First sip is a bit striking. Brown sugar and pumpkin pie - a very well spiced pumpkin pie - bedazzle the taste buds while a certain amount of water, clean and cool, bubbles underneath. The pumpkin pie tastes like it may still have a bit of the fibrousness of the outer pumpkin in it. A proper sip may give me a better idea of this shandy.
Tip-in is pumpkin and brown sugar sweetness. Carbonation isn't really much of a concern, but it tickles the tongue a bit. The middle gets a bit bready and the spice increases and becomes more complex. The finish has burned spices and possibly some cloves off on the horizon. The finish is particularly off-putting to me, especially considering how it lingers.
Bottom Line: Probably the best shandy I've ever had. It's still not that great.
2.0/5