Porch Rocker
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Radler / Shandy Summer|
Score
5.60
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Perfect for any summer day, Samuel Adams® Porch Rocker was inspired by traditional Bavarian Radlers that mix beer with German-style lemonade. For our bright and citrusy Radler, we blended a Helles beer with lemon for a fresh-squeezed lemon taste, effervescent sweetness, and slightly tart, refreshing finish. A light malt character and hint of hops balance out this summer brew.
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4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
12oz bottle pours clear deep gold with no head. The aroma bubbles with vague fruity soda like notes and sugar and little else. The taste has a big pulse due to the above average carbonation delivering sweet sugar, vague berry juiciness and an overall soda like experience. I don’t see this filling a thirsty need under any circumstance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2012
at 21:45
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz bottle-pours pale yellow with a dissipating white head. Aroma is soft citrus, some grain. Taste is lemon, grain/light malt, spme spice hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2012
at 03:47
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Lemon and grainy malt aroma. Clear gold with a large white head. Lemon and grainy malt flavor. Light carbonated body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2012
at 16:21
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Artificial lemon and lime on the nose. Clear amber, thin head. Lemon and bran flakes flavor, grainy and sweet, but not unpleasant. Finishes doughy and wheaty. I’m actually considering using lemonade instead of milk in my breakfast cereal now. Refreshing and enjoyable, but more similar to Sierra Mist than beer.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2012
at 17:50
6.2/10
Tried
on 07 Jul 2012
at 17:48
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
I just saw "German style lager" on the label - didn’t realize there were lemons added - if I had I probably wouldn’t have bought it - anyway, pours a clear gold - very fizzy - looks like ginger ale - nose is actually pretty promising, with some moderate honeyed maltiness, floral hops and just a touch of lemon that plays well with those hops - the flavor is not as satisfying - too much lemon and not enough lager character - winds up tasting more like a soda than a beer - too bad.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2012
at 18:56
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours lightly orange tinged gold with a creamy white head. Has that Radler lemon drop aroma. Med minus body. There’s a initial lemonade taste - folllowed by what seems to be a lot of wheat. Finishes mildly sweet/tart. Would never doubt this was a Radler.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2012
at 17:11
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Shandys or radlers can be nice on a hot summer day after mowing the lawn, but this was more of a fake lemon flavored soda than a shandy. Not the best, too sickly sweet at the end.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jul 2012
at 13:50
3.8/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 5
Shandy’s are everywhere these days it seems, and I didn’t think this one was very good. Very soda-ish, fake lemon character. Unappealing in the glass, a tea color with large cola-ish bubbles, minimal head. Fake lemon nose.
Tried
on 01 Jul 2012
at 16:52
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a clear gold with about a half finger of white head. Aroma of lemon and wheat. Taste is light sweet. Lemonade is the dominate flavor. Medium bodied with a sticky texture. Lively carbonation and a long finish. Overall, not bad. Better than most of the other "shandy" style beers that are out there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jul 2012
at 03:45