Leinenkugel's Orange Shandy | Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

3.46/5  rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

2/5  rDev -36.3%
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

3.13/5  rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3

3/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

3.35/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25

3.87/5  rDev +23.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

3.93/5  rDev +25.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4

From notes taken 04/26/16:

Honey-amber but very opaque. Since this is based on a Weiss, and since Leinie’s Honey Weiss is a Kristalweizen, I am guessing the murkiness indicates particulates from the other ingredients (honey, orange to name the ones I am aware of) and/or a different variety of Weiss beer. Head is white, fine, foamy, almost creamy, film-forming, with moderate retention. Sweet orange aroma, both fruit and oily rindy, minimal wheat character. To the palate, exactly as expected, like carbonated, thinned down orange juice, with some rich sweetness along the lines of honey. Not too rindy or too sweet, perfect amount of tang. Delicious, very refreshing, easy to drink. Medium-bodied, certainly thicker than the Summer Shandy. Medium amount of fine tingly then creamy carbonation, mild citric acid aftereffects on tongue and teeth. Probably my favorite offering from Leinenkugel over the years, besides their Big Eddy series. Not a particularly beer-like beer, but my mouth thanks me nonetheless. I am certainly biased towards it (but my review shall compensate for those biased against it). Orange juice has long been my favorite juice. I can’t help but be slightly offended both by the relatively mediocre ratings as well as the negative comments, even if just in comparison to Leinie’s other shandy varieties. This one is far afield of all of them, even the Grapefruit Shandy, which I feel could have done a better job on the flavor. Search your feelings. You know it to be true. Honestly, though, I had initially rated this higher, but then I checked myself.

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2.52/5  rDev -19.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.25

4.1/5  rDev +30.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

3.51/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

3.59/5  rDev +14.3%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

3.9/5  rDev +24.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

Cloudy orange. White head.
Smell of orange drink. Like Hi-C orange. Slight funk in the grain. Taste is the same as the smell. Feel is light yet syrupy. Sweet

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2.5/5  rDev -20.4%
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

just disappointed in this shandy because i thought this one would be phenominal but instead it was almost like oranges that have seriously gone bad:((

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3/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

3.03/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

This is an overall average summer beer across the board. The orange taste is a nice change of pace from the tradition lemon shandy.

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3.27/5  rDev +4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

2.75/5  rDev -12.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

3.06/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

3.16/5  rDev +0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25

2.28/5  rDev -27.4%
look: 1.75 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2.25 | overall: 2.25

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06/17/2015

Least of the 4 shandys in the variety pack...though still refreshing.Sticky. Would probably be better over ice, though that is probably against some law somewhere.Not bad as you might think.
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2.92/5  rDev -7%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

3.45/5  rDev +9.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

3.12/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3

2.67/5  rDev -15%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

1.09/5  rDev -65.3%
look: 1.5 | smell: 1.25 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1