Northwoods Amber
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Amber / Vienna Regular|
Score
5.66
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Malt forward amber lager with Cascade & Cluster hops
Originally introduced in 1986, Northwoods Amber quickly became a fan favorite in coolers across the country. In fact, Northwoods Amber has won a gold medal in 1993 at the Great American Beer Festival® in the Premium Lager category. It’s made with some of the finest quality ingredients, including some hops, barley, oats and water from right here in Wisconsin.
Originally introduced in 1986, Northwoods Amber quickly became a fan favorite in coolers across the country. In fact, Northwoods Amber has won a gold medal in 1993 at the Great American Beer Festival® in the Premium Lager category. It’s made with some of the finest quality ingredients, including some hops, barley, oats and water from right here in Wisconsin.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle. Filtered orange-tan, thin steady head. It is what it is, a straightforward Lager. Relatively balanced, with the toasty malts and mild nobles hops complementing each other well. Not exactly up to par with World Class Bavarian examples, but certainly leagues above your typical macro Lager. Just a hint of graininess, slightly dirty. Otherwise a pretty solid session beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2011
at 22:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Thanks to Darkover for the trade. Pours a dark golden color with decent carbonation and a medium thin white head. Thin rings of lacing. Aroma of grassy hops and earthy malt. Light-bodied and clean on the tongue with a sweet malt and honey flavor at first, then more grassy hops shortly after. The finish is clean and lightly sweet but with a hint of hops in the aftertaste. Nothing stands out either good or bad about this Lager, it’s pretty much average all around.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2006
at 15:51
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Pours a more substantial amber body than you’d expect for this style. Head is big and thick, dwindles to sudsiness. Not too much aroma beyond the basic "beer" smell, maybe a touch staled. Taste is nicely malty, as a matter of fact. A very light peppery hop is there just to keep it from getting too sweet. It’s likely the best American pale lager I’ll have had, though I know that’s not saying too much. Still, it was on sale for $9 a 12-er, making it a great beer for the money.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2005
at 16:12
2.9/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 2.5
A better than average pale lager. Highly carbonated. Small citrus bite. Better than their original.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2004
at 02:35
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
This is not an impressive brewery. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a straw yellow color with a large white head. The aroma is light and has sour malt and a hint of spice. The flavor is sour, mild hop and malt and fairly sweet on the finish. Overall a fairly blah lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2004
at 23:12
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 4.5
Clean and easy drinking. Flavor is mild and palatable. None of the unpleasant bitterness found in similar beers, but less distinctive than some of the other Leinenkugel offerings
Tried
on 30 May 2000
at 16:57