Leinenkugel’s shows off Summer Shandy ‘Heritage’ spot (video)
Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy is crisp, refreshing wheat beer brewed with the natural flavor of lemonade that is perfect for those sun-splashed summer months. The Leinenkugel family has been brewing craft beers for 6 generations in Chippewa Falls, WI.
Breweries: Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing
Beers: Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy
It’s hard lemonade that takes up beer space in the beer section of liquor stores, and summer seasonal spots in craft beer brewer beer rotations that could go to legitimate beers. I wish it would go away. Stop trying to make it seems like craft beer, it’s not.
To clarify, I’m not getting on this website with that last posting. My comment was directly toward Leinenkugel’s and other Shandy brewers.
Kind of annoying to, say, looking forward to picking up a Sam Adams summer mix pack and realize if I actually do, I’ll be stuck with two hard lemonades and two of those blueberry things. At least the blueberry things are real beers, though.
Stone Brewing’s Greg Koch shares your pain: http://beerpulse.com/2013/05/stone-brewing-co-founder-on-shandys-driving-a-bigger-stake-into-the-heart-of-beer-faster-497/
Thanks for the link. Good to know I’m not alone.