• Ciderpunk@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    Shandies are a generally accepted thing, and they’re half lemonade half beer, so this really isn’t some wild, out there concoction.

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      18 days ago

      As a PNW beer snob, I used to make shandies out of the Ranier 30 racks that would be left at our house after a party. I didn’t like the beer at the time and mixing it with lemon San Pellegrino made it delightful.

      I now drink Ranier proudly when I can since I moved to Chicago. I love this city but I still bleed green, white, and blue.

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      19 days ago

      On top of that, fruit IPAs are a thing as well. They’re not my thing but other people like them so, good for them I guess.

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      19 days ago

      Yeah, but complaining about bitter and then adding more bitter to improve it makes no sense. They didn’t say they added sweet tea.

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        18 days ago

        In the north of France, there’s a thing sold that’s “beer bitter” which is a bitter alcohol specifically for adding to beer (Picon being the most common one).

        The true purpose is probably mostly to add alcohol though. But it does taste nice.

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            19 days ago

            It’s sweet tea in the United States.

            In Canada “Iced Tea” means “sweet tea” most of the time

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                18 days ago

                If you order an iced tea in Canada you are getting Nestea/Brisk like 95% of the time. Both are sweet teas, but are marketed and labelled as “Iced Tea”, not “Sweet Tea” - ask our American beverage overlords Coke/Pepsi why

                If you are in a cafe, or some other place where the expectation is that they brew their own, then yes, it’s generally unsweetened - but it’s also usually explicitly labelled as such on the menu so you know whether you are getting brewed tea vs a glass of corn syrup

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                  19 days ago

                  Alright that’s funny.
                  Doubly so if you have ever had southern sweet tea where you could probably put a stick in it and get rock candy back out.

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                    18 days ago

                    I’ve definitely ordered one when I was down south, poured 2/3rds out, and topped it up with water, and it was still comparable to nestea

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                  18 days ago

                  Ok? Like…it means no sugar. Just tea and ice. It’s my default drink. Pure leaf and gold peak make it. 0 calories. Don’t know what to tell you?

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              19 days ago

              Why are people downvoting you? Iced tea in Canada is sweet. Think things like Brisk or Nestea. If you order iced tea at a restaurant here, it’s coming out if the same machine as the pop (syrup+water) just not carbonated.

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          That’s going to be regional. In the US iced tea is unsweetened. Sweet tea is the one with tons of sugar, or if you’re in the south they might just call it tea. In my travels in the US it’s pretty understood that “iced tea” is unsweetened.