, the closest you can get in the US to an 'English' shandy is probably a lager-type beer with 50% 'Seven Up' NOT 'lemonade' as you know it!
I heard of shandy when I was very young. It is an abomination. It was drunk by women, or by men uncertain of their own sexuality. It never passed my lips ! lol
It's all about Micheladas here in San Antonio. Simple to make, easy for the Mexican restaurants to screw up too though.
Mexican beer (Modelo)
Your preferred spiced bloody mary mix (Zing Zang because its perfectly blended IMHO)
Tabasco
Worcestershire sauce
Pickle juice
Lemon or lime
Pour beer into glass, pour zingzang until beer is a nice dark red almost as dark as the bloody mary mix by itself, a few splashes of tabasco and worcestershire, an ounce of pickle juice, and a squeeze of a lemon.
Stirred not shaken.
Sip through a straw. De-freaking-licious. It can be a little spicy but very flavorful and refreshing. Don't use anything else but a Mexican style beer.
Not going to get a buzz of this, it's just good.
Mexican beer (Modelo)
Your preferred spiced bloody mary mix (Zing Zang because its perfectly blended IMHO)
Tabasco
Worcestershire sauce
Pickle juice
Lemon or lime
Pour beer into glass, pour zingzang until beer is a nice dark red almost as dark as the bloody mary mix by itself, a few splashes of tabasco and worcestershire, an ounce of pickle juice, and a squeeze of a lemon.
Stirred not shaken.
Sip through a straw. De-freaking-licious. It can be a little spicy but very flavorful and refreshing. Don't use anything else but a Mexican style beer.
Not going to get a buzz of this, it's just good.
I heard about the Shandy in the context that swampmouth describes it, from a retired engineer who'd pulled duty
in India with his corporation, and said it was for soaking up more H2O with your beer, in that hot climate, like
120 degrees in the shade. It was a "get your beer and stay hydrated" tactic, not fey in particular. He never mentioned
lemonade, just carbonated soda of some kind and beer, which in the context was probably India pale ale. I guess
many just went on with their gin, but to dehydrate in extreme heat may not go down so well with everyone. I think
the diluted gin drink associated with India, Pim's Cups, has the same principle, get some water down with the "juice."
in India with his corporation, and said it was for soaking up more H2O with your beer, in that hot climate, like
120 degrees in the shade. It was a "get your beer and stay hydrated" tactic, not fey in particular. He never mentioned
lemonade, just carbonated soda of some kind and beer, which in the context was probably India pale ale. I guess
many just went on with their gin, but to dehydrate in extreme heat may not go down so well with everyone. I think
the diluted gin drink associated with India, Pim's Cups, has the same principle, get some water down with the "juice."
Red stripe and lemonade about a 60/40 mix is drank here. Not wildly popular, but not unheard of.
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