Will the shandy style beers compete with the emerging cider market? Too early to tell, but the blend of beer and lemonade isn’t dead. Matt Brewing’s “Saranac” line looks to play host to a Shandy in the future. A blend Continue Reading →
Shock Top will be launching Lemon Shandy starting in late March- April. For this edition, Shock Top will take a spicy wheat beer, with lemonade flavor added.
Shock Top Lemon Shandy is a unique interpretation of a Continue Reading →
Another feel good beer story. Stoudt’s Brewing has created “Ex Gratia” benefitting Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF). The foundation began with Alex, a little girl diagnosed with childhood cancer. She created a lemonade stand in her front yard Continue Reading →
Dogfish Head Brewing’s newest musical tribute has arrived. Robert’s Johnson’s Hellhound On My Ale is a tribute to Robert Johnson, an amazing blues musician & guitarist. Legend has it Johnson sold his soul to the devil in exchange for is voice Continue Reading →
Will the shandy style beers compete with the emerging cider market? Too early to tell, but the blend of beer and lemonade isn’t dead. Matt Brewing’s “Saranac” line looks to play host to a Shandy in the future. A blend of lager and lemonade.
Style: Shandy
Availability: 12 oz bottles
Arrival: TBA
note: The above is tentative. Subject to change at whim of the brewer, the beer, or the barrel.
Shock Top will be launching Lemon Shandy starting in late March- April. For this edition, Shock Top will take a spicy wheat beer, with lemonade flavor added.
Shock Top Lemon Shandy is a unique interpretation of a classic – a refreshing and smooth wheat beer perfectly complimented by real lemonade flavor. The result is a beer that will make your summer.
Style: Wheat beer (w/ lemons)
Availability: 12oz bottles, 12oz cans, Draft.
Arrival: 3/19/12
4.2% ABV
Another feel good beer story. Stoudt’s Brewing has created “Ex Gratia” benefitting Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF). The foundation began with Alex, a little girl diagnosed with childhood cancer. She created a lemonade stand in her front yard to raise money to give to doctors to help find a cure for children with cancer. One day she made a whopping $2000 dollars. Sadly, Alex lost the fight in 2004 at the age of 8.
The foundation is still active, helping raise money for cancer research. Enter Stoudt’s. Jodi Stoudt teamed up with Osteria in Philadelphia. Osteria provided Lemon marmalade, which Stoudts infused into the brewing of Karnival Kolsch. The result is a light, sweet, lemony beer great for summer, great for the cause.
The kegs will be distributed around Philadelphia. All proceeds be donated to ALSF. A pint will sell for about 8 dollars a glass; each keg raising about $1000 dollars. Check out the video about the beer. Ex Gratia is latin for “Of Favor.” (Love Jodi’s hat she’s wearing in the video BTW.)
Dogfish Head Brewing’s newest musical tribute has arrived. Robert’s Johnson’s Hellhound On My Ale is a tribute to Robert Johnson, an amazing blues musician & guitarist. Legend has it Johnson sold his soul to the devil in exchange for is voice & talent. May 8, 2011 marks the 100 birthday of Johnson, who is suspected to have been poisoned at 27 years old.
What you need to know:
A collaboration with Sony, Hellhound is full of homages surround Robert Johnson’s life. Mentioned in a previous post, DFH was experimenting with lemons. Seems Hellhound might be the result. Why lemons? Robert Johnson’s mentor was “Blind Lemon” Jefferson. 2011 marks the centennial anniversary of his birth, so DFH used centennial hops. Hellhound is a big hoppy beer, clocking in at 100 IBU’s, dry hopped with centennial hops at a rate of 100 kilos per 100 barrel brew-length.
Style: Imperial IPA
Taste Expectations: Lots of citrusy hops. Little pine. Lemons. Well balanced IPA, big on malts/hops. Bitter lemony finish.
Availability: 750 ML bottles, draft. Limited brew.
10% ABV
Image credit: @AleYeahBeer
