Pfungstadter Shandy

Name: Pfungstädter Shandy
Brewery: Pfungstädter Brauerei
Origin: Hessen, Germany
Style: Shandy
Alcohol: 2.40 % ABV
Rating: 3.5/5.0

A shandy, short for shandygaff, is a mixture of one part beer and one part ginger beer, ginger ale, or lemonade. Pfungstädter Shandy is a mixture of lager beer and lemonade. Shandy, not exactly well known in North America, is very popular in Germany where it is called "radler." Anyway, I bought a case of it in the summer of 2002 from Pletchers. My neighbors and I were inviting some friends over and chillin' at the apartment's pool all day. Shandy seemed like the perfect mix: all the alcohol goodness of beer and the refreshment of lemonade. It ended up being great. Everyone seemed to really enjoy drinking it poolside. Unfortunately, the beer wasn't good enough to overcome the fact that Andy had invited Chieh. Thanks a lot Andy. Oh by the way, the bottle is the coolest thing about this brand. When the bottle reaches the prime drinking temperature, the star within the horseshoe turns blue. Pretty damn cool in my book.