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Review: Leinenkugels Watermelon Shandy

Jeff Ellingson — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 04:01:07 +0000

Leinenkugels Watermelon Shandy was introduced in 2016. It is one of four shandy flavors they currently produce in Chippewa Falls and Milwaukee Wisconsin. The other flavors include their original lemon flavored Summer Shandy, Grapefruit Shandy, and Harvest Patch a pumpkin spice shandy. At one time they also produced an Orange and a Cranberry Ginger Shandy. […]

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Review: Aloha Traveler Pineapple Shandy

Jeff Ellingson — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 02:47:31 +0000

Aloha Traveler Pineapple Shandy was just released as part of the Springtime Travelers Variety 12 pack. Each 12 pack includes 4 bottles each of Aloha Pineapple Shandy, Illusive Grapefruit Shandy, and Curious Lemon Shandy. The Travelers Beer Company is part of the Alchemy and Science Group of craft breweries formed by Alan Newman the Co-Founder of […]

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Review: Jolly Traveler Winter Shandy

Jeff Ellingson — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 15:50:09 +0000

Jolly Traveler Winter Shandy is one of 5 shandy’s brewed by this division of The Boston Beer Company, the makers on Samuel Adams beer. Jolly Travelor is brewed with lemon peel. Pomegranate Juice, Orange, Spice, and natural flavors are then added. As the name would imply this is a winter seasonal that is arriving on store […]

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Review: Schell Shocked Grapefruit Radler Beer

Jeff Ellingson — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 12:40:15 +0000

Schell Shocked Grapefruit Radler Beer was introduced in 2013. It is one of fifteen beers they currently produce and one of three beers in their Extended Seasonal Series. It is crafted at the August Shell Brewery in New Ulm Minnesota. The first bricks to build this brewery were laid by August Schell in 1860 and […]

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Review: Leinenkugels Harvest Patch Shandy

Jeff Ellingson — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:59:53 +0000

Leinenkugels Harvest Patch Shandy was introduced in 2014. It is one of four shandy style beers they produce in Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. Harvest Patch is a traditional Weiss beer brewed with honey, and made with Pale and Wheat malts, Cluster hops, pure water from the Big Eddy Springs, and natural pumpkin spice including nutmeg, allspice and […]

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Review: Jack-O Traveler Pumpkin Shandy

Jeff Ellingson — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 16:42:56 +0000

Jack-O Traveler Pumpkin Shandy was introduced as a fall seasonal shandy in 2013. It is one of three seasonal shandy’s The Traveler Beer Company brews with ale and lemon peels in Cincinnati Ohio. Their other seasonal flavors include a Forbidden Apple, and Jolly Holiday Spice flavor. The Traveler Beer Company is part of the Alchemy and Science Group of craft […]

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Review: Widmer Brothers Hefe Shandy

Jeff Ellingson — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 15:18:51 +0000

Widmer Brothers Hefe Shandy was recently launched as a summer seasonal beer. They currently craft 21 beer varieties including two other seasonal beers. Kurt and Rob Widmer launched the Widmer Brothers Brewing Company April 1984 in Portland Oregon. In 2008 they merged with Seattle based Red Hook Brewery and named the new company, Craft Brew Alliance. In […]

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Review: Labatt Shandy

Jeff Ellingson — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 22:51:16 +0000

Labatt Shandy is pictured here in the Labatt Summer Mixer 12 pack, along with their Blue Light Lime. It is also available in their own 12 packs. Labatt has been brewing beer since 1847 when John Labatt opened his first brewery in London Ontario. In 1995 Labatt was acquired by Inbev. When Inbev also acquired Anheuser […]

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Review: Forbidden Traveler Apple Ale

Jeff Ellingson — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 17:08:24 +0000

Forbidden Traveler Apple Ale is available January-June and is one of five shandy flavors made by the Traveler Beer Company based in Burlington Vermont. It is an independently operated subsidiary of the Boston Beer Works, the makers of Samuel Adams Beer, and Angry Orchard Hard Cider. It is brewed at their Cincinnati OH and Breingsville PA […]

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Review: Leinenkugels Grapefruit Shandy

Jeff Ellingson — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:15:29 +0000

Leinenkugels Grapefruit Shandy will be introduced in March. Grapefruit flavored beer sales more than doubled in 2014 so it comes as no surprise that Leinenkugels would join the party. This will be their forth Shandy flavor starting with their lemon flavored Summer Shandy which was launched in 2007. Their others flavors include an Orange, and […]

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