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Leinenkugels Classic Amber

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1762.64/5.02.64/5.04.9%54.6Lager 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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 jake65 (1725), Williston, North Dakota, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/102/510/20
Mar 29, 2009  
Bottle: Clear copper pour with lots of bubbles and a finger of foamy sand colored head. A dry, soapy lager malt smell permeates my nose. Not setting the stage well to warrant finishing the glass. However the first sip is better than expected. A bit of sweet caramel and toffee up front. As the flavor swirls and finished up a bland, grassey, lager malt thing takes over. Shit, for a moment I thought this might work. I can’t overly slam this brew because it really isn’t that bad. Just a bit of a tease, that’s all.


 ross (1709), weddington, South Carolina, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Mar 29, 2009  
Bottle from the grocery store. Got a six pack of this for pops, and I took a bottle just to try it. Pours out an orange color with a white head on it. Smell is malted barley, some rice, a little bit of corn. Taste is crisp and kind of dry, very easy to drink. It is beer, and its actually decent beer. Nice little bittering effect on it. Better than the other seasonals that have hit the shelves here from these guys.


 OzarkElmo (119), Poplar Bluff, Missouri, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/513/20
Mar 28, 2009  
Bottle pour into pint glass. Nice moderate white head, carbonated. Clear amber color with good, definite malt aroma. Well balanced, roasted malts, caramel notes. Very slight hint of hops in the finish. Overall a good effort from Leiny- - Cheers!


sparky075 (8), Michigan, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Leinenkugels Classic Amber does not count
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/515/20
Mar 28, 2009  
A fine Leinie representative. Was a little disappointed with the lightness of the color. Plenty of CO2. Good head. Excellent pizza beer.


 bubbleflubber (893), Collinsville, Virginia, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/510/20
Mar 28, 2009  
Amber pour into the glass, with a thinning cap that leaves spotty lace down the glass. Aromas of cereal and lightly stale skunky bitters. The flavors are very underdone, with some soft metallic caramel malt, and a muddy, tiny sweet and sour finish. The mouthfeel is thin and watery, and makes for an overall extremely boring and underwhelming brew.... very disappointing.


 HonkeyBra (1341), Lemont, Illinois, USA
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/101/55/20
Mar 28, 2009  
Pours a dark gold with fake white head. Aroma of stale cheerios, rancid malt, some skunk soaked in pee. Flavor is caramel ice cream topping, rancid malt, and perfume. Finish is some wax and with a bitterness similar to eating dandelion. Over carbonated. One of Leinenkugels worst, and that’s saying something.


 dwaggs2 (549), Lee’s Summit, Missouri, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/512/20
Mar 27, 2009  
ottle. Poured a darkish yellow amber color with a two finger white head. Aroma was malts. Very thin body. Flavor was not much there. Some malts. Ok but nothing special


 tdcritch (112), Missouri, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Mar 27, 2009  
Pours a gold with a small head, sweet skunky aroma, nutty brown taste, light on the palate



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