Leinenkugels Red

Brewed by Leinenkugel Brewing Company (Tenth & Blake Beer Co.)
Style: American Dark Lager
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

Poured a sort of dull brown with some copper highlights. The head was barely off-white and about two-fingers tall. Minimal lacing. The aroma was weird, almost dusty. Like an old book. Some roasted malt in there. The flavor was a relatively dry malt with very little sweetness. The finish meandered about, not really knowing where to go. What a non-event this one was.

Pours from the bottle to a orange-amber color with thin head that dissipated qquickly and leaves little lavcing. Both the aroma and flavor are muted, though I could detect a little hoppiness in the mouthfeel. Like others I’ve had from Leiny, this is a good session beer, but not one to just sit and enjoy.

On Tap at Omaha royals Stadium Nice alternative to other mainstream options, but not ale quality. Pours redish brown with small white head. Nice hops flavor.

Aroma of mild hoppiness and a little caramel malt. Pretty basic and calm flavor but nothing special at all. Not one I would drink frequently but real easy to drink.

Copper color with off-white head. Malty nose with some notes of roasted malt. Flavor is rather sweet with a nice caramel touch. A lot of carbination, which makes the body a little light.

pours a nice copper red color. has some roasted malt taste to it, but tastes to much like the leineis Creamy Dark just not as much roasted flavor. All in all I am very impressed with the whole lineup Leinenkugels has to offer. If its available to you, I recommend you try it.

From a 12 oz. twist-off bottle, a coded freshness date on the neck, sampled at cellar temperature in a pint glass. Poured a clear orange hued red, like tarnished copper, with a foamy white head that quickly settled into a thin sudsy lacing. A faint nose, mainly toasted caramel malts. Good carbonation and a softly crisp, dryish, smooth medium-light bodied mouthfeel. Pleasant tasting, toasted grainy and thinly caramel maltiness, a very subtle, light sweet, watery fruitiness, a soft hop bitterness, and a dry toasted grainy finish. Not bad, not great, passable drinkability, especially on this hot and muggy late June summer day.

I seem to remember this being a bit better back in the day when you couldn’t get it on the east coast. Now it is pretty to look at, but pretty average. Enough flavor to drink it, but not enough to rate it any higher.