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Back in the Dark Ages of the "guest" commentor we selected Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy as
"BotW." This led to a lot of hand-wringing from "guest," "guest" and "guest." Their basic argument being that Leinenkugel sucked and (by extension) so did we for choosing the beer.
You might want to brace yourselves, then. We found another shandy that we would kill a "guest" to get our hands on. And it's a real shandy, from Malta, of all places. Farson's traditional shandy is a mixture of ale and lemonade; they also market a lager and lime shandy. It only comes in at around 2.2 percent alcohol by volume, but a shandy isn't supposed to get you drunk fast. We had some Farson's at a beer expo at Mrs. Murphy & Sons Irish Bistro the other night and were blown away. Bob Lempianen, regional vice president for Distinguished Brands International, told us that interested customers should start seeing Farson's shandy at Sam's, Binny's, Armanetti's and other fine liquor stores real soon, if they aren't in stock already
A shandy makes for a perfect summer drink. Since we throttle summer for all it's worth here, it's wise to go out and pick up some Farson's traditional Shandy, Chicagoist's "Beer of the Week."
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Shandy is a great summer beer - and the Leinie's version isn't THAT bad, no matter WHAT guest says.
I'll have to check Binny's soon.
Bah, I love shandies. And snakebites. What's the drinking equivalent of "nom nom nom"?
glug glug glug?
"gurgle," Marg.
Leinie does not suck...it's cheap beer and it's really good beer. can't say i'm a fan of their shandy but the Honey Weiss, Sunset Wheat and Red are damn good beers
The only shandies I drink are Maltese shandies. What do you all drink, you low-brow rubes? Wisconsin shandies? Puh-lease!
(Please note: The author of the preceding comment has never drank a shandy and wasn't even aware of the existence of such a thing until reading this BoTW post. Carry on.)
None of you have drank a summer shandy at noon on the canterbury trail in surrey england like I have.
hah.
Not sure this is on topic, but speaking of low-alcohol beers, the New York Times today had an interesting article about attempts among craft brewers to produce more good beers that have relatively low alcohol amounts, the idea being you can drink a few pints without getting hammered from strong booze content, as might happen with, say, some traditional Belgian beers. I guess the model are some of the English ales.
Earlier in the summer or maybe in the spring Goose Island Clybourn was brewing something called Six (pronounced Sise) that had a 2.5% alcohol content. it was some sort of Belgian table beer, not bad at all
The low alcohol beers are actually following a Belgian model, as well. In that country, you'll often find low-alcohol "table beer" (around 1-2 percent ABV) intended for serving with meals. They were brewed in blonde or brown ales.
Table beer lost some ground to soft drinks and bottled water in recent years. But with a backlash against the health detriments of soft drinks and increased bottled water waste, there's a renewed push for table beer.
RE: Table beer--
Anyone experience it? Notes on taste?
The Summer Shandy by Leinie's rules and is my favorite summer beer. Would love to taste this shandy as well.
re: Table Beer
Wil says he's planning on making it again at the Pub. Look for it in October I would say.