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Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat

Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat - Wheat Ale

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 Percentile 
37
overall
Brewed by Leinenkugel Brewing Company (MillerCoors)
Style: Wheat Ale

Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9112.92/5.02.91/5.04.9%69Shaker, Weizen
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Commercial Description:
If you've ever experienced a Northwoods sunset, you know it's a moment unlike any other. So instead of putting it into words, we captured the Northwoods' finest moment in every batch of our all-new Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat. Brewed with malted wheat, Cluster hops and natural coriander, Sunset Wheat has a soothing taste that will leave you speechless. It's like your very own sunset in a bottle.
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captianoats (30), Jasper, Indiana, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/102/59/20
Dec 2, 2007  
Bottle to mug: Pours with little head and has a very cloudy orange color. Smells like citrus dish soap. The flavor is of full of oranges. Somebody out there probably likes it, but I won’t be purchasing it again.


blakeZero (18), Fishers, Indiana, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/53/101/57/20
Dec 1, 2007  
Had this on tap. Definite wheat and citrusy aroma. Appearance was a very cloudy orange. Flavor was pretty weak and almost tasted like I was drinking orange juice instead of beer. Very dry aftertaste. Overall, I didn’t enjoy this beer.


 NobleSquirrel (1100), Chicago, Illinois, USA
1.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/52/101/54/20
Dec 1, 2007  
a pretty awful beer from a brewery that I tend to enjoy. Tastes kind of like skittles mixed with a light beer. Really can’t finish this one...


 fiulijn (7150), Como; Lausanne (CH); Malmö (SWE), Italy
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/52/101/55/20
Nov 30, 2007  
Draught at Freaking Frog, Las Vegas
Cloudy blond color. Some wheat aroma, cookies too, milky; strange. The aroma is not bad, unfortunately the flavor is bad: weak, empty, dry, with an unpleasant aftertaste, a bit herbal.


naplesbeerfan (17), Naples, Florida, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/59/20
Nov 25, 2007  
Wheat Ale? This taste like a blueberry ale. Aroma was quite fruitful and nice, but too strong. Pour looked great with a minimal head. Not very enjoyable for a wheat ale.


 Skeegle (476), Maryland, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/510/20
Nov 22, 2007    Updated: Jul 18, 2008
Very unexceptional beer. A nice wheaty beer, but with little flavor other than very yeasty and like flour-rich biscuits. They do put out a promotional sunset wheat chapstic, which tastes like puppies and carebears sleeping on fluffy low-barometric clouds, so I’ll rate this average for the chapstic.


 Hinez57 (129), Clinton, Mississippi, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/103/514/20
Nov 19, 2007  
Nose of orange and mild cluster hops. It’s a nice looking beer in the glass, most wheat’s are. Wow flavor is where this beer shines. I was pleasently supprised, my palate finds most American wheat beers a bit boring. This beer is brutish with flavor, as it warms the orange really comes out, giving it a fruit cereal appeal (don’t let this scare ya, I hate fruittie pebbles/fruit loops but this stuff is good). At cooler temperatures the flavor is a bit more subdued and balanced with coriander and just a bit of hop coming through in the flavor profile. Of course it should go without saying there was a nice wheat flavor with an underlying light malt flavor. Not a chewey beer in the mouth, but not watery either. Has a nice high carbonation level that works well with the flavor for a lively mouthfeel. Overall a very spicey beer. Just a wonderful suprise. I had avoided buying this one for a while, wish I hadn’t!


nd1748 (40), dundalk, Maryland, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/102/513/20
Nov 19, 2007  
a very citrus beer smells and tastes of oranges with a little spice. pours a light gold very cloudy like most wheats has a very little head.



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