Leinenkugels Berry Weiss

Two words... "very berry". The aroma is pretty intense of berries, but I liked it. Color reminded me of a little hematuria, but then again, I am a nurse. Over all, it really didn’t seem like a beer, and I have to agree with RickS95 below about it tasting more like a wine cooler flavored with a hint of beer. I enjoyed it though and will buy it again.

I never was a fruity wheat kind of beer drinker, but as I’ve gotten older, my palate seems to have changed and now I seem to enjoy any kind of beer. This beer scared me at first. I was told it has an overpowering berry taste to it, and I was reluctant to get it. However, I had heard the same thing about Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, yet I found that beer to be exceptional. I had the beer in the bottle so I have no idea what it looks like, though I’m guessing something purpley-pinkish. It smells like you would expect...very berry, and not at all like a beer. In your mouth, you can feel the burn of the carbonation, but it’s very refreshing at the same time. There is no hint of bitter in the aftertaste, only berries. Instead of a beer flavored with berries, it tastes more like a wine cooler flavored with a hint of beer. That’s not a bad thing, but not everyone will like this beer because of it. I enjoyed my first bottle after a long round of golf in the hot sun. It really was refreshing and totally hit the spot for me.

12oz bottle. Pours a clear, pinkish-lavender color with a white head. nose is sweet, berries. taste is of blackberries and other types of berries, but way too sweet. Mouthfeel is medium-to-thin and very carbonated. Like drinking a berry soda.

I can’t believe I’ve never rated this. I kinda liked when I first started drinking, but my preference faded quick for this one. Its pretty hard to finish one of these let alone a six pack. This rating is for the pour at Miller Brewing company after their tour. Pours a fruity orange pink that has a little purple coming through. A pink white head on top. Fake berry fruits and sugars in the nose. The flavor is just the same, sugary sweet fake fruit berries. That being said, if you’re in the mood for an alchy pop. Or you like a little carbonation and alcohol in your purple kool-aid. ... well here ya go. Although its hard to finish, its not that terrible either. If there’s nothing else around, I might grab one of these.

Very confectionated and the berries taste more on the concentrate side than what you’d get from natural juice. There is some wheat in the mix which seems to balance the artificial kool aid pretty well but change the berries and it would work IMHO.