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Traveler Grapefruit Shandy
The Traveler Beer Co.
- From:
- The Traveler Beer Co.
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 4.4%
- Score:
- 79
- Avg:
- 3.49 | pDev: 16.91%
- Reviews:
- 75
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 11, 2022
- Added:
- Apr 08, 2014
- Wants:
- 19
- Gots:
- 227
Formerly Illusive Traveler Grapefruit Shandy
The mother of all citrus, the behemoth from Barbados, the original forbidden fruit. It’s big, it’s juicy, and it’s in your beer. Presenting Traveler™ Grapefruit Shandy. You don’t need a tiny arsenal of bowls, knives and mini spoons to enjoy the good stuff. Full flavor with the tart tang you’d expect from a lusciously ripe grapefruit, balanced by a smooth, refreshing finish you can only get with a shandy.
The mother of all citrus, the behemoth from Barbados, the original forbidden fruit. It’s big, it’s juicy, and it’s in your beer. Presenting Traveler™ Grapefruit Shandy. You don’t need a tiny arsenal of bowls, knives and mini spoons to enjoy the good stuff. Full flavor with the tart tang you’d expect from a lusciously ripe grapefruit, balanced by a smooth, refreshing finish you can only get with a shandy.
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Ratings by AlexonMoon:
Reviewed by AlexonMoon from Connecticut
3.18/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.18/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: Cloudy with a retained 1/2 inch slightly off-white head
Smell: Definite citrus aroma dominated by the grapefruit. Smells like the pith of the fruit with some orange as well. No hint of alcohol and not much hop presence.
Taste: Sweetness right off the bat with a low amount of carbonation. Smooth and silky from the wheat. Tart and with a slight tart bitterness that lingers.
Mouthfeel: low carbonation and wheat make for a silky smooth mouthfeel.
Overall: A nicely balanced and authentic tasting shandy. A little overly sweet for me in the front but calms down nicely in the middle and back. Refreshing and one of the better shandies I've had.
Aug 05, 2015Smell: Definite citrus aroma dominated by the grapefruit. Smells like the pith of the fruit with some orange as well. No hint of alcohol and not much hop presence.
Taste: Sweetness right off the bat with a low amount of carbonation. Smooth and silky from the wheat. Tart and with a slight tart bitterness that lingers.
Mouthfeel: low carbonation and wheat make for a silky smooth mouthfeel.
Overall: A nicely balanced and authentic tasting shandy. A little overly sweet for me in the front but calms down nicely in the middle and back. Refreshing and one of the better shandies I've had.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Marva_82
5/5 rDev +43.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
5/5 rDev +43.3%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
I'm so depressed I can't find this stuff anymore. Was it something to drink everyday? No. A replacement for all other beverages? No. But was it the greatest ever drink for eating tacos? Yes. Yes it was. I don't even quite know what it was, but for a while there I'd buy a pack whenever it was time to have Mexican food because, I swear on all that is holy, nothing --NOTHING-- paired better with a taco, or a tamale, or even, heck, an enchilada than the illusive traveler grapefruit shandy. The fact it's not in my life anymore makes every taco less exciting, and as a result I'm honestly more comfortable with the concept of mortality because to exist beyond the pleasures of existence is to hardly exist at all.
Jun 11, 2022Reviewed by Treyliff from West Virginia
3.5/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz bottle poured into a tulip
A- pours clear golden color with a one-finger foamy white head that has short retention
S- smells of grapefruit juice and zest, lemon, grainy malt, a hint of honey
T- zesty grapefruit up front gives way to a juicy grapefruit note mid-palate. The finish gives a hint of sweet malt, honey and more grapefruit juice
M- light-medium body with moderate carbonation, foamy mouthfeel and a crisp finish
O- goes down easy, high drinkability
May 25, 2022A- pours clear golden color with a one-finger foamy white head that has short retention
S- smells of grapefruit juice and zest, lemon, grainy malt, a hint of honey
T- zesty grapefruit up front gives way to a juicy grapefruit note mid-palate. The finish gives a hint of sweet malt, honey and more grapefruit juice
M- light-medium body with moderate carbonation, foamy mouthfeel and a crisp finish
O- goes down easy, high drinkability
Reviewed by JimboBrews54 from Michigan
1.8/5 rDev -48.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
1.8/5 rDev -48.4%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5
Not as bad as Leinie but still pretty tart. I do not like grapefruit beers, but I figured I would try one anyway. This is a beer with mildly weird acidic character and not a good one. I would travel on with this one.
Oct 19, 2018Reviewed by GarrettB from Colorado
3.3/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.3/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
July 5th, 2015 - The Illusive Traveler (favorite beer of the Elusive Man from Mass Effect?) was available at the Landsdowne Arms, one of my favorite restaurants in the Highlands Ranch area. It's a citrus heavy beer which is fine for the weather, but not great for heavy Irish cuisine. Bright orange and extremely hazy, it looks like a glass of cream based soup, but the nose is pregnant with lemon notes and a clear acidity. On the tongue it is sweet, but the citrus shifts from lemon to grapefruit. Dry and sweet, it is tasty and lasts well into the aftertaste. If I say that this has a lot of grapefruit in it, I want to insist that it is the sweetest, juiciest parts of the grapefruit at peak ripeness.
Oct 09, 2018Rated by cribguy from Georgia
4.3/5 rDev +23.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.3/5 rDev +23.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Still the only beer my wife has ever finished. Good stuff.
May 23, 2018Reviewed by ABabbidge from Kansas
3.16/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
3.16/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
L: Murky yellow-orange color. Small bubbly head.
S: Heavy on grapefruit, light on malt.
T&F: Again, heavy on the grapefruit flavor. Very sweet and does not have the puckering quality that grapefruit juice by itself has, but it does have a dry finish.
O: Not terrible, but there are better grapefruit shandys out there.
May 17, 2017S: Heavy on grapefruit, light on malt.
T&F: Again, heavy on the grapefruit flavor. Very sweet and does not have the puckering quality that grapefruit juice by itself has, but it does have a dry finish.
O: Not terrible, but there are better grapefruit shandys out there.
Rated by Tucquan from Pennsylvania
3.14/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.14/5 rDev -10%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Had this on 2017-05-11 in Warrenville, IL on tap
An OK shandy. On the sweet side.
May 12, 2017An OK shandy. On the sweet side.
Traveler Grapefruit Shandy from The Traveler Beer Co.
Beer rating:
79 out of
100 with
459 ratings
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