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Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy Leinenkugel Brewery Chippewa Falls, WI
Preface: This is one of the summer beers put out by Leinenkugel this year. Why save this one for last, I have no idea. All I know is that today, I really wish it was summertime and so I’ve decided to taste this one. The label tells me that it is carefully brewed by the Leinenkugel family. In his wife’s beer with lemonade, and it is 4.2% alcohol by volume Appearance: Open this beer and it smelt like a lemon meringue pie. This is a cloudy, lemon colored yellow brew that is very effervescent and topped with a frothy, almost meringue like head of close-knit medium to small bubbles. Aroma: Oh me oh my! That’s lemon meringue pie! Mouth feel: The mouth feel is surprisingly full. Flavor: The moment between lip and sip contains more than a hint of lemon. This is a pleasantly tart, remarkably dry, lemon zest flavored beverage. I emphasize the “zest”. There is little of the “lemon drop” type aroma or flavor that is associated with many of the citric flavored beers. Finish: The lemon zest flavor, and a hidden citric influenced hops flavor spike duel it out with the lemon winning of the hops leaving a most pleasant impression. Comments: There are traditional summer drinks: gin and tonic, lemonade, most of the cola drinks as you can name, and the contribution from the United Kingdom called a Shandy This summer treat is usually an ale and carbonated citric beverage combination. In some places a lager is used. (The French call it a panache.) The Germans call of the waste of beer. That said; I found this to be a refreshing example of the product. This beverage would be ideal between surf and shower on a late summer afternoon spent at the shore. An excellent summer refresher!
The brewery Site: http://www.leinie.com/av.html What others say… RateBeer: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/leinenkugels-summer-shandy/71252/ Beer Advocate: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/710/36010
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