The Best Summer Beer You’ve Never Had

Beer Review: Stiegl Radler – Grapefruit
Style: Fruit Beer
ABV: 2.5%
MSRP: $9.63

Flavor to the rescue!

 

Summer is just around the corner. Not just summer, but an Arkansas summer. We all know what that means: thick, hot weather. While most of us reach for a Biff Light after mowing the lawn and fighting those blood-sucking mosquitoes, you should know there is a damn fine alternative: Stiegl Radler, from the maker’s of a beer we deemed the Arkansas Gateway Beer. We’ve all heard of a summer shandy – a mix of beer and lemonade that’s a seemingly southern traditional spin on a sweet tea and lemonade summer drink. Siegl Radler is the same thing – except perfected by those Austrian German speaking folks who have been drinking beer LONG before us southern folk enjoyed a cold one. It’s a combination of grapefruit soda and beer basically…. And while that seems strange, we are here to tell you it is a PERFECT combination. Peanut butter and jelly, razorback football and calling the hogs, Stiegl Radler and a hot summer day. We really can’t seem to think of ANYONE who wouldn’t like this beer, besides someone who hates great food. Let’s take a sip, and then down the rest, shall we?

Beer Tip: Stiegl Radler comes in 3 different flavors.

Stiegl Radler pours seemingly innocent enough, just as another standard light beer. But take a whiff, and you will start thinking of a tropical getaway: heaps of citrus everywhere! Take a drink and you’ll think “is this really a beer?” and then you can’t help but fall in love with the perfectly sweet, delicately tart, citrus-bomb of a beer. The grapefruit seems to take the bitter flavor and replace hops, making for an interestingly balanced beer – which seems backwards on paper, but makes so much sense while you drink it. The back of the beer reassures you it is actually beer – you get a dry and refreshing pale malt flavor that leaves you wanting to take another sip.

Do yourself a favor and seek out this beer – you won’t regret it. Give your mouth a high five on a hot day: drink a Stiegl Radler rather than the plain ol’ same old.

You can find this beer at the following locations:

Colonial Wine & Spirits – Little Rock
Powerhouse Seafood & Grill – Fayetteville
Spa Town Wine & Spirits – Hot Springs
Crossover Liquor – Fayetteville
Popatop -University – Little Rock
Town & Country Liquor – Fayetteville
Dickson Street Liquor – Fayetteville
Liquor Mart & Wine Shoppe – Fayetteville
Lake Liquor – Maumelle
Liquor To Go – Fayetteville
Liquor World – Fayetteville
Springhill Wine & Spirits – North Little Rock
O’Looney’s – Little Rock
Marina Liquor – Hot Springs
Corner Liquor Store – Hot Springs
In & Out Mega – North Little Rock
Premier Wine & Spirits – Fayetteville
Big Orange – Little Rock
Sullivant’s Liquor – Little Rock
Village Inn Package – Harrison
Hog Wild Liquor – Cabot
Trios – Little Rock
The Wine Rack & Spirits Shoppe – Hot Springs
Shamrock Liquor Warehouse – Fort Smith

We gave this beer 4 diamonds