Overall, I will say that this is the best Shandy I have ever had up to this point. The mouthfeel is acidic, fizzy, and crisp, with a slight smooth mouth coating feel. I’m going to reference this again,but this drinks more like a juice, rather than a beer. The body is in the light to medium range. The aftertaste is also just chock full of grapefruit juice. Did someone put a little alcohol in my grocery store bought grapefruit juice? There is an underlying bread-like taste, and a very subtle black pepper character. The taste was also not very surprising, as it was exactly like the nose. This definitely smelled more of an alcoholic fruit beverage, rather than a beer. Behind the fruit, there was a tad bit of pepper and bread. It was all sweet citrus, dominated by a tangy acidic grapefruit smell. The beer looked as if I was drinking orange juice or something like that.There was no head retention at all, and no lacing left on glass. Poured from a 12 ounce can into a BS Brewing pint glass, Big Squeeze had a thick opaque orange color topped with a thin white bubbly head. After we tapped it up and I tasted it, I realized it was just the Leinenkugel Shandy that I thought was horrid! I finally saw cans for sale at my local beer store, so I picked up a few single cans so I can enjoy them at the headquarters. At Big Hops Gastropub where I work, we received a keg of Harpoon’s UFO Big Squeeze Shandy with an ever so awesome eye catching tap handle (seen here), I wasn’t too thrilled about it, to be honest with you. Metal Connection: MALICE – Squeeze it DryĪh yes, a Shandy, a beer style unfortunately every Joe Blow these days knows of because of Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, well at least around these parts. Character: Brewed with grapefruit juice added
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