Sam Adams Porch Rocker

The Sam Adams website describes Porch Rocker as inspired by Bavarian "radlers" that mix beer with German-style lemonade. Tagged as a "helles", another term for pale lager, this appears to be Sam Adams' answer to the shandies, summer and lemon, that Shock Top and Leinenkugel have produced. Like a good pale lager, Porch Rocker is a see-through, light gold color. The lemonade gives it a summery, refreshing taste, but it sort of masks whatever character the underlying lager might have.