Kroger bottle. Hazy pale gold with a white head. Aroma of ruby grapefruit juice. Flavor is ruby grapefruit, bread, dough, paper. Inoffensive, not too sweet. Drinkable but not something I’d seek out.

Sampled on draft this beer poured a very dark brown color with a huge foamy tan head that lingered forever and left good lacing. The aroma was cherry cola and a bit of carmel. The flavor was dryish with wood, toffee and toasty malts. medium length finish. medium body.

Bottle from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours brown with a medium tan head. aroma of roasty/toasty/darkish malt with very light chocolate. Med minus body. Flavor is cocoa/chocolate with some roasty malt and something that seems spice like - not pie spice - something else. It’s an ok drink. It’s definitely not supercharged in flavor. Needs more malt and alcohol IMHO.

12 ounce can into pint glass, best before 12/19/2016. Pours slightly hazy medium orange/amber color with a 1-2 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of lemon, orange, pear, apple, herbal tea, honey, brown sugar, wheat, cracker, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice aromas with good balance of pale malt, honey, tea, citrus juice, and light-moderate fruity yeast notes; with good strength. Taste of lemon, orange, pear, apple, herbal tea, honey, brown sugar, wheat, cracker, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal/spicy tea bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon, orange, pear, apple, herbal tea, honey, brown sugar, wheat, cracker, light pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice robustness and balance of pale malt, honey, tea, citrus juice, and light-moderate fruity yeast flavors; with a nice malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Minimal dryness. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.2%. Overall this is a very good shandy style. All around nice robustness and balance of pale malt, honey, tea, citrus juice, and light-moderate fruity yeast flavors; very smooth, clean, and refreshing to drink. Nice sweet tea with complimenting citrus juice flavors; with balancing honey/wheat malt sweetness. Very flavorful and enjoyable for the style.

Can from the mixed pack. Brownish orange color with a small head. Aroma is light pumpkin spice, a bit of citrus and wheat. The traditional pumpkin spices are there, but thankfully dialed back. Goes well with the wheat base. Much better than expected.

Can from the mixed pack. Orange color with a small tan head. Nose is mostly herbal and tea, some faint sweet citrus bits. Tastes like tea along with some citrus and floral hops, a little sweet. Had a hint of root beer in there too.

Bottle from Hannaford Deep dark brown with ruby at the edges ans a frothy tan head that slowly dissipates. Caramel and a hint of burnt sugar on the nose with bits of earth spice flowers and fruit. Flavor is what I expected, macro lager with caramel flavoring and spices. Clean and well made, but not my cup of tea.

12 oz bottle. While my favor falls on big malty beers for Christmas, let’s realize you’ll have some guests at the party who will just want something light. I have had little love for Leinenkugel’s light product like Honey Weiss and various Shandies, but a Cranberry Ginger Shandy seems like something you might keep around if required (and I do like their all-malt beers like the flagship lager and Dunkel Weiss). So I picked this up from a "Mix a 6" rack to try. The smell does have fruity and spice component, like a Canada Dry Ginger Ale. The beer in the glass is hazy gold, with a bit of pink to it, and a thin layer of foam. The taste shows honey at first, a bit of fruit, and then a definite burn from fresh ginger. The beer also seems to stray kind of far from a "shandy." It seems to have been brewed with the fruit and ginger in the boil, instead of being added to dilute it. The abv is 4.2%, which is a sessionable, but still a full strength beer. And the alcohol does hang in as part of the aftertaste. There also seems to be a bit of saccarine at the end, though. Still, it’s a bit more complex than a Mike Hard lemonade. So, as I suggested, you have a guest that would appreciate something light and fruity.