Shandy has yet to take off with other breweries though, according to MillerCoors most recent earnings release, Leinie’s Summer Shandy grew 80% in sales over 2010. This year we tripled out buy in for Leine Summer Shandy. Anheuser-Busch will launch Shock Top Lemon Shandy as a summer seasonal. AB is only trying to capitalize on the great success of Leine Summer Shandy. Miller’s Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing had a very successful run with Summer Shandy in 2011. Leinie’s is planning to expand its Shandy line with new flavors in late 2012 as well.
Enjoy $3 Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum drinks plus $3 Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy. WBNQ, Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum and Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy present Springfest 2012 on April 14th in Downtown Bloomington. Fat Jacks : Noon : Joe Zachlin Band / 3 : Black magic Johnson / 6 : Cross The Dog / 8 : Mathien / 10 : Jobu / Room 4 : 10pm DJ Chad T. Flingers : 8-11 : Ryan Arnold. Drifters : 4:30-7:30 : Kyley Up / 8-10 : Turncoats / 10 : Straydogz. Main Street Grill : 8 : BN Confidential / 7-9 :. Six Strings : 2 : Heroso / 5 : Unemployed Architects / 8 : Tailgate / 11 Ryan Ideus & Feudin Hillbilly’s. Maguires : 2-5 : John Gurney / 5-9 : Steve The Harp / 9 : Bill Porter.
’ Well, simply put, a shandy is a refreshing summertime beverage option that is typically made with a light beer of some sort and lemonade, poured about 50/50 in a pint glass (or whatever vessel you opt to use to get beer into your face). In the Summer Shandy, we’re talking about Leine’s Honey Weiss brewed with ‘natural lemonade flavor. Try Summer Shandy if you dare, beer drinkers. When trying things such as Summer Shandy, which I know right off the bat I’m going to utterly despise, I try to keep an open mind and look for positives. ” I was asked loudly by a coworker as I bellied up to the bar after my shift this afternoon and produced a 16 oz. can of Leine’s Summer Shandy. Before I go any further, perhaps you are asking yourself, ‘what is a shandy anyways. Now, I enjoy beer flavored beer and do not typically mess around with fruit-flavored brews, but I can appreciate the appeal, especially if a person is not much of a beer drinker. There is a lot that can be said for a nice, cold citrusy beer when the weather’s not being an asshole and dumping snow upon us. Instead of going down the citrusy beer road, however, I will generally just drink gin. “Don’t tell me you’re going to subject yourself to the pain of Summer Shitty just so you can write about it on your blog. We sell tons of the stuff at the place where I work, so there must be a market for it. But for true beer connoisseurs, it goes without saying to steer way, way wide of this one. ‘Natural lemonade flavor’ sure doesn’t sound natural.
That kind of volume ranks Summer Shandy in with the country’s largest craft breweries, reason enough for Leinie’s to expand Summer Shandy availability this year and introduce a seasonal Shandy program beginning this fall. Other oncoming competitors include Labatt Shandy , Harp Lemon Shandy and Saranac Shandy Lager and Lemonade. ] A radler consists of a 50:50 or 60:40 mixture of beer and German-style lemonade (not American-style lemonade but sparkling lemon soda (e. g. , Sprite or 7 Up)). ”. While Cider has hogged headlines in recent weeks as a rising alternative to... Wikipedia tells us that a Shandy is a “beer mixed with citrus-flavored soda, carbonated lemonade, ginger beer, ginger ale, or cider. (Boston, MA) – The Boston Beer Company plans to debut a variation of a Shandy known as a Radler in May called Samuel Adams Porch Rocker . It will be available in six-packs on a limited basis through July. The top dog in the style is Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy with between 200k and 250k barrels sold last year, a growth rate of 80% over 2010 (per MillerCoors earnings calls). And with the fourth warmest winter on record , who knows what kind of heat this summer will bring, something that will only help Shandy sales. For those that do and drink craft beer on a casual basis, Shandy might appeal.
