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Leinenkugels Classic Amber 2.65 181

Leinenkugels Classic Amber

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1812.64/5.02.65/5.04.9%55.6Lager 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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 Falconseye8 (525), Cartersville, Georgia, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Jun 22, 2009  
I thought it was very nice. Hot here in Georgia and it when down smooth. Are there better Ambers??? Sure but this is a good effort on the part of leinie. Nice malt flavor and sweetness to make a thirst quenching summer beer!!!


 Foxbush (466), Richmond, Virginia, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/105/55/103/511/20
Jun 21, 2009  
This is avery ordinary beer. The appearance was excellent. The head formed creamy and filled the glass. Th head laced down the glass. The taste was of malt and a hint of hops. This is much advertised beer for general consumers. I was hoping for much more. The color was a light amber and could be darker.


 leems (149), Portland, Oregon, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/58/20
Jun 21, 2009  
Pours a nice amber with a thin white head that sticks around for a while. The aroma is burnt malt and not much else. My initial taste is generic American beer then a blast of bubbles, this beer is quite effervesent! After a while I got a tinge of lemon but mostly generic beer if not a little maltier than usual. This beer gave my heart burn.


 TheOrange (417), Kent, Ohio, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/510/20
Jun 20, 2009  
Pour is light amber in color with small white ring of bubbles as a head. The aroma is some what light, but there are some caramelized malts. The flavor is not as sweet and caramel as I had hoped. Rather it is pretty high in carbonation, and thin bodied. The beer as a whole is more bitter than a I thought it should be. Nothing special here.


 DrnkMcDermott (1861), Downers Grove, Illinois, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Jun 16, 2009  
12 oz. bottle. Pour shows that they justify the "amber" in the name, pouring a healthier looking body than the usual pale, pale lagers. Just a tinge of amber, with a decent one-finger off-white head. Malty smell over hops, not special, but showing no trace of corn. Taste is of lightly sweet malts with a slight honey roast. Advertised choice of hops is nice, but in practice it does little more than backdrop the malt sweetness. Say it’s the Miller equivalent of Michelob as an all-malt, yet mass-produced beer. You can have the uninitiated taste this next to an adjunct-laden megabrew and they will see the difference.


 nuplastikk (1225), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/103/58/20
Jun 14, 2009  
12oz bottle. Light and thin orange-tan color. Mild sweet brewery aroma. Thin body, with not much going on. There is some crispness I suppose, but nothing that gives any real hop flavor. The malts taste cheap and macro all the way. Cheap, crappy beer.


 bu11zeye (5621), Frisco, Texas, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Jun 14, 2009  
(12oz bottle) Pours a deep amber body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of toasted malt, caramel, apple, and florals. Flavor of caramel malt, hops (earth, floral, light citrus), and grain.


 BillKismet (1952), Seattle, Washington, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/511/20
Jun 14, 2009  
Golden bronzed. Mildly dank hop aroma, but surprisingly decent flavor. Fresh milled grain with a sawdust aftertaste. Not bad for an American lager.



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