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Rookie mistake. You use Almdudler for that.
I haven’t tried that but it sounds like a crime towards both beer and almdudler.
Man, I gotta get me some almdudler.
The fuck I thought I got onto Lemmy for a second, I DO THAT. LİPTON PEACH İCE TEA WTİH BEER
I really didn't expect this comment section to make me actually want to try it...
it makes beer far better than what it is usually, if it wasn't for the after taste I would consistently drink it
(After taste of beer. I hate the aftertaste of beer.)
I would assume that ice tea is more bitter, right? (Obviously depends on how long you let it steep.)
It’s primarily much sweeter due to the shitton of sugar
Only if you add sugar. (Sugar does NOT belong in tea!)
But it is an essential part of ice tea. Hot tea can be good with or without sugar, imo. Depends on the tea and my mood.
Tea does not need sugar, whether hot or iced (at least I don't know anyone irl that puts sugar in tea (actually I just thought of one person but I don't like them or talk to them much)). Sweetened drinks are extremely unhealthy and there's probably a reason most places in the US serve unsweetened ice tea.
On hot summer days I sometimes drink 3l of ice tea. That would be extremely bad if it was sweetened.
In my head (as a German), ice tea is almost always store bought like lipton ice tea. You very rarely get anything else anywhere. Restaurants don’t usually serve home made ice tea. It’s a soft drink. When I make myself tea at home, it’s almost always hot. Unsweetened black tea just tastes awful when it’s cold. The hot tea sometimes gets sugar, like when I make myself lemon tea (black tea + lemon juice + sugar), although I do like to use stevia instead of sugar for the same health reasons because I sometimes drink 2-3 pots (1.5l each) a day in winter and that would indeed be a lot of sugar.
When I have ice tea it's usually a fruity black tea, still no sugar though.
If my (hot) black tea gets too strong (I have a tendency to forget about the strainer) I just add (extra) milk, though that doesn't sound like it would work for ice tea.
If it’s the USA, then “iced tea” may actually mean “sweet tea” (an American South tradition), which is often prepared something like this:
- bring 1/2 gallon (1.9L) water to a boil
- place 8 large black tea bags in a 1 gallon (3.8L) pitcher
- pour boiling water over the tea bags in the pitcher
- steep 10-15 minutes, then remove tea bags from the pitcher
- add 1 dry cup (220g) granulated sugar
- stir the slurry until sugar is dissolved
- fill the pitcher to the top with ice cubes
- wait 20 minutes for ice to chill and dilute the tea, gently stir again
- serve
It may be a stronger tea, but so much sugar gets added (probably 3x what would be used to sweeten tea served hot) that you typically don’t notice any bitterness.
There's unsweetened ice tea there though. I don't understand why that isn't the default though :(
Because tradition and sweet tea is simply better. Yeah it's unhealthy, yeah it makes a mockery of tea, yeah it'll lead to diabetes. But it's the most American drink. And it's the only true American drink.
I don't like the US, can't we all just adopt the British tea culture?
Shandies are a generally accepted thing, and they’re half lemonade half beer, so this really isn’t some wild, out there concoction.
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.
Yeah, but complaining about bitter and then adding more bitter to improve it makes no sense. They didn't say they added sweet tea.
Iced tea usually has tons of sugar.
That's sweet tea in northern America. Unsweetened is the default here.
It's sweet tea in the United States.
In Canada "Iced Tea" means "sweet tea" most of the time
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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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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Shandies are called Radler in Germany, and many hate them so much that there are well known songs hating against them. To be fair, they are songs you'll only hear on parties, after a few shots and beers, but still.
Radler is no Bier!
This is actually basically how a lot of "hard iced tea" and "hard seltzer/wine coolers" type drinks are made. It's just the most flavorless piss beer with flavors added because that's cheaper than adding grain alcohol to thinks to spike it cleanly.
Alcohol production licensing laws probably play a larger role than the cost of ethanol.
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A splash of OJ or Sprite at the top of your beer is a great hangover drink. Irish buddy taught me that.
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I've had a singular alcoholic beverage and tbh it wasn't good and I felt nothing. What's the crime of mixing with ice tea?
Liquor in tea? Delicious.
Beer in anything? Disgusting.
A Radler is a German thing, shandy in English. Basically half lager half lemonade. Fantastic light drink. I've seen them at Total Wine in a few flavors.
Beer cocktails are a thing. Drink what you like.
Prost.
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TIL shandy is not "sham brandy" as in non-alcoholic (??) brandy but what we call Radler. Learning all kinds of things today. Thank you OOP.
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