RAD

RAD, Sixpoint Brewery, Brooklyn, NY
(Fruit Beer)

RAD is a blend, or radler, of fruit juices and ale. Pours a cloudy orange-pink, like grapefruit juice. Whatever foamy, white head this beer created upon the pour, dissipated well before I could take the picture, leaving it truly looking like fruit juice in my glass. There is some grapefruit in the aroma, along with some citrus wheat characteristics. The taste is a Summery mix of sweet and tart with fruity explosions. Bitterness bites your tongue and lingers for a bit before fading. At only 3.2% abv, this is definitely a beer for those hot Summer days.

Radlers, or blended beer, are beer-based mixed drinks that combine beer with soda, lemonade, or fruit juices. Shandy's, such as Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy, are a variation of a radler.