Classic Amber
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Premium Regular|
Score
5.32
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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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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottled, thanks Bierkrug! Clear pale amber, creamy head. Fruity nose with canned pineaaple, ripe mango and tin. Sweet and fruity, fairly light bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Slick, grainy mait, some tropical fruit hoppiness and a mid bitter finish. Well drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Mar 2011
at 14:44
4.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Bottle. Pour is medium golden, not amber, with a creamy off-white head. Aroma is of crisp dry malt, weak hint of hops. The body is thin with little malt character. This isn’t going to get you to excited!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2010
at 22:08
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. A very generic beer. Totally drinkable, but just nothing special to distinguish this brew. Pours a light brown-gold with a quickly dissapating head. Aroma of light, sweet malts. Flavor is metallic, malty, with some mild roast on the tail.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2010
at 19:28
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear golden orange with a firm white head. Sweet malty aroma. Surprising hops in the flavor. A bit of citrus, orange, full malts, and biscuit. Bubbly mouth that works for this one. Great? No. Surprisingly enjoyable? Yes.
Tried
on 01 Dec 2009
at 04:58
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
12 oz bottle. Weak malt aroma. Pours a light amber hue, small head. Very tame amber. Very little malt presence. Sour aftertaste. Boring.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2009
at 21:41
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
bottle - Pours amber with a small head. It has a mild caramel malt aroma. The flavor is sweet caramel malt. Hops is barely detectable. It’s light bodied, clean, and utterly ordinary. edit: d’oh, that was rating #1900. If I’d noticed beforehand I’d have entered a better brew for it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2009
at 21:09
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12 ounce bottle from Farm Fresh in Virginia Beach, VA. Can’t remember which location. Pours a clear copper color with a thin head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma is nutty with grainy malts. Taste is sweet, grainy malts with some caramel and nutty notes and a metallic finish. Thin-medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2009
at 22:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled on draft at Johnny’s Wife’s Place in Jeannette PA this beer poured dark orange-caramel color with a small tan head that faded quickly. The aroma was very faint nutty malts and fruity hops. The flavor was bitter, tart and tangy with notes of caramel, biscuit and fruity hops. The middle turned dryish with a yeasty, chewy undertone. The finish was long, tangy and dry with notes of caramel and fruit. Subtle yet surprisingly complex, I found myself liking this one more than I thought I would. Eminently quaffable.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2009
at 23:49
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
12oz bottle–pours a foamy off white head and amber color with effervescence. Aroma is light/medium malt-caramel/peat/bready, some musty fruit, slight spice hops. Taste is light/medium malt-caramel/peat/bready, some musty fruit, secondary copper/spice hops. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for picking this out.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2009
at 12:11
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap. Pours a medium amber with a bit head and grainy aromas that remind me of honey and amber malt. That said, they are very faint. Flavor is uninteresting ber ale that is watery with a little bit of metal in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2009
at 16:41