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Shandy, or shandygaff, is normally a beer mixed with citrus-flavored soda, carbonated lemonade, ginger beer, ginger ale, or cider. The proportions of the two ingredients are adjusted to taste, normally half-and-half. There are also non-alcoholic shandy mixes known as “rock shandies”. A shandy containing beer and cider is also called a snakebite.

In Germany, this type of drink is called a Radler (German for "cyclist") or an Alster (river in northern Germany). In France and in Italy, it is called a panaché ("mixed"). In Spain it is xampu ("shampoo") or clara con limón.

In some jurisdictions, the low alcohol content of shandy makes it exempt from the laws that govern alcoholic beverages.