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I think I was asleep when they were giving out a critical piece of male DNA, that being the gene for beer.  I really don’t like the stuff, but I must admit that I wish I did.  Going to a baseball game dosen’t seem quite the same when I’m having a Coke with my hot dog and watching everyone else with a big container of ice cold beer.  I’m good for one glass a year which occurs on a day during the summer when it’s really hot, the beer is really cold, and I’m really thirsty.

However, yesterday I found a really good drink that in a pseudo Heineken-esq way, could possible correct the missing piece in my genetic make up.  It’s called a Beer Shandy.  Apparently it’s popular in a lot of Irish pubs.

Beer Shandy
1 part beer (I used Coors Light)
1 part Sprite (or any other lemon-lime soda)

I found the recipe for this when surfing around the internet yesterday.  The author claimed that the beer cut the sweetness of the soda and the soda cut the bitterness of the beer.  It sounded just unique enough that I had to try one.  Damn….if they weren’t right!  I really liked this libation. 

I know all you malt purists out there are whispering things about me under your breath that I can’t publish in this post, but for any of you other beer haters out there, you might want to give this a try.