2.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20 sleestak (226) - Williamston, Michigan, USA - JUL 15, 2008
On tap at mega-chain wings bar. Pint was so cold it barely registered any aroma initially, but slightly malty-sweet as it warmed. Brownish red with a half-finger head. Malty and sweet up front with a lingering, not entirely pleasant bitter aftertaste. Decent session beer, but not the first one I’d reach for in the cooler.
1.5 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20 milewide (1021) - Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA - JUL 12, 2008
Light red color. Thin body. Almost no head. No aroma or taste. Bud with a blush!
1 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 2/20 maniac4016 (114) - bill clinton, ICELAND - JUL 5, 2008
blah blah blah, bland and one dimentional, best thing about this brewery is their radio commercials
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 Block (850) - West Lafayette, Indiana, USA - JUL 5, 2008
Dark brown to red color with off white/ red head. Slight metallic taste overwhelmed my palate. I’m not sure if this was just a bad bottle or if that was supposed to be there. Although only a hint of maybe iron, it was what I remember most about this brew.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 nuplastikk (2445) - Madison, Wisconsin, USA - JUL 4, 2008
12oz bottle. Filtered amber-brown color. Mellow aroma of brewery malt and faint hops. The mouthfeel is quite watery, with some half decent amber malt characteristics. Creamy and drinkable. Tolerable stuff.
2.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 meisterbrauMHB (69) - Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA - JUN 30, 2008
Bottle at a summer party. Nice flavor, hint of fruity notes. Acceptable , thirst quencher.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 9/20 spagyetti (68) - Puyallup, Washington, USA - JUN 27, 2008
Bottle. Better than most from the leinenkugels family. A seemingly strait forward brew, with nice colour and body. No real magic or presence thought.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20 machfive55 (334) - Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA - JUN 18, 2008
Poured from a bottle it was a nice amber with some red tones. I drank it in a mug, there was a nice head that disipated quickly. A nice carbonation that is about appropriate for the style.
The aroma was nothing too exciting. Not exactly pleasing in any way, but not a turn off either. Just a little malty sweet aroma. It does not say, "drink me now" but says, "I am beer".
Mouthfeel was nothing exciting. A good carbonation and the beer was not watery and had some thickness to it. Easy drinkin’.
The flavor started of complex, fruity and estery and my first thoughts were that it was a little over the top for a lager. But as I got further into the beer, the estery complex flavors mellowed out and the beer smoothed out as the hop bitterness took over. The beer is not overhopped but hopped at a level that is right for the style which allows the hops to come through subtly in the flavor and a mild bitterness.
There is nothing crazy about this beer, but it is a solid, and fairly clean example of an American Lager. I enjoyed the beer and I could find this one becoming a staple as a solid session lager for me and replacing *gasp* our local Yuengling favorite. I enjoyed this beer and if you just want a solid beer with nothing too exciting but a good flavor without being boring, this is a nice beer for you.
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