Tea Infused Lemon Shandy
The Hideout Brewing Company in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Radler / Shandy Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.77
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The addition of black tea and actual lemons in this light Bavarian style wheat create a perfectly balanced summer flavor.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Slightly hazy deep copper and almost tea-coloured body with a thinnish, two centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of funk, a good deal of malts and toffee, a hint of earth and perhaps even more citrus and dry grassy notes. Light to Medium-bodied; Sour and funky citrus flavour at first dominates with some more robust earthy and nutty malt flavours, coupled with a light sweetness from the fruits, but also some grain and pungency from the malts. Aftertaste shows more tea and pungency than I expected, but not overwhelming or too strong, but more of an overt opinion of this beer - deeper and maltier than I expected, but the funky and citrus/sweet/tart flavours are still around the corner somewhere on this beer. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Merchant’s in Dearborn, Michigan on 24-July-2015 for US$6,99 sampled at Washington just over two years of having it in my cellar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2017
at 02:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 ounce bottle into pint glass; no bottle dating, but is a recent release. Pours hazy golden orange color with a 1-2 finger dense off white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of lightly tart lemon, pear, apple, light banana, black tea, pepper, clove, wheat, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance and complexity of fruity/earthy yeast, lemon/tea spice, and bready malt notes; with good strength. Taste of lightly tart lemon, pear, apple, light banana, black tea, pepper, clove, wheat, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness. Fair amount of earthy/yeast spiciness and light fruit tartness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, pear, apple, light banana, black tea, pepper, clove, wheat, biscuit, herbal, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice complexity and robustness of fruity/earthy yeast, lemon/tea spice, and bready malt flavors; with a great malt/yeast spice/tartness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, fairly creamy/bready, and lightly acidic/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming lingering after the finish. Overall this is a damn nice fruited wheat beer style. All around great robustness, complexity, and balance of fruity/earthy yeast, lemon/tea spice, and bready malt flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV. This is advertised as a shandy, but is more of a witbier with added lemon and tea flavors. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2015
at 21:48