Leinenkugels Summer Shandy

Brewed by Leinenkugel Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Fruit Beer
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin USA

Shandy..more like Shatty, or Shitty, which ever. Just an unpleasant, out of balance beer. No no no.

Who waved a beer over this lemonade? Poured gold with a white head. Pretty much smells like a lemonade somewhere near a spilled beer. Tastes fine, if you like lemonade, but won’t satisfy the craving for beer. A great beer for anyone who doesn’t like beer.

Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle in a pub glass. Pours a somewhat cloudy pale yellow with a white head. Aromas of lemons and lemonade dominate, with no notes of either malt or hops, something of a disappointment, but given the likely base beer of American Blonde all or light lager. On the palate, this was quite refreshing on a warm early summer day. Sweetened lemonade flavors greet the palate up front, and really don’t dissapate until the very end. The big dig on this beer is that there is little else. There isn’t really any sort of complexity, leading to a very drinkable, somewhat refreshing, and ultimately one-dimentional beer. Not terrible; but below average for a "craft brewer," of which Leinenkugel is a debatable member.

straw color pour with a small rocky head. a lot of ester aromas. good lawn mower.

Probably the least offensive Leine’s that I’ve had. Not really much to say that the description hasn’t already... Beer and lemonade. Strange, but surprisingly drinkable.

Hazy banana color with a fluffy, 2" thick head. Aroma is a rich wheatiness with a refreshing lemony scent that is redolent of sun and sandy beaches. Wheat is overpowered by the strong lemon flavor with a cloying lemon-sugar streak that becomes nearly sickening toward the end of the glass. Otherwise, this is not horrible, just unusual and unbalancedly sugary sweet. Sweet-sour lemon finish with a slight tartness.

I really did not like this at all. Made it maybe 2 sips. The combination of lager and lemonade was pretty nasty. Some combinations just were not meant to be. I’m not a fan of wheat beers to begin with. It looked nice in the glass when poured and smelled mildly interesting but the taste was horrid.