# Radlers and other Beer news...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radlers-and-other-beer-news/690129>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** beer\
**Created:** [June 5, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radlers-and-other-beer-news/690129 "2014-06-05T16:37:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radlers-and-other-beer-news/690129/1 "2014-06-05T16:37:15Z")

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About two months ago a beer friend suggested I try the beer he was drinking.He said it was a radler. It was OK, kinda like a shandy. Since then it seems like radlers are everywhere.

So: what’s the difference between radlers and shandies? And what else “new” is going on in the beer world?

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**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radlers-and-other-beer-news/690129/2 "2014-06-05T18:37:24Z")

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As far as I know, Radler isn’t a new thing…it’s German-style beer and lemonade. A shandy is U.K. style beer and “lemonade,” meaning Sprite or some such. I like to use San Pellegrino Limonata since Schweppes Bitter Lemon has disappeared, but I haven’t discovered the perfect matching brew yet. Will work on it this summer. 😃