National Bohemian Beer Crab Shack Shandy
Pabst Brewing Company

 

Urine color, sorry. Fair amount of white, fizzy head. Aroma is light, sweet citrus. Taste is very sweet with citrus, but carbonation is a touch flat causing the whole beer to fall a little short with the flavor and mouth feel.

Poured from 12 oz. can into a pint glass. The 1" head dissipated quickly. Very cloudy beer.

Smell is like lemon pledge. If blindfolded, you'd know there's no doubt this strong smell is a typical lemon shandy. Sweet lemonade mixed with beer.

Taste is, of course, sweet lemon. Totally expected (I mean, I'm not expecting crab flavor any more than if I drink Dogfish beers looking for dog or fish flavor. It's just a name). If you told me this was Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy, I'd believe it. I can't tell the difference. I'm drinking this on a cool late summer evening. Every shandy I've ever had tastes much better on a hot summer day after working in the yard or golfing. So, the timing of my review for this beer is not optimal for a high grade.

Feels mostly crisp and clean, with a bit of a saltwater feel.

The synergy here works. The lower scores of the smell, taste and feel add up to better than the parts. I just wish I was drinking this on a hot summer day.

Looks and smells about what you'd expect from a shandy. Overwhelmingly sweet however, not a pleasant bombardment of lemonade flavor. CHEAP lemonade flavor. Overall, not a terrible shandy, fairly refreshing in small doses, but not worth the price of admission.

I know this is a Shandy but I was hoping for a bit of crab flavor with the name and what the marketing is. Super disappointed there wasn't a hint of crab flavoring in this beer. Not a ton. I'd just like a little.

If I was rating as purely any other shandy, I'd give it a 3.75, not terrific, but not all that bad.

 

I have to seCANd my local, in-person trader, tone77's CANment & say that I, too, did not add either the beer or its approved pic, but I am happy to drink and review it as part of The CANQuest (tm). I CAN only speculate as to why someone would add a beer & then not review it. My own wheels grind slowly, but they do grind, oh, so fine. I may not review a beer immediately after the add, but I do not add any that I do not have on hand for a review.

From the CAN: "Premium Malt Beverage with Natural Flavors"; "Like a day on the Bay, it's the Chesapeake way to celebrate summertime. Good food and good friends. Shore is fun. Oh boy, what a Shandy!"

I was slightly intimidated by the Pint CAN & I was curious as to whether it would taste like a) crab, b) Old Bay seasoning, c) a CANbination thereof or d) something else entirely. I Crack!ed open the vent and began a slow, gentle Glug since no mention of wheat was made on the CAN. Once I realized that it was at least hazy, I increased it to an aggro pour, producing a finger of foamy, rocky, bone-white head with modest retention, quickly falling away to wisps. Color turned out to be a cloudy Yellow-Gold (SRM = 4 - 5). Nose smelled like d) - artificially flavored lemonade drink mix from when I was a kid (think Country Time Lemonade). Hmm. Although that is what it SHOULD taste like, given the origins of the Shandy style, I was disappointed since I was hoping for crab and/or Old Bay seasoning. Fortunately, I review & rate to style, not to personal taste. The taste was a bit sugary, lemony certainly and I could taste the Natty Boh that was its base, but it was just a bit sweeter than I could really brook. A Shandy is meant to be thirst-quenching & refreshing, but the sugariness in this one was putting it outside of the boundaries. Finish was semi-sweet, lemony, but not as tart as I would have preferred. tone77 pictured it on a hot, humid day, but I think that there are better commercial Shandies out there that I could drink instead of this one. YMMV.

For those not old enough to have "enjoyed" Hop N Gator, now is your chance. I think they just dumped a whole lot of Country Time powder mix into some Boh and called it Shandy. The only link to crabs is you need a mouthful of Old Bay to counter the lemonade taste.

 

Tasty shandy perfect for sipping on a warm summer day in Baltimore. The name is a tad misleading, as there is no hint of crab or Old Bay, but this is a delicious shandy made with what's an otherwise pretty standard Natty Boh.

This beer tastes like someone tooted in my mouth

 

I didn't add this beer, but I'll step up to the plate and give it a review. Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a hazy, bright golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of fresh lemonade. Taste is lemons, a good balance of tart and sweet, some light grains are present. Feels medium/light bodied in the mouth and overall is a highly refreshing beer that I may revisit during the summer.