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Leinenkugels Classic Amber

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1732.64/5.02.64/5.04.9%54.7Lager glass
Commercial Description:
A 100 percent malted lager, “Leinie’s Classic” features Leinenkugel’s own unique blend of two-row and six-row malts and four varieties of hops. A blend of Pale, Caramel, and Munich malts offer a complex flavor, with four different hops (Cluster, Cascade, Mt. Hood, and Hallertau) to balance the malts. Acknowledging their German heritage, Leinenkugel’s brewed Classic Amber in Reinheitsgebot tradition, where the only ingredients permitted are malts, water, hops, and yeast.
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 ilovedarkbeer (1338), Dallas, Texas, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/102/510/20
Nov 25, 2009  
Wow this is garbage. Pours an amber color. With a medium sized head that rapidly shrinks. Notes of burnt toast, corn husks, cereal, and a little bit of metal. Forgettable beer with offensive astringent finish.


 troyc (1175), Lubbock, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Nov 5, 2009  
[Bottle] Pours a light amber color with a small off-white head. Aroma of grains and sweet caramel malts. Crisp and sweet taste includes mostly malt but also some light hopping towards the finish. A little thin, but overall not a bad beer.


 bsp77 (202), Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Oct 30, 2009  
Poured into 4oz sample glass, but I asked for a second pour to make a more proper 8oz review. Plus I was not sampling other beers, so no sample fatigue. Thanks Applebee’s! Very light amber with nice head and slight lacing. Somewhat sweet aroma with notes of caramel and toasted malts. Biscuit and caramel malts balanced by citrusy hops, with light bitterness at the finish. Nice balance overall. Moderate carbonation with a light to medium body. Finishes slightly dry. This would be a very respectable everyday lager. Perhaps the best Leinie’s I have had.


 Aurelius (2647), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 29, 2009  
A dry-ish malt aroma with some dessert notes, smells like a marzen crossed with a bit of brown ale. Clear, medium brown/tan/orange, good label. Drinkable, crackery, some fruit notes. A tad tangy and not aggressively hopped. Session weight, tannic finish. Winn Dixie.


 BückDich (4832), McCall, Idaho, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/56/102/510/20
Oct 27, 2009  
Bottle: Golden color, light white head. Light malt and a tinge of hops in the nose. Flavor is thin and malty, a bit metallic. Light bitter finish, thin and some caramel. Drinkable.


mallons72 (18), livonia, Michigan, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/59/20
Oct 23, 2009  
Not a bad beer. Like this beer with a meal, but seems too sour if drinking more than one.


 SledgeJr (2960), Omaha, Nebraska, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/57/20
Oct 17, 2009  
In the bottle at the 2009 Crescent Moon Summer Beer Festival. This beer is not amber and it is not classic. Pours gold with a medium white head. Has a vegetable aroma. Medium maltiness. Not very good.


 topherh (900), Kearney, Missouri, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/510/20
Oct 14, 2009  
Bottle pours golden amber with a white head. Aroma is light malt and a bit of earthy hop. Flavor is toasty malt, nuts, with a long lightly bitter finish.



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