Bottled. Actually much better than most the usual mega lagers. Slightly darker than expected. A nice sweet malty taste. Still falls into the "Oo-oo-ooh, hops are too scary for me" territory, but basically okay.
Another bottle, sampled 8/11/05: I’m starting to find the Leinie brands a little more fun than I thought. This is kind of corny, but not overly sweet like most cheap beers, and there is a bit of hop bitterness. As many raters here have attested, they tend to rate higher when drinking it under the right circumstances: who’s going to be sampling Westy 12 on a pontoon in Lake Okoboji?

It is really hard to call this one a fruit beer. It is fruity - and not in a bad way, but the malt is so minimal that one would swear they were drinking a wine cooler. Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer pours a vaguely ill salmon color with a large pink head. The aroma is sour berry. The flavor is pure berry. Tangy and relatively pleasant. There is no malt or hop presence to speak of. Tasty, but lacking in any real "beer" flavor of any sort. I have also had this one on draft as well. The draft is overwhelmingly sickeningly sweet.

Clear amber body, persistent pillowy light cream head. Earthy, biscuity, toasted grain aroma. The body is watered-down but maintains traditional Oktoberfest flavors of grain, biscuit, toast, and a touch of caramel. No off-flavors. Light bitterness. The thin body keeps this from being offensive as many beers of this style border on.

Draft. A good try at a Wisconsin Okto that is hamstring by megabrew constraints. Decently golden brown color and foamy head. A nice amber malt character, but nothing that says it’s anything but a lager with a few darker grains thrown in. No real faults as a beer, but Oktos are too easy a style to go bland in.

This is sweet almost wine cooler sweet. I am surpirsed it is a beer. It is a lot more juice sweet than any lambic or fruit beer i have ever tried before. Its good for desert i guess and for your none beer drinking friends. I wont be buying it again however.

Interesting aroma of honey, lemon, minty wheat, grassy hops and sweet malt - all that yet still a very mild aroma. Roundly sweet palate but disappears in the middle leading to a near unbalanced hoppy finish. Bright gold, no head.