Named in Munich for the cyclists who needed an especially thirst-quenching beverage on a hot day (and eventually shortened in common parlance from radlermass, or cyclist's liter), it's basically the same idea as the British shandy: a beer mixed with a soft drink such as carbonated lemonade. More @Wikipedia
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