One of my favorite IPAs is Rhinegeist Truth ( review here). This brings the ABV down to a Cullen–Harrison Act compliant 3.2% Photo courtesy of Schöfferhofer It is a German Hefeweizen wheat beer mixed with carbonated grapefruit juice. I could talk about flavor profiles and why I generally prefer IPAs over Shandies, but that doesn’t seem necessary and is certainly not the purpose of this post (You can read my Why IPA post here). Schöfferhofer Grapefruit is a Shandy, even if they do not call it one. Shandies are simply beer and fruit juice or soft drink This was the beginning of the Shandy boom that we are now in. It was fun and many people that I know went to Summer Shandy as their summer drink. When Leinenkugel introduced Summer Shandy in 2007, it was reminiscent of these along with concert tailgate and college party drinks. These were coolers filled with basically beer, fruit juice concentrate, vodka and ice. But I certainly gave this a fair shot (after all it was free).īack in college days I certainly could be seen having concoctions called Porch Crawlers or Hop Skip and Go Naked. It is a rare occasion that you will see me drinking a fruit flavored beer. If you’ve read my other beer posts or are friends with me on Untappd, you probably know that while I appreciate nearly all styles of beer, I am primarily a hophead. When the volks at Schöfferhofer offered to send us some samples of their new summer beer, we obviously obliged.
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