# Ever have a Shanty?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 28, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-shanty/27133 "2000-07-28T01:04:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-shanty/27133/21 "2000-07-28T15:20:07Z")

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Must be a geographical thing, because when I went to bartending school, and in fact, the whole time I tended bar, a shandy was beer and ginger ale. I never had anyone order one and expect lemonade in it.

Anyone try Boomerang beer?

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**Author:** ![irish\_bill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ac91a4/32.png) [@irish\_bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irish_bill)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-shanty/27133/22 "2000-07-28T15:33:34Z")

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\<b\>Boomerang Beer\</b\>

Is that the beer that you puke back up after drinking it?

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**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-shanty/27133/23 "2000-07-28T16:07:05Z")

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Actually about the only way I can drink beer is with lemon juice in it. It seems to mellow the taste and get rid of the aftertaste tht beer sometimes has. Yes I know that’s sacreligeous, but I just am not a huge fan of that beery taste.  
Keith

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**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-have-a-shanty/27133/24 "2000-07-28T16:07:17Z")

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In the Descartes vein that’s been going around,  
“John Stuart Mill, of his own free will/  
After half a pint of shandy was partictularly ill.”

I’ve had Radler before. Quite pleasant. Like a snakebite for the A.M. (before the argument starts, where I live (american NW) a snakebite is guinness and hard cider, while a blank and tan is guinness and bass–I’ve also been in bars where the snakebite recipes involve the blackcurrant, though).

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