About
Back in the summer of 2018, we were a fun-loving trio on the wrong side of our twenties, who loved boozing, but could no longer hack the hangover. We started searching for other drinks that could help us cut down on units: shandy seemed to be on the tip of the tongue, but we weren't convinced this parent-pleasing tradition would suit us. We decided to give it a second chance anyway…
Against the advice of our parents and mates, we quit our jobs, built a rickety pop-up bar, and went on tour with the best shandies we'd created to see if people liked them as much as us. And so Shandy Shack was born!
We had some great times on the road with the Shack, hosting parties and events anywhere that would let us pitch up. And it turned out that people loved sinking shandies just as much as we did. But we wanted to go one step further and let people enjoy our shandies away from the Shack. So we set about brewing our very own shandies from scratch.
It took us a fair old while (and a fair few dodgy 'test brews'!) to learn the ropes. But eventually, we started to make seriously sinkable shandies that made even some of the most challenging ales really tasty. We felt like we'd struck gold, so we start bottling and canning our shandies and selling them to consumers and shops. These days, our shandies put smiles on faces all over the UK - from Edinburgh to Exeter.
Against the advice of our parents and mates, we quit our jobs, built a rickety pop-up bar, and went on tour with the best shandies we'd created to see if people liked them as much as us. And so Shandy Shack was born!
We had some great times on the road with the Shack, hosting parties and events anywhere that would let us pitch up. And it turned out that people loved sinking shandies just as much as we did. But we wanted to go one step further and let people enjoy our shandies away from the Shack. So we set about brewing our very own shandies from scratch.
It took us a fair old while (and a fair few dodgy 'test brews'!) to learn the ropes. But eventually, we started to make seriously sinkable shandies that made even some of the most challenging ales really tasty. We felt like we'd struck gold, so we start bottling and canning our shandies and selling them to consumers and shops. These days, our shandies put smiles on faces all over the UK - from Edinburgh to Exeter.
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Half pint from the keg. Pours clear pale golden with a white head. Aromas & tastes of Elderflower & flora. Moderate body. Sweet finish
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2025
at 21:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
The can managed to fill the glass, which can be useful as I've occasionally found my glass empty without reviewing a beer assuming there is still some left in the container, only to find I had already poured and drank it all! The raspberry here is strong but not overbearing, plentiful in both aroma and taste, negating any lager taste, although there's some evident in texture.
Tried
from Can
from
Sainsbury's (Various locations)
on 07 Mar 2025
at 22:40
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Can from the brewer's own stall at the Birmingham NEC Good Food Show. Orangey-gold with barely any head. Light fizz. It does not, despite what the brewer claims, taste like cosy nights by an open fire. It tastes like a slightly watery ginger beer with some beery notes. There's a dash of lemon too. It's the least good of this brewer's concoctions that I've tried so far. Nevertheless, I like ginger so I still quite enjoyed this, although I did wonder what the point of it was.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2024
at 23:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from the brewer's own stall at the Birmingham NEC Good Food Show. Lightly hazed yellowy-gold with a large, lasting white head and a light fizz. Sweet homemade lemonade is the order of the day here. There's some nice floral notes which I guess might come from the hops, but the beer doesn't really show its face here. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it; it was actually one of the best radlers I've had!
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2024
at 23:48
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml can, sip of Soph's. Misty pale yellow, white frothy head. Aroma of hoppy citrus. Peculiar taste, lemony but also floral herbal moments, some lime perhaps, with some hoppy citrus. Not like any radler I've ever had before. Ok I suppose.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Aug 2024
at 15:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Shandy Shack Rhubarb Lager - Can from Squires Garden Centre, Woking. Aroma combines tart rhubarb and sweet lager. Opaque amber. Thick foamy white head. Initial burst of rhubarb sourness. It's there fir tge duration bur the tartness is then joined by sugary sweetness. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation attempts some lacklustre fizz. Long dry finish, slightly astringent. Refreshing but could do with dialling down the sweetness a couple of notches.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2024
at 06:41
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
330ml can from Sainsbury's, Darlington. Gluten Free. Clear golden colour, foamy white head and aroma of elderflower, grainy. Taste is sweet, fruity, lemon citric, grain, pale malt, elderflower, sugary with papery light bitterness. Light bodied, high foamy carbonation, drying sweet fruity finish. OK cold, quite sweet
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jun 2024
at 16:17
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can from Sainsbury's. Pours clear amber with a white foam. Aroma: tangy lemon, old fashioned lemonade, grassy, light pine. Taste: moderate sweet with low bitterness, crisp, dry, tangy, lemonade, sugary, grassy finish. Light body with average carbonation.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Oct 2023
at 08:39
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can from Sainsbury's. Pours clear straw yellow with a white foam. Aroma: sweet, sugary, light elderflower cordial, lemonade, cardboard. Taste: heavy sweet with low bitterness, lemonade, light elderflower. Light to medium body with foamy carbonation. Too sweet and sugary.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Oct 2023
at 08:33
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from producer's own stand at the Witney Food Festival. Lightly hazed gold with a white head and a light to middling fizz. Creamy rhubarb up front, which tastes exactly like Cawston Press's sparkling rhubarb drink. I love that Cawston Press Rhubarb , so I enjoyed this too. The rhubarb is followed by a bit of lemony lager, and a mildly dry finish. It's a very nice brew,, one of the best radlers I've tried, and would be a great refresher on a really hot summer's day - but in that circumstance I'd probably be going for a soft drink like Cawston Press instead, so I'm not sure I see the point in this? Still very nice though.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Sep 2023
at 09:21