Berry Shandy
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Radler / Shandy Regular|
Score
6.21
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Tallboy: Mountain berry kool-aid nose. Hazy orange, pinkish hue, thick head, good lace. Lemon and artificial berry flavoring. Medium body, easy carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 12/10/2018. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy medium golden/amber, light orange/pink color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big juicy/fairly tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, red apple, wheat, cracker, honey, and white bread; with light notes of pepper, clove, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of blackberries, citrus, fruity yeast, honey; and light-moderate pale/wheat malt, earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy/fairly tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, red apple, wheat, cracker, honey, and white bread; with light notes of pepper, clove, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal, floral, grassy bitterness; yeast spiciness; and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, red apple, wheat, cracker, honey, white bread, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of blackberries, citrus, fruity yeast, honey; and light-moderate pale/wheat malt, earthy hop flavors; with an awesome malt/bitter/spiciness and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitter/spiciness, tart/tangy fruit, and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, fairly acidic/tangy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.2%. Overall this is an excellent shandy. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of blackberries, citrus, fruity yeast, honey; and light-moderate pale/wheat malt, earthy hop flavors; extremely smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink; with the mellowly acidic/tangy/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome balance of juicy/fairly jammy berries, vibrant citrus, honey, and classic fruity/yeasty American pale wheat ale flavors. No residual sweetness from crisp dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. Best one of the series I've had yet.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
12 ounce bottle thanks to hershiser2. Hazy amber-pink thin foamy tan head. Fair retention. Aroma of lemon and berry. Taste is berries, hints of lemon. Blackberry in particular. Thin.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3
Bottle. A- Medicinal, cheap lemonade, fake berries. A- Yellow pink color, cloudy liquid, white head. T- Medicinal, super sweet, watery lemonade, fake berries, candy. P- Light body, average texture, medium carbonation, astringent finish. O- Terrible stuff. My mom tried to buy me something for Thanksgiving to have at her house and bless her heart, she tried her best, but this all went straight to my uncle. Hard hard pass.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can thanks to AJ. Pours a hazy pink with small off white head. The aroma is cereal, wheat, citrus, berry. Thin body, berry candy, wheat, light finish, good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7
Pours a hazy purplish-orange (like grapefruit juice), with a thick white head. Blackberry aroma. Tastes like a German Weiss beer with strong blackberry, elderberry and blueberry aroma. Palate includes a fruity, berry-like element on the nose. Extremely drinkable.