As the sun shines hotter, brewers are mixing orange, lemon, grape or even passion fruit juice with their lagers or wheat beers. The name radler is short for radlermass, a German word meaning “cyclist litre.” Invented in 1922 to quench the thirst of Munich cyclists, this half-juice, half-beer mix is citrusy and refreshing. Parallel 49’s take is a mix of 70% of the Vancouver brewery’s Munich Helles lager, and 30% red grapefruit juice. It’s the “beeriest” of them all with tons of bittersweet grapefruit juice flavour, baguette and a hint of grassy hops that help to dry out the swallow.
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