![]() ![]() ![]() This left a high bar for Schöfferhofer to clear. Then I went to Scotland and had the same exact damn problem courtesy of whiskey because I. I rode that horse all the way through the rest of my vacation in Germany. This was a wonderful decision, as the helles/lemon-lime tincture not only restored my ability to form (mostly) coherent sentences but also created a calm port inside a stormy stomach tossed by marzens and a diet made up entirely of sausage, sauerkraut, and doner kebab. My brain, polluted by a mother who’d grown up poor and simultaneously respecting the restorative “hair of the dog” wisdom passed down to me by an older cousin who only drank liquor from plastic bottles, opted for these hybrids in hopes of nursing my body back to half-speed. Roughly six days in and in desperate need of hydration, I turned to the half-beer, half-soda mix that’s roughly one Euro more per liter than a Diet Coke on its own. This left me sorely lacking in radler knowledge, however, until I made the trip out to Munich for Oktoberfest. I remain bitter that for several years I could get an orange shandy (terrible) but couldn’t find Sunset Wheat anywhere (it is, fortunately, coming back this fall). What started out with lemon has now expanded to roughly a dozen flavors, of which maybe three are any good. This is thanks largely to the constant presence of Leinenkugel’s flagship beer in the Badger State. Living in Wisconsin has made me intimately familiar with shandies, the beer-lemonade (or other fruit-based beverage) mix that permeates the summer. Here, we mostly chronicle and review beers, but happily expand that scope to any beverage that pairs well with sports. Previously, we’ve folded these in to our betting guides, whether that’s been for the NFL slate or a bizarrely successful run through the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. All rights reserved.Welcome back to FTW’s Beverage of the Week series. ![]() Learn how we protect and respect the privacy of our guests.Ĭopyright © 2023 Nugget Market, Inc. Want to hear how the tradition of mixing fruit and beer got started? Check out our Daily Dish: The History of Fruit Beer! Visit our adult beverage section to find all your favorite fruit beers, in season now! New Belgium Brewing: “Citradelic,” a tangerine flavored IPA.Modern Times Brewing: New fruit-flavored sour beer released monthly-currently apricot sour.Deschutes Brewing: Summer seasonal “Hop Slice,” a hoppy ale brewed with fresh lemon peel.Full Sail Brewing: Summer seasonal blood orange ale.Boulder Brewing: Summer seasonal blood orange wheat ale.Out of Bounds Brewing: Grapefruit flavored IPA. ![]() brewery released its “Orange Splash”-“Orange” for the fruit and the color, and “Splash” for a home run hit over the fence that splashes into the water behind the stadium.Īs if that weren’t enough, check out the cornucopia of other breweries and fruit-flavored brews! Sudwerk Brewing Citrus Gose Lager: Made locally in Davis, this beer is made using only locally grown citrus (mainly oranges and lemons).Īnchor Brewing Orange Spash: In honor of the San Francisco Giants, this long-established S.F. Rubicon Grapefruit Hopsauce: Local to Sacramento, this crafty brewery adds hand-peeled grapefruit peels to their freshly brewed Double IPA.Ģ1st Amendment Brewing Hell or High Watermelon Wheat Beer: In this seasonal offering, after the beer is brewed it undergoes a secondary fermentation using fresh watermelon.Īlmanac Farm to Barrel Sour Beer: This Northern California brewery releases a new fruit-flavored sour beer monthly, each one made with local ingredients like strawberries, blackberries, plouts, apricots and citrus fruits. Leinenkugel’s Shandy: Operated by a family with deep German roots, this brewery produces their bestselling version of a Shandy with lemonade, available from March to September. They recently released three new fruit-flavored beers: pineapple, watermelon and mango. Schofferhofer Grapefruit: This popular German beer mixes a Hefeweizen and grapefruit juice-it’s widely believed to be the first “wheat” beer mixed with grapefruit juice!īallast Point Grapefruit Sculpin: This San Diego brewery started adding grapefruit juice to one of their beers two years ago, and a revolution here in the U.S. Thirsty for something a little different this summer? How does a refreshing Radler or Shandy-style fruit beer sound? Give it a go and raise a glass with one of these fruity favorites! ![]()
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