Leinenkugels Honey Weiss Bier

Brewed by Leinenkugel Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Wheat Ale
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin USA

My 400th rate, and how unremarkable. In fact, I don’t even remember exactly what it tasted. Sufficed to say, I did not like it.

Pale yellow with medium soapy head. Semi-skunky aroma of corn and very light honey. Tastes of corn and cardboard. Astringent and bland. Wheat Ale? Honey Weiss? Tasted more like a pale lager to me.

Light gold color, not much of a honey taste, and it doesn’t taste much like a Weiss. Aroma isn’t as inviting as you would hope, but better than some.

Bottle. Smells more like pale lager than weiss - definitely not like hefeweissen. Dark gold color with a very flat white head. Thin to medium body with fizzy carbonation. Flavor is wheat with a light touch of honey. Perhaps mild amount of grassy hop. Finish is rather bland. I’ll go with "light, crisp and slightly sweet".

12oz bottle courtesy of KMoonLegend. I’m a big fan of Sunset Wheat and thought pretty highly of Leinenkugels but wow, this was awful. It tasted the same as my private stock malt liquor 40oz. Didnt notice honey notes, or wheat notes, just shitty lager.

Leinenkugel Honey Weiss ABV: 4.7% Calories: estimated at 150 C Volume: 12 fl oz Glass: 4 fl oz flute Purchased at: West Trenton Fine Wine and Liquor, Explorer Pack Price per fl oz: $13 / 144 fl oz = $0.09 per fl oz Consumed at: Home sensory first impression: Beautiful bright yellow sunny color - very clear, bubble trails, nicely carbonated. Clean crisp lager like taste. Honey is obvious but not overly cloying. No head or lacing at all. Aroma/Olfactory: 4 out of 10 Malt flavor is: sweet, syrupy, meadow Hop flavor is: floral, grass Yeast flavor is: dust, pollen, moist Other flavors include: clove, corn, vanilla Visuals/Appearance: 4 out of 5 Color is: bright, light golden, amber, yellow, shining Liquid is: clear, sparkling Head and lace are: initially thin and white, then nothing. Taste/Flavor: 6 out of 10 Maltiness or Sweetness level is: light, Hoppiness or Bitterness level is: none Sour level is: none Palate/Tactile: 3 out of 5 Body or Mouthfeel is: light Texture is: sticky, sugary Carbonation is: lively Finish is: abrupt, sweet Overall experience: 11 out of 20. I liked the flavor, the color, and the aroma. I did not like that each of these was a bit on the shy side, and that there was no head. Much like the berry weiss, this is very soda like, which is fine, but I was looking for a beer.

This is a college student’s beer and was a staple of my time at UIUC. Slightly sweet, very easy to drink.

This is definitely a college students beer. It is light, slighly sweet, and perhaps a little "sophisticated" compared to the regular highlife and milwaukee’s best. can use more flavor, but not a bad beer in comparison to some of the other macro brews.