Leinenkugels Summer Shandy

Hmmmm... Nice color, quarter inch head, plenty of carbonation. Aroma of lemonade.. and beer - wheat. Pleasant. Plenty drinkable. Palate is a bit thin, but I would expect that. It’s really not bad, if you like lemonade. And I do.

I know I shouldn’t like this as much as I did, but it was pretty damn good. Extremely refreshing on a hot summer day - very flavorful. Not for purists, though! (what’s next - Bud Light Lime?, oh nevermind)

Lemonade beer....ehh.....not bad. Honestly, I kinda like this. It’s easy to drink and I love lemonade.....but it isn’t great. It’s good for drinking games....

The Great Minnesota Get Together, on a hot day, with a blues-rock band at the amphitheater--a great moment/situation for a beer such as this. Light yellow color, light head. Light up front, spritzy, with notable lemon. Not deep in flavor/complexity but there are some nice notes there. Not overtly sweet to my palate. Still, this wasn’t one that I wanted to finish all the way to the bottom of the glass. Not bad, though. (on tap at the last day of Minnesota State Fair, Labor Day 2008).

Soft, hazy swiftly effervescent orange/lemon body with a sudsy, off-white head that settles to a thin line in a tumbler... lemon zest aroma--not to the point of DAWN, but close? Without a scent of malt or hop...soft, zesty, swift bubbles on the tongue... no impact early, but a burst of champagne bubbles blast late results in a pleasantly drinkable beer... lemonade indeed--not sure if this qualifies as a fruit beer or a cheap gimmick (most on this website seem to think the latter)... a bit of malt at the finish attempts to fortify with a backbone... ADMITTANCE: I like the alliterative name of this beer--who doesn’t feel another era awaken with the word shandy?--and of all the Leinenkugel "weisse" assortment, this is the most pleasant to drink and the most thoughtless to enjoy, i.e., it does what it set out to do...