Leinenkugels Berry Shandy
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Radler / Shandy Regular|
Score
6.73
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 12/10/2018. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy medium golden/amber, light orange/pink color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and rocky off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big juicy/fairly tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, red apple, wheat, cracker, honey, and white bread; with light notes of pepper, clove, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of blackberries, citrus, fruity yeast, honey; and light-moderate pale/wheat malt, earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big juicy/fairly tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, red apple, wheat, cracker, honey, and white bread; with light notes of pepper, clove, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal, floral, grassy bitterness; yeast spiciness; and fruit tang/tartness on the finish. Lingering notes of tart/tangy blackberries, fruit skin/seed, lemon, orange, grapefruit, peach, pear, melon, red apple, wheat, cracker, honey, white bread, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of blackberries, citrus, fruity yeast, honey; and light-moderate pale/wheat malt, earthy hop flavors; with an awesome malt/bitter/spiciness and tart/tangy fruit balance; with no puckering/astringent flavors after the finish. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Light-moderate increasing dryness from lingering bitter/spiciness, tart/tangy fruit, and carbonation. Medium-plus carbonation and light-medium body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/grainy, fairly acidic/tangy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol as expected of 4.2%. Overall this is an excellent shandy. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of blackberries, citrus, fruity yeast, honey; and light-moderate pale/wheat malt, earthy hop flavors; extremely smooth, crisp, clean, and refreshing to drink; with the mellowly acidic/tangy/drying finish. Very flavorful and not watery for the ABV. Awesome balance of juicy/fairly jammy berries, vibrant citrus, honey, and classic fruity/yeasty American pale wheat ale flavors. No residual sweetness from crisp dryness. A really enjoyable offering, and impressive style example. Best one of the series I've had yet.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can thanks to AJ. Pours a hazy pink with small off white head. The aroma is cereal, wheat, citrus, berry. Thin body, berry candy, wheat, light finish, good.