Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

Commercial Brewery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Tenth and Blake Beer Company
Associated Venue: Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

Established in 1867

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124 East Elm Street, Chippewa Falls, WI, 54729, United States
Description
In May 1867, the Leinenkugel family brewery was founded in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin by Jacob Leinenkugel. He was a family man driven by an iron work ethic, and he knew that his German family heritage would play an integral part of his brewery’s success. Today, the sixth generation of Leinenkugels continues to brew some of the same family-inspired recipes that Jacob poured his heart and soul into. Over the years, our family has grown and so has our brewery, but our history and heritage remain at the forefront.

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7.5/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Very nice muted hard sour candy aroma, just like granny smith apple pie. Looks like ubiquitous pale yellow american lager but with a thin creamy girdle head. Lovely initial flavor, very slight beer bitterness but plenty of apple tartness. After each sip I get this odd aftertaste of Kellogs applejacks. Could do without the cinnamon, IMHO it distracts from the quakity. There is a small amount of processed lager beer bitterness in there, however it is well controlled. This beer is more like a sour ale than a fruit beer. If this is a fruit beer, it is one of the better I’ve tastd.
Tried from Can from The Beer Store on 18 Nov 2007 at 11:26

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bottle. Not bad, but nothing special at all. The beer didn’t have too much of a taste to it at all. At first I thought I was drinking it too cold, but as it warmed it still didn’t have too much of a taste. Decent for "regular"-Beer drinkers I guess.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2007 at 13:14

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
16 oz. draft at Buffalo Wild Wings. Pour is orange amber, clear with a mostly whiye head. Aroma of citrus and some caramel malt. Taste is very citrusy, mostly orange (I had this with out the customary orange slice) with a medium - full body and some nice caramel nut malt. Overall, much better than I was expecting and a nice pair with spicy wings, very refreshing.
Tried from Draft on 28 Oct 2007 at 20:43

4.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Clear light copper with an off-white head. Aroma of toasted malts, dough, and some fruits. Medium body. Flavor is similar to the aroma with some added speices. Not much of a finish. Better than a pale lager, but nothing exciting here.
Tried on 24 Oct 2007 at 04:59

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
This lager poured a dark orange colour with a short lived foamy off white head. To the nose I found scents of sweet malt, caramel and dough. First taste was a little watery but could taste a little hop and malt. Not much more, maybe a little spice??? The finish was thin and a slight bit bitter, nothing to write home about.
Tried on 21 Oct 2007 at 21:30

2.4/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 3 Flavor 2 Texture 2 Overall 2.5
12 oz bottle from Cheyenne, WY; nose is citrus, and grape, along with some wheatiness; hazy urine yellow with a medium yellowish head; my snifter looks like a urine sample cup with this in it! flavor of sweeteness with light citrus and Trix cereal flavors (maybe that’s what they flavored it with, Trix contains wheat). Not a great wheat! Tastes more like some alco-pop beer for girly-men!
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2007 at 18:44

5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Bready yeasty arome, very little same old beer smells. has a tinge of alky on the olfactory. Slightly darker than the ubiquitous pale yellow Americana lager. Thick off white creamy head. Has a nice rolling carbonation that appears visually appealing. Good creamy carbonation on the palate. Decent slight octoberfest feel. Good manners, odd processed grassy flavors. Very little bitterness. Typical easy to drink lager impressions. One of the better less offensive fests I’ve had. Finish is well behaved but there is a tad of industrial manufactured palate that hangs for a while.
Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2007 at 18:03

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a very pale yellow color with a large white head. The aroma was light and citrusy. The flavor was tart citrus, dryish malts and had a light honey undertone and a peppery hop presence. The finish had a lightly artificial lemon flavor.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Sep 2007 at 20:46

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
bottle - Pours light red with a medium head and a mild caramel malt aroma. The flavor is dominated by those caramel malts and has a mild hops bite. The body is on the thin side, but overall it’s a decent session brew.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Aug 2007 at 22:26

4/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Twist off cap on a brown 12 oz bottle. Sweet fruity aroma once you get the lid off. Clean olfactory in glass too. Ubiquitous pale yellow amercan lager appearance. Initially the flavor is off sulfur swaying slosh. Each taste has a controlled refined interesting industrial feel, processed, like many lagers. Not as smooth as I expected, it bites when left to develop. Don’t care for the constant medium pestering annoyance that hangs for a while on the finish. Even tho it has a very nice aroma I find Schmidt’s and Old German Premium Lager to be more enjoyable and cheaper.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2007 at 15:34