Shock Top Lemon Shandy

Last summer, my husband and I shared a beach house with my folks.  We wanted something light and crisp to bring to the beach with us, something sessionable that wouldn't leave us too dehydrated after a long day in the sun and surf.  My husband wound up getting a case of Shock Top Lemon Shandy cans, and he liked it quite a bit.  So, when Lemon Shandy hit the shelves at the distributor near us, he bought another case of it:

Vittles:

Fruit Beer

4.2% abv

Score:

Appearance: 7/10

Aroma: 18/25

Taste: 30/40

Mouthfeel: 7/10

Style: 4/5

Drinkability: 8/10

Overall: 74/100

Impression:

It's really just adult lemonade with a wheat base.  The aroma is mostly lemony, but it seems like too sweet or artificial of a smell.  You can kind of sort of make out some mild wheat aroma, too, but it is much less obvious than the lemon flavoring.  The taste is sort of like lemon-flavored PEZ with wheat in the background.  None of the flavors are very strong, which is a plus, since it makes the beer light, crisp, and somewhat refreshing once you get past the overly-sweet lemon flavor.  It is fairly easy to session this beer, though, and it does somehow work very well on a hot, sunny day.  We'll probably get it again to enjoy on the beach when we go down the shore later this summer.

Cheers!