Another Chumleys midwest beer night adventure. Their new Tuesday bartender is actually cuter than the last one.
I decided to finally try a beer that I tend to avoid for purely personal reasons. Leine's Summer Shandy.
I avoid this beer for many reasons.
1.) any midwest craft brew drinker who doesn't drink Oberon for the summer is worthless.
2.) If I'm going to mix lemonade with my beer, I'll buy Warsteiner and make a Radler (german equivalent to shandy).
3.) Leine tends to produce good, but overpriced beers.
Well, turns out I was right on all of these. The Leine Summer Shandy is an excellent copy of a Warsteiner-sprite Radler. Slightly higher abv, but is that the point? There's no way I'd pay close to $8 for a 6-pk when Oberon is $9. And, Oberon is an overall more interesting beer, in my opinion.
Now, in the Chicago area the Leine shandy has a huge following, basically because Bells has been absent in Illinois for ages, and there're still only easing back into the market they were so rudely kicked out of. If Oberon was not an option, I'd have to say that my summer beer selection would alternate between Sam Adams summer ale and this Shandy.
-J
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