Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat

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

The beer leaps from the 12-ounce bottle a fuzzy lemon yellow with a portly creamy white head that lingers long, finally, the lace gets to put on its show with a nice coating of lace. Nose has a nice fresh wheat bread aroma, sweet with a citrus like crispness, a touch of orange peel, with a lemon twist. Start has a mild wheat presence; a trace of bitterness at the back, top is light to middling in feel. Finish has steady acidity with the mild hops adding a bit of twang, somewhat sweet and certainly dry aftertaste finishes the beer, a nice refreshing beer.

umm not too bad, had a nice bit of citrus to it, wouldn’t want more then one of these at a time.

12 oz. bottle. Weird blueberry and mild vomit aroma. Not so bad. Looks pretty good, thick white head, typical wheat haze pale color. Tastes a little bit of blueberry with some citric acid and normal wheaty goodness. Palate is medium body and smooth. Overall, not bad, but definitely nothing special.

nose is weak. cloudy orange color. taste and palate where more like orange soda that beer. i liked it but it wasn’t a great beer. it was better than a sunkist though

"Barney, my Kugel’s!" It’s as if Leinen Kugel’s added a box of Fruity Pebbles into their brewing process... I’d say this "wheat ale" is best consumed in the warm Summer heat as it is light, and sweet and very easy to drink. The cloudy orange body will almost have you considering drinking it via straw. Heck, I’ve even considered substituting it for milk in my cereal bowl on some mornings. Overall it’s a nice refreshing brew but in the long run fails to compete with other wheat based beverages. Consider this one as more of a soda like beverage than an actual beer.

10/15/07: Bottle.
Cloudy tan-orange body with a thick almond colored head. Plenty of lace. Fruity, berry like nose with some wheat. Flavors include berry, lemon and wheat. Wheat bite finish.

Cloudy straw yellow, big white head from a shaken bottom bottle pour. No carbonation bubbles. Sweet lemon and flowery aroma like a meriengue pie - delicious! Flat and extremely light mouthfeel, dissapointing considering the liveliness associated with this style. Flavor is somewhate soapy and watery - its like this beer expects you to add a lemon or orange slice to provide your own flavor to a predominately blank portrait. There are plenty of other wheat beers that bring the flavor with them. Seek them out instead of Leinenkugels Sunset Wheat.

Who the f.... pured orange juice in my beer was my first thought. This is the American donut edition of the Belgian Wit. The taste and smell is filled with this artificial orange. In two words: Try again!