Mixtures
- Shandy is any kind of beer mixed about half-and-half with lemonade to make a low-alcohol beverage.
- A "top" — for instance a lager top or bitter top — is a dash of lemonade, added as a matter of personal taste or to improve effervescence.
- A Snakebite is lager and cider
- Lager and black. A dash of blackcurrant cordial is added, giving a purple colour.
- Black velvet is Guinness and champagne.
- Black and tan. Guinness with bitter or lager.
- Mother-in-law. Old ale and bitter ("Old and bitter")
- Granny. Old and mild.
- Half-and-half. A number of mixtures, usually a stronger beer and a weaker one.
- Nip. A 1/3 pint bottle of strong barley wine that could be mixed with ordinary bitter to taste.
- A pint of Mix (or Mixed)is the combination of half a pint of bitter and half a pint of mild
- A 'Mickey Mouse' is the combination of half a pint of bitter and half a pint of lager
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