Shandy Shack

Client Brewer in Bampton, Oxfordshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2018

Contact
Buckland Road, Bampton, OX18 2AA, England
Description
Back in the summer of 2018, we were a fun-loving trio on the wrong side of our twenties, who loved boozing, but could no longer hack the hangover. We started searching for other drinks that could help us cut down on units: shandy seemed to be on the tip of the tongue, but we weren't convinced this parent-pleasing tradition would suit us. We decided to give it a second chance anyway…

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.

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6.5
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.

Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2023 at 09:21


6.5

Tried from Can on 03 Jun 2023 at 22:42


5.9
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.

Tried from Can on 29 Apr 2023 at 13:51


6
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

Tried from Can on 19 Feb 2023 at 08:49


4.8
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

Tried from Can on 17 Dec 2022 at 18:04


6.1
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.

Tried on 07 Jul 2022 at 20:26


5.2
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.

Tried from Can on 24 Jul 2021 at 12:07


5.1
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.

Tried from Can on 22 Jul 2021 at 18:53


6.2
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.

Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2021 at 20:50


5.6
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.

Tried from Can on 18 Jul 2021 at 12:44