Who remembers "top deck" shandy

[DeanVRS]

was in a farm shop today and saw some cans of bitter shandy going cheap,now as a child of the 70's ,I had to have one.

It wasn't the brand I lusted after as as child,who can remember the delights of shandy and lager & lime top decks that made me feel so grown up as a nipper.

I think the namby pamby state must have banned them!!

[jas xjr]

There used to be a whole range of it iirc. Also bass shandy

[deevlash]

I remember top deck shandy i think it got killed off as it was blatantly marketed at kids. Im not a child of the seventies though, I was born in the 80's, I guess it vanished around the early 90's.

[Simpo Two]

jas xjr said:

There used to be a whole range of it iirc. Also bass shandy

'Shandy Bass' as I recall?

deevlash said:

I remember top deck shandy i think it got killed off as it was blatantly marketed at kids.

But alcopops are OK obviously...

[jas xjr]

Simpo Two said:

jas xjr said:

There used to be a whole range of it iirc. Also bass shandy

'Shandy Bass' as I recall?

deevlash said:

I remember top deck shandy i think it got killed off as it was blatantly marketed at kids.

But alcopops are OK obviously...

yes brain not in gear

[deevlash]

alcopops have been walloped under the new licensing laws too, at my work Im not even allowed to put soft drinks which could be used as mixers near the booze aisle! Tonic water etc is okay but red bull or coke is a big no no. In 10 years drink will be sold over a counter only and in 20 years it'll probably be banned.

[21TonyK]

Top Deck and Shandy Bass...

[jas xjr]

When I had off licenses kids would try to buy cheap cider as opposed to alcopops. More bang per buck.

[hman]

lager and lime and shandy bass were the beginnings of my fascination with drinking beer.

[deevlash]

jas xjr said:

When I had off licenses kids would try to buy cheap cider as opposed to alcopops. More bang per buck.

they still do, the only people who buy alcopops are slags.

[Johnny Drama]

LOL, yes I can recall knocking back Top Deck down the park with my mates sitting astride my Raleigh Grifter when I was 9 or 10. We must have looked completely ridiculous

[hidetheelephants]

deevlash said:

I remember top deck shandy i think it got killed off as it was blatantly marketed at kids. Im not a child of the seventies though, I was born in the 80's, I guess it vanished around the early 90's.

IIRC it was about 0.2%ABV so clearly presents a moral hazard... I remember it tasting foul, but I was a weird child and thought most soft drinks were too sweet as well.

[21TonyK]

Top Deck and Shandy Bass...

[Summertime]

I loved top deck proper kids drink

[Nolar Dog]

Isn't Shandy Bass still available?

[Simpo Two]

deevlash said:

alcopops have been walloped under the new licensing laws too, at my work Im not even allowed to put soft drinks which could be used as mixers near the booze aisle! Tonic water etc is okay but red bull or coke is a big no no.

Red Bull = caffeine. And a stupid amount thereof; I've seen it 'energy drinks' wreck lives but in a more subtle way to alcohol.

Coke = caffeine and phosphoric acid, as used by dentists to etch tooth enamel.

[blueg33]

Top Deck Shandy and Cidona (cider shandy) reminds me of being 14

[dtmpower]

Nolar Dog said:

Isn't Shandy Bass still available?

Yes, there was a story a few years ago of a kid being refused the sale of a can on Shandy Bass from a shop whilst in his school uniform !

[Mobile Chicane]

Hmmm. I seem to remember it being 0.5% ABV and getting quite pissed on it - at the age of 6. Hey ho.

[shirt]

deevlash said:

alcopops have been walloped under the new licensing laws too, at my work Im not even allowed to put soft drinks which could be used as mixers near the booze aisle! Tonic water etc is okay but red bull or coke is a big no no. In 10 years drink will be sold over a counter only and in 20 years it'll probably be banned.

you sure? my local chavsda has moved all the energy drinks from the soft drink aisle to where the mixers are - wines & spirits aisle.

as a kid, I always found it stupid I could be served shandy in a pub but they wouldn't sell me non alcoholic beer.