{"id":637,"date":"2010-05-28T14:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=637"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:27:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:27:17","slug":"memorial-day-drinkin-with-shandy-cans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/memorial-day-drinkin-with-shandy-cans\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Day Drinkin\u2019 With Shandy Cans"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the past couple years, I’ve been a bigger fan of Leinenkugel’s summer offerings than their other year-round productions.\u00a0 For a long time, the only thing I could get other than M-B-C macros on draft while visiting family in Clare, Michigan was a lonely keg of Leinie’s Sunset Wheat.\u00a0 For a beer that tastes like Fruity Pebbles, it ain’t bad. Thus, it holds a sentimental place in my heart, tho I’ve moved on to other Leinie’s libations.<\/p>\n
This changed when they introduced their Summer Shandy, which instantly took the place of the Sunset Wheat as semi-major-brewery fruit beer of choice when necessary.\u00a0 When I knew I was going to be hanging out in the out of doors drinking in the sun, I happily deferred to the Shandy as a quality session brew when I could find it.\u00a0 However, despite the brewery calling it the perfect Summer Refresher, there was always something a little sticky, a little cloying about the flavors coming out of the dark brown bottle with the shockingly bright yellow label.<\/p>\n
All this changed when Leinie’s decided that what the Shandy really needed was an introduction to the canned-beer market.\u00a0 Fishermen rejoiced, as did I – because this is a happy instance where this canned beer is better <\/em>than the bottled brew.<\/p>\n