Name: Shandygaff
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 2&frasl;3 fill glass with Pilsner lager; Top up with Ginger ale

Shandygaff
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Glass:

Serve in a Pint glass

Ingredients:
²⁄₃ fill glass with	Pilsner lager
Top up with	Thomas Henry Ginger Ale

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Prepare:

Select a PINT GLASS.
No garnish to prepare.

How to make:

POUR beer into chilled glass.
TOP with ginger ale.

Garnish:

Serve naked, without garnish.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Pilsner lager - Cereals containing gluten

Review:

Tastier than your average 'lager shandy'.

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AKA: Sandygaff

History:

This drink and its name originated in England and dates back to at least the late 19th century. The name comes from the London slang for a pint of beer, 'shant of gatter' (shanty being a public house, gatter meaning water). The ginger ale serves as a flavoursome way to water down the strength of the beer, thus the literal translation, 'pub water'.

In the first chapter of The History of Mr. Polly, H. G. Wells describes a shandygaff as being, "two pints of beer and two bottles of ginger beer foaming in a huge round-bellied jug." In London, the beer is now usually diluted with lemonade, and this drink is now simply known as a shandy. When ordering in a pub, you are expected to call for 'lager shandy' or 'bitter shandy', the latter specifying the drink should be based on traditional real ale.

Today, the term 'Shandygaff' is largely forgotten in London, but it remains popular in the Caribbean, where this drink is typically made with beer and ginger ale or ginger beer.

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Michael Click

28th September at 10:59

It's good but too sweet for me. I took a note from a Japanese bartender and added a squeeze of lemon juice. I found that addition to be an improvement, balancing out the sugar from the ginger ale.

G. M. Genovese

4th February 2024 at 15:43

Salva Vida (Honduran amber lager) and Fever Tree Ginger Beer was a great combo. Tasted like a lengthened ginger beer.

Marek Vranka

27th April 2023 at 16:01

had this in a hotel restaurant in Hiroshima and it was very drinkable, I wont't be afraid to try another one...

Myxo Gastrid

13th October 2022 at 19:56

A good way to ruin a nice pilsner (and the ginger ale, really). Might be my fault for using Canada Dry - will try again with either a better ginger ale or good ginger beer