Bottle/Tap – Bottle
Rule of Citrus – None
Here is a good dare: next time you’re at a bar and a friend has a few beverages, make them say Leinenkugel to the server or bartender until they can say it right. This is usually a good way to pass time. Another way to pass time is to try a Summer Shandy Ale. Brewed with natural lemon flavors, I had my hopes up for this one. The Sunset Wheat offering is a regular for me, considering it tastes like Fruit Loops, it is a refreshing beer.
The label on Summer Shandy says that it is a ‘Weiss beer with lemonade’, that made me a little skeptical. I like a glass of lemonade and I also enjoy a good Weiss beer, however I couldn’t really figure how they would both taste together. Let me be the first to tell you: it wasn’t good.
I popped the cap and the instant aroma of lemons attacked me. Pouring it into a pint glass I noticed the heavy carbonation and that lemon fresh scent. I went in for the kill and came back empty handed. This had very little lemon flavor and was way too carbonated for me. It was very watered down, and I didn’t enjoy it too much. I didn’t bother with any fruit slice, I was under the impression the brewers had taken care of applying fruit flavor for me.
I was disappointed that Summer Shandy tasted like a Bud Light with lemon extract; I had high hopes for the brewers that brought me Sunset Wheat. If you are in the mood for a bland, yet very rich smelling, summer ale then I would recommend the Summer Shandy. If you still want that lemon zing, grab a Mike’s Hard Lemonade. . .and what is a shandy anyway?
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Your taste buds must be off. Summer Shandy is a favorite among most people I know who have tried it.
Shadys are typically milder beers (some may say watered down) with a refreshing lemon or ginger flavor. They are intended to be drank in the summer time to quench ones thirst, without getting gut rot or loaded in the process.
If your palette is dead and you need bold beers all the time, then stay away. If you are able to pick out subtitle attributes in beers and want a light refreshing drink, then Summer Shandy is it.
Well now that I know there was nothing wrong with the beer then my opinion might change a bit. I just thought it was a watered down beer, I had no idea that shandy was a style of beer. Thanks for clearing that up for me I do appreciate it. I don’t pretend to know everything about beer and I don’t mind if you let me know where I might have gone astray. Thanks.
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