Time for some shandy

After a long day of being at work and cutting a never ending field of grass, I finally sat down with some homemade chicken pizza and some ice-cold shandy. Shandy (or radler) is a German invention consisting of beer mixed with lemonade. It's a good "all-around" drink since it's not particularly strong in alcohol content and an excellent choice for a refreshing cold one.


My favourite shandy has (so far) been the one bought from German supermarket chain Lidl, called Grafenwalder Shandy. It consists of an equal amount of Grafenwalder beer and lemonade, which leads to the alcohol content dropping to 2.5 %. This is a good drink for the people who are looking for an alternative to their weekday beer, or for the ones needing something a bit more "adult" compared to the regular extremely sugary sodas.

I have been drinking this brand for a few years, but Lidl stopped selling them for a while for some reason. That got me very upset, sice the closest alternative (Foster's Radler) was worse and more expensive.



Grafenwalder Shandy is also extremely cheap, an 0,5 litre can only costing around 0,70 €. This leads to the price per litre (without bottle return included) being about 1,10 €. I think it's a very fair deal for such a great product.