UCBC’s Grapefruit Radler returns for curbside pick-up
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Lots of good news to talk about this morning. First, my cardiologist gave me permission to get back on my bicycle. Second, one biking’s favorite beer is back. Urban Chestnut’s Grapefruit Radlers are back in stock and available for curbside pick-up or delivery.
The legend of the Radler dates back nearly a century to post World War I Germany, when an innkeeper named Franz Xaver Kugler, opened a tavern and tried to capitalize on the newest craze of bicycling by working to have a bike path built right to his establishment.
On the day thousands of bicyclists showed up demanding a beer, Kugler realized he would not have enough. He quickly remembered a stash of lemon soda he had, cut it 50/50 with his beer supply, and saved the day and gave birth to a legend.
Radlers can be confusing. In German, Radler means: Cyclist AND it also means: Bier-mixed-with-Soda. So of course when UCBC went about canning our first Radler, we got things a little mixed-up with our friends at Big Shark Bicycle Co., and found ourselves âcranking outâ a Radler/Radler mash-up, i.e⌠Big Shark Lemon Radler. Which naturally turned out to be a refreshing Lemon-flavored Bier â the ideal libation for that post â (or non-) cycling occasion. Prost! â Urban Chestnut Brewing Co. from the back of the 16 oz. wide mouth can!Â
To honor Kugler and his invention, UCBC combined their flagship Zwickel, an unfiltered, unpasteurized German classic, with lemon-lime soda. This sort of holy union has produced a beer that frankly is designed for bikers. Behold, the Big Shark Lemon Radler. Last year Urban Chestnut Brewing released its first variant of this perfect summer, biking beer.
Big Shark Grapefruit Radler is a crushable (4.2% ABV | 10 IBUs) blend of grapefruit soda and Pale Lager with an initial, noticeable sweetness and a bright finish. An overall easy-drinking, thirst-quenching beverage.
On the nose, the beer explodes with a burst of grapefruit but sits back and on your first sip, youâll get all the wonderfulness of the pure Zwickel lager and the no-nonsense of the grapefruit soda. The soda isnât hidden here, it isnât folded underneath and it doesnât disappear quickly. It is like you poured a grapefruit soda into a lager, and if that isnât your thing, then this isnât for you.
But what youâre really looking for in this beer, no matter if youâre popping the wide mouth top off the 16 oz can during a ride or after cutting the grass, is a cooling, crushable beer that is designed for refreshment. And that is what youâll get. This is a beer designed for fun, so have fun with it, as much as we can this year.
