Grapefruit Soda "Shandler" - Basic Brewing Video - March 29, 2024

James and Steve blend a tasty extract pale ale with Fresca to get a light and very drinkable summer beverage.

[@ants9230]

I was introduced to alcohol around 7 or 8 years old by my aunt, who gave me beer shandy. That was almost 50 yrs ago. I've never looked back. Cheers to both of you. 🍺🍺

[@jgar538]

Cool idea. I think my wife has some Fresca on hand and (of course) I always have pale ale floating around. I will give it a try. Cheerz.

[@YRFKDM8]

Gosh I still love extract brewing. I think my all time quickest brew was around 40min including clean up. Just a malt bomb chocolate stout pounded with Galena hops to give a Yosemite Sam dynamite blast of bitterness. Glad to see this video on Good Friday ; I was humming along to that classic intro guitar.

[@basicbrewing]

Yum

[@Tony-ot6ym]

Coincidentally, I've got your Texas Table beer fermenting an arms-length away from me right now. I did grapefruit and lemon zest in that one, I bet it'd go pretty well with a Fresca too. Not sure how it'd pair with Squirt though... Cheers fellas

[@grotekoning794]

Awesome!

[@cheesestradamusDOTcom]

Fun stuff.

[@ronbrown2542]

I have some young bottled beer that's not fully carbonated yet . Might try it on that

[@basicbrewing]

Good call. The soft drink might compensate well.

[@seosamhrosmuc]

I'm going to do this now

[@WreckedBrewery]

I'm so happy you did this. There's one beer I'd love to figure out how to replicate, the Schofferhofer Grapefruit beer. I assume it's made similarly where the juice is added after. My question is, how do you keep that flavor/sweetness from the juice you add as you did, for canning/bottling? I assume you'd have to kill off the yeast towards the end. I'll have to look into this. That beer has become harder and harder to find these days. Cheers!

[@basicbrewing]

This is a beer cocktail, where the juice or soda is added at serving time. So, no packaging worries, and you can blend to your flavor preference in the glass. 🍻

[@WreckedBrewery]

@@basicbrewing It looks delicious. I still wonder how you'd package this if you wanted to send some to your friends. I have a feeling that's what I'll have to do to replicate the Schofferhofer.

[@mandrews5748]

You must try making a shandy/radler with hopped and carbonated kombucha. It adds another level of complexity and flavour, whilst also lowering the ABV. It's tangy and delicious!

[@ElderNerd]

You could stabilize with potassium sorbate and campden, then blend and carbonate the beer in a keg. You can then fill your bottles directly from the keg. If you don't have a kegging setup, just bottle the beer like normal, then tell your friends how much soda to add to the glass when they serve.

[@ColinLeuze]

So, a light American Pale Lager, of sorts- a LAPL.

[@harrygr218]

was that about a 50-50 mix?

[@basicbrewing]

That’s what I was shooting for, but it looks more like 30% Fresca.