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Shandy Gaff

Equal parts beer and ginger ale: malty, with a gentle ginger bite.

Classic collection version

For one serving

Ingredients

  • Beer
    150 ml / 5.07 US fl oz
  • Ginger Ale
    150 ml / 5.07 US fl oz

US fl oz amounts are rounded; use ml for exact measures.

Make it

  1. Chill both ingredients ahead of time.
  2. Pour the beer into the glass first, then fill with ginger ale.
  3. Give it one gentle stir.

Behind the drink

An old British pub drink that used to be made with ginger beer and ale. British pubs now usually make it with lemon soda; the standard Japanese recipe is equal parts beer and ginger ale.

Recipe reference

Per Japanese Wikipedia: half beer, half ginger ale.

ja.wikipedia.org ↗