Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat

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

Poured a cloudy orange color, very little head which surprised me for a wheat beer, but there was a good carbonation. The aroma was very fruity. I caught citrusy notes and maybe some bubble gum notes as well. Very pleasing by the aroma. No hop aroma. The flavor of this beer is predominantly fruity. As others have mentioned it has a fruity pebbles flavor. I didn’t necessarily think of fruity pebbles but I did think of orange, lemon and raspberry. My opinion is that the fruit is a little over the top for a wheat beer, without being advertised as a fruit beer. The fruitiness seems genuine to me, I do not think it seems fake at all. No hops or bitterness to be found in this beer, it is sweet but not cloying, an enjoyable sweetness. This is an excellent summer beer as it is not over the top but provides some complexity and something different.

Very good beer. Very tasty, has multiple fruit flavors. Goes down smooth as well.

Poured a cloudy orange with a thin white head. It looked kind of "chunky." It had a citrus aroma to it. Kind of an orange-lemon-lime aroma. Might not be too bad on a hot summer day.

I really like this, it is overly fruity and distinct fruity pebbles taste, but very refreshing with a slice of lemon or orange.

Hazy orange pour with a fizzy white head. Aroma of fruit and really nothing else. Sweet fake fruit flavor, similar to fruity pebbles cereal. Where’s the wheat? Where’s the yeast? Not good.

Pretty nice and refreshing summer ale. Strong citrus notes over a distinct malt body. Coriander adds a great turn...very enjoyable beer!

12 ounce bottle purchased at a random gas station in Davis, CA. Holy shit, the aroma on this is huge bubble gum and huge cotton candy. Amazingly sweet with some lemon. Doesn’t really smell like beer. Mostly hazy orange-honey colored body with a medium white head. Starts with some sour orange juice flavor. Tart, lightly astringent. More fruitiness in the middle. Very bubble-gummy late. Tastes a lot like bug spray.

Okay, somebody’s gonna hafta explain to me about this summer spice kick (I’m a bourbonista, not a beer geek). For me, this would be pretty good WITHOUT the cilantro. What a distraction! I grew up in the north woods, and I’ve never found citrus spices at sunset there! You’d think a brewer in Minnesota would know that! Or, maybe, that’s just what I get by halving 50 years of experience BEFORE learning to enjoy beer.