![]() She is the author of two books, including Rosé Made Me Do It. If you find one that’s below 3.0 percent, it’s likely a shandy-style drink.Ĭolleen Graham is a food and beverage writer with over a decade of experience writing about cocktails, beer, and wine. They typically range from 4.0 percent to 8.0 percent, and high-point fruit beers are rare. For instance, brewing an IPA requires more hops, a lager employs bottom-fermenting yeast, and an ale’s top-fermenting yeast imparts a maltier sweetness.Īside from the fruit flavoring, fruit beers mimic standard beer in every aspect, including alcohol content. They will also follow the practices of the style they’re creating. Some use fresh fruits or juice during fermentation, while others blend the beer with juice or age the beer with fresh fruit. Some have a subtle fruit flavor that almost teases the tongue you know it’s there, but it’s not conspicuous.īrewers take different approaches to add fruity flavors to their brews. Fruit beers can be sweet or tart, and they’re not always super fruity. Citrus and berry-flavored beers are typical, and a few adventurous breweries will use papaya, pineapple, or other types of fruits. It can be any style of beer-lighter and more refreshing ales are most common-and use any type of fruit. Stock up on those that are before they disappear.įruit beer is a broad term that encompasses any beer that is flavored with fruit. If you have a favorite and want it for a special off-season occasion, check with the brewery to find out whether or not it’s seasonal. As they become more popular, breweries are releasing more fruit beers year-round. The alcohol content can clue you into which you’re buying: Shandy’s will be lighter (around or under 3.0 percent ABV) while true fruit beers will be the strength of other beers in that style.įruit beers tend to be summer seasonals, making their annual appearance from spring to early autumn. The result a 2.5 alcohol by volume radler. The beer is a 50/50 blend Warsteiner German Pilsner, and grapefruit flavored drink (whatever that is). The taste is distinct but the label doesn’t always make this clear. Warsteiner Grapefruit will be available in the United States on April 11th, 2016. Most true fruit beers, on the other hand, are brewed or aged with real fruit or juice, and are not a straight blend. Made by blending beer and lemonade (or another sweet citrus juice), you can make shandies at home with any beer you like. On occasion, you’ll find a fruity lager.īottled shandies and radlers have been popular for some time. A few will stretch into brown ales, but fruits will get lost in darker beers. ![]() They’re generally in the golden ale to pale ale range, or are wheat beers, because these beer styles take fruit flavors the best. What to Look for in Fruit Beers Beer Styleįruit beer can be any style, though many are ales or, more specifically, sour ales. For something that’s just plain fun, Dogfish Head’s SuperEight ( view at Drizly) is the top choice, and lager fans will thoroughly enjoy Shiner Prickly Pear ( view at Drizly). Though brewed in the U.S., Cascade Brewing’s Kriek ( view at Drizly) and Ommengang’s Apripêche ( view at Drizly) are two must-haves that play off Belgium’s rustic fruit beer traditions. It had a touch of excess pith in the flavor, but was still an excellent thirst quencher and would be a popular choice among the workout crowd.When you want a classic taste of fruit beer, the Belgian-style ales are a great starting point. This was an enjoyable and refreshing beer. There was a light, drying, pithy astringent note at the end. As it remained on the palate, the sweetness was tempered more by fruity acidity. With a medium body and a zippy, medium high level of carbonation, it had light, refreshing acidity that danced upon the palate. Grapefruit was noted (not quite rising to medium level) but the fruit was really more of a generically citrus character in the flavor. The beer is a wheat beer with a grapefruit flavor. Moderately bitter, it had a slight pithiness to it, but not unpleasantly so. Schofferhofer Grapefruit Beer is brewed in Germany by the Schofferhofer Brewery. It was lightly sweet. The radler was medium gold and hazy with a moderate, frothy white head and medium-low retention, but it was easily roused to a new foam stand. I also smelled clean, pils malt aroma at a moderate level. Upon smelling it there was a moderate citrus/grapefruit aroma and a floral, perfumy hop aroma. ![]() This beer was presented to me as a 50/50 mix of grapefruit-flavored drink and premium German pilsner.
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