Top Deck was a range of low alcohol shandy drinks marketed to children in the United Kingdom from the 1960s to the 1980s.[1] The product was introduced by Idris & Co., who were later acquired by the Beecham Group. In 1986 the brand was sold, along with the more popular Tango and the UK franchises for Pepsi and 7-Up,[2] to Britvic.
All three Top Deck flavours were sold in silver cans, with the initial can design based on Idris’s own Shandy product. Each flavour had a signature colour (seen as a boxout background on the first can design, later the text of that flavour).
The three flavours were:
The alcohol content was listed on the cans as less than 1.2%[3] (2° proof[4]).
- Limeade & Lager (Green)
- Lemonade Shandy (Yellow)
- Lemonade & Cider (Orange)
References
- BBC News Vanished UK drink is toast of Caribbean, April 2007^
- Carbonated drinks: a report on the supply by manufacturers of carbonated drinks in the United Kingdom, Chapter 8 para 8.51 Approved Food (archived)^
- TOP DECK-Shandy (diet)-330mL-Great Britain canmuseum.com^