Shandy Bass is another uniquely Northern Ireland thing. I don't think Shandy (as in any lager/beer half and half with lemonade) is that well known outside of here/Scotland and Africa.
This bloke seems to think it is some sort of delicacy
The English squaddies who used to drink in the local back home always asked for a lager tops when they wanted a shandy.
Anyway when we were kids you could buy shandy bass in newsagents, it had a tiny amount of alcohol but ecouraged you to get the taste for beer,and was a great ploy by Bass to get kids interested in their product. There were other cheap imitations with no alcohol such as Top deck, but Shandy Bass was a winner, it felt so illicit sipping it in the summer holidays.