 JPDIPSO (4654), Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA
Nov 6, 2005 Updated: Nov 10, 2005
Bottle. Lightly hazed straw color with a tall wispy white head. Apples, and mild cinnamon dominate the aroma. Just a touch of bread dough in the backdrop. The malt really hits the front of the tongue and then releases to a crisp and clean apple flavors set apart with mild spice bite. Malt noticeable mid to late quaff. Quite refreshing in a cider/brew way. i Will be serving this as celebratory shots at the Badger @ Rainbow Warrior game late this month. Also will try warm. A solid effort.
milljam (500), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Jun 9, 2009 Hmmm....intriguing. I like the aroma....reminds me of the inside of an apple orchard, with the fresh apples and cinnamon from the doughnuts. Flavor is overly sweet, with an almost candy-like flavor from the apples. Cinnamon is there, but is out of balance with the rest of the beer.
Jayson2425 (167), Box Elder, South Dakota, USA
May 24, 2009 Still another one of the fruit beers from leines that im not too impressed with. Light appearance and apple flavor
jkwalking05 (1190), Arlington, Texas, USA
Jan 29, 2009 Pale gold with an average head. Strong smells reminds me a the ready mix cider that you can buy. You could definitely chug this stuff down because it drinks more like an apple soda than a beer.
ThaBobfather (178), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Jan 20, 2009 Pretty good smell of apple candles. It doesn’t pour particularly well. But the flavor is a sugary concoction of apple good.
jimmack34 (511), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
Nov 20, 2008 Bottle. Poured cloudy brown like cider, but a little thinner. Smelled like cider, hints of some malt. Tasted alot like cider, kind of like pop. Some hints of cinnamon. Not bad.
FlssmrBrewAlum (773), South Chicago Suburbs, Illinois, USA
Oct 31, 2008 A rating in honor of the retirement. I remember the first time I had this brew: Murphy’s Pub (Champaign, IL) visiting some friends. Hawkeyes trounce Illini. Same old story. This brew poured a sickly pale yellow with a white head, white head that dies down completely. No lacing. Aromas are straight apple cider, sweet and cloying. It’s hard to pick a lot of spice out of this brew. It is sweet apple juice with a touch of cinnamon, an alco-pop at best, and not too palatable. Cheesy. Tacky. Bring on the Fireside Brown! Let’s give it a go!
CanIHave4Beers (561), Des Moines, Iowa, USA
Oct 23, 2008 Retired!
Good deal, I was never particularly thrilled with this beer. I have always been pretty loyal to Leine’s and give them the benefit of the doubt usually, but this run of fruit beers/girly beers they’ve been doing have all been very weak. This one tasted like apples and soap. It smelled very similar, almost as if you were doing the dishes with some apple scented dish soap. It always gave me a bit of a stomache ache too, not my thing. I am glad they’ve replaced it with a brown ale.
Hbuck72 (93), Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA
Oct 20, 2008 kind of a disapointment, when you open the bottle the smell of apples hits you, the color is nice. However, the taste just does not meet expectations. kind of tastes like apple juice and beer mixed together.
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