Where, Space ?
When you step out of your habit, your safe zone, you might be surprised what is out there.
Sure, to a small extent, you might have to ‘fill in the blanks’, but from watered down piss to something that really tastes damn good, that’s pretty awesome…
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Looks like oil, tastes like heaven. That was thick looking for sure. Great peanut butter flavor. Had this in the fridge for quite a few months.
From last night…
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I had a bit too much caffeine during yesterday’s ride, so during my afternoon errands, I dipped into a local spot and had a Burgeon Juice Press Hazy IPA to take the edge off. The beer was good but the choice of glassware made me chuckle.
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I woulda sent that back and asked for a different glass. 
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I had what was sold as a ‘lemonade ipa’, and I never caught the brewery name. It was actually really rather good. Very lemonade and yet the undertone of hops, which surprised me given the propensity for lemon to yell pretty loudly. Oh well, I’m sure we’ll meet again.
When I traveled through Europe, lemonade mixed with beer was quite popular, especially in Austria on warm afternoons. However, the beer they used was typically a light pilsner or blonde ale. I’m a fan of the citrussy IPAs, so a lemonade IPA sounds quite good. Before the current trend of Hazies and fruit-forward IPAs, I would occasionally mix a hoppy IPA with a hard cider.
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I think it’s called a ‘Radler’.
There was a brewery in Vermont called ‘Magic Hat’, and apparently they are POOF.
They had a concoction called ‘Electric Peel’, and it was as close to a perfect ‘fruity’ IPA in my opinion. Lots of citrus, but a really good balance of the less acidic ones. Most ‘fruity’ IPA’s, to me, seem way too ‘grapefruit forward’. One I bought a 12 of turned out to be grapefruit juice with a slight beer flavor. So ‘fruity’ to them meant big time grapefruit POWER. Wow. Gave the rest away.
Sad that Magic Hat seems to be gone. I enjoyed their #9 too. Got a tour and picked up some swag while on a Trek Trip. Jerseys and stuff. Made lots of memories on that trip.
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When it is mixed with lemonade or lemon flavored beverages, it is called a “shandy” while a radler can use any citrus-based beverage (grapefruit is very common, for example)
But like most styles of beer, diffrent breweries can play a little loose with what they call “shandys” or “radlers”…a lot of it can geographic. WI almost exclusively refers to them as “shandys” for example.
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An old Austrian drinking buddy said that radler means rider, in German. Apparently google agrees.
Slightly off topic, said Austrian’s drink of choice was Coors in cans along chilled Jaeger.
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In this edition of TIL…
good stuff, did not know that.
Agree, was just in Bavaria and the wife had radlers only - was always lemonade and helles, or lemonade and Hefeweizen
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I had heard that Radler meant ‘cyclist’. Cool…
Your Coors bit sounds like Spam in Hawaii. Sure, I had heard that they seem to be fixated on it ‘a lot’, but never expected the degree of reverence that some hold that little can. Like people do some really crazy things to try to make it taste better. To me, it’s salty, greasy, sometimes fatty, and something a little off from ‘pork shoulder and ham’. But I had a delicacy preparation of Spam, and have to say it wasn’t all bad. (Have I had any since? Nope. Need a chef to dress it up I guess)
I have witnessed people using Coors as a mixer with other liquids. I think I consumed Coors and orange juice once. It worked. I mean, whatever makes people happy, you know… I knew someone who loved Old Milwaukee, and wouldn’t drink much else. (I was partial to Olympia in my pre-21-year-old youth. Sad that it seems to have gone away too)
I’ve seen it in our local beer store, and occasionally in other stores. Usually citrus, but I’ve seen grapefruit, pomegranate, and strawberry. I’ve had a German brand a few times, can’t recall the name. (Hefeweizen, possibly)
@Deleteme Apparently it is still around but owned and brewed by a contract brewer after getting bought by a private equity firm. They sold the Burlington, CT brewery to Zero Gravity and laid off all of their employees.
Really? Private equity firms are huge entitled parasites! BOOO!!
A sad end. The Burlington brewery wasn’t their main one as I remember, but wow. It seems to have been a wave! Stone was bought out, Bell’s, Magic Hat. Who is left? Coors several years ago, etc… Sad. Trying to find a real small brewer that knows how to make decent beer is getting harder. (Had some fresh Red Stripe in a keg earlier this year. That was tasty. Sigh…
@Deleteme Seems to me that there are more breweries than ever but for fans of legacy brewers times have been tough as the newer guys have been really taking over the space. I am fine with it. I liked #9 but one brand that I really miss is Wolaver’s Stout - another VT brewer.
Sure PE has a bad reputation but if you are the founder and want to cash out it is probably an option that you have to evaluate. The PE firm ended up selling it to the contract brewer who cut costs further, sold the brewery to consolidate and now rotates the beers that it brews.
Contract brewers do serve a purpose - we wouldn’t see Pabst Blue Ribbon and other super legacy brands on the shelves without them. They buy up stuff that still has a market but that isn’t going to have much more growth in market share.