Against the advice of our parents and mates, we quit our jobs, built a rickety pop-up bar, and went on tour with the best shandies we'd created to see if people liked them as much as us. And so Shandy Shack was born!
We had some great times on the road with the Shack, hosting parties and events anywhere that would let us pitch up. And it turned out that people loved sinking shandies just as much as we did. But we wanted to go one step further and let people enjoy our shandies away from the Shack. So we set about brewing our very own shandies from scratch.
It took us a fair old while (and a fair few dodgy 'test brews'!) to learn the ropes. But eventually, we started to make seriously sinkable shandies that made even some of the most challenging ales really tasty. We felt like we'd struck gold, so we start bottling and canning our shandies and selling them to consumers and shops. These days, our shandies put smiles on faces all over the UK - from Edinburgh to Exeter.
wheresthepath (3674) reviewed Rhubarb Lager from Shandy Shack 2 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Can from producer's own stand at the Witney Food Festival. Lightly hazed gold with a white head and a light to middling fizz. Creamy rhubarb up front, which tastes exactly like Cawston Press's sparkling rhubarb drink. I love that Cawston Press Rhubarb , so I enjoyed this too. The rhubarb is followed by a bit of lemony lager, and a mildly dry finish. It's a very nice brew,, one of the best radlers I've tried, and would be a great refresher on a really hot summer's day - but in that circumstance I'd probably be going for a soft drink like Cawston Press instead, so I'm not sure I see the point in this? Still very nice though.
kurtthomsen (3611) ticked Elderflower Lager Top from Shandy Shack 2 years ago
BeardedAvenger (9068) reviewed IPA Shandy from Shandy Shack 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Can from a deli in Weybridge. Aroma had tart but sugary edged citrus. Hazy-opaque pale gold. Thin foamy translucent white head, which soon recedes. Medium-heavy bitter with a sour streak. Bitter lemon. Some resinous hints and vague sugary sweetness. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Hard to tell where bitter lemonade and IPA combine. May as well be the former. Nice enough for whatever it is.
CraftBeerNick (11005) reviewed IPA Shandy from Shandy Shack 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can taken from Eurostar Lounge, at Wellington College, watching Sophie in Dance production, 18th February 23. Straight from the can, smells like a shandy! Taste is fine, not too sweet, refreshing, not much IPA coming through, or anything to set it apart from any shandy in particular. Fine
CraftBeerNick (11005) reviewed Elderflower Lager Top from Shandy Shack 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Can, pilfered from the Eurostar Lounge, St Pancras, 17th December 22. Straight from the can in the Theatre watching Jack and the Beanstalk. Taste is sweet, light elderflower, not much going on, but better than water
IPARater72 (1339) reviewed IPA Shandy from Shandy Shack 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
The combination of hops and lemonade works surprisingly well, slightly cloudy, dark yellow pour, crisp taste, enjoyable summer drinking.
Scopey (25115) reviewed Elderflower Lager Top from Shandy Shack 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Can from Whisky Exchange. It pours clear straw yellow with a foamy white cap. The aroma is sweet and sugary, elderflower cordial, lemonade, cardboard/wet dog vibe and grain. The taste is initially crisp, then it sweetens up, old skool shandy vibes, sugary, lemonade, elderflower cordial, American cream soda, candy, damp grain and cereal. Average body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Too sweet and sugary to be honest. So-so.
Olut (21769) reviewed Elderflower Lager Top from Shandy Shack 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Can from Sainsbury's Supermarket, Blackley. Blonde with a carbonation and a small head. It mostly tastes like shandy, although the elderflower influence is notable in its nose and softens the taste a tad.
Fergus (31329) reviewed Elderflower Lager Top from Shandy Shack 4 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can at home from Sainsbury's a clear pale gold / petrol coloured pour with a lasting frothy white head. Aroma is decent pale grains, floral elderflower, twist of lemon, some grass. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, white sugars, slice of lemon, floral elderflower. Refreshing but a little sweet. Palate is semi sweet, light, moderate carbonation.
Scopey (25115) reviewed IPA Shandy from Shandy Shack 4 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Can from Whisky Exchange. It pours clear amber with a decent white head. The aroma is floral, grassy, tangy lemon, old fashioned lemonade and pine. The taste is crisp, dry, bitter - sweet, tangy, big lemonade action, sugary, more lemonade than beer character, some pine, floral accents, damp hay and grass with a bitter - sweet finish. Light+ body and moderate carbonation. Rounded and easy drinking. I did expect the IPA character to be a bit more prevalent though. Errs on the side of being a touch sweet for me personally. Not bad overall.