Do I need to stock up on my Leinenkugel?

Cafe Society
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I’ve developed an affinity for Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy and Lemon Berry Shandy beer. Is my assumption correct that it is not available year-round? If not, anyone know for how much longer it will be on the shelves?

2

In DC, I see it often, maybe not year round, but almost.

3

I don’t drink Leine’s, but I know from living in Milwaukee Summer Shandy is only available in Summer and the Berry one is just a flavored Shandy. If you like them that much, grab a few extra cases for yourself.

Actually, I take that back. Their website says that the berry shandy is available year round. But for Lemon Shandy is March Through August. Go Figure.
https://leinie.com/Default.aspx#beers
Enter your Age
Click on Beers
Click on the Shandy Bottle

4

Moved to Cafe Society.

Colibri
General Questions Moderator

5

I don’t know. It is very much a warm-weather drink. But I live in New England and not southern California, so YMMV.

6

Summer shandy is such a terrible abomination of a beer (even compared to other leinenkugel offerings) that you should have some luck picking up cheap cases of fire sale beer at the end of the season. Ask a Miller/Coors sales rep if they know of any fire sale outlets near you. Typically they’re large liquor stores on the edge of town that crank through a few hundred cases a week and the distributor will sell them close-dated product for $5-10/case. They then mark these cases up a few dollars each and sell through them quickly to bring customers through the doors.

7

All they have here in Berkeley is the Summer Shandy, and it’s not my favorite. If they had the Cream Stout or Honey Weiss, I’d be buying a few cases, you betcha.

8

Or consider mixing your favourite beer 1:1 with lemonade.

9

I myself do not like the beer, but one of my favorite local bars in Chicago is promoting it as a seasonal and they do plan to discontinue carrying it on tap within a few weeks.

10

The Leinies website says that Lemon Berry Shandy is available year-round, but Summer Shandy is available May-August only. So you’ll want to stock up on the latter.

11

My gf likes to take Summer Shandy on the pontoon. When I went to buy a case today they were sold out. I was told it goes quickly.

12

They’ve started advertising it heavily here in California in the last six months. Considering they’re going national, I don’t expect it to be seasonal.