BREWERY: The Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company
STYLE: Märzen/Oktoberfest
ABV: 5.1%
PURCHASE: Draft (pint), $5.50
SERVING: Pint glass. Not much head, maybe half an inch. Mediocre retention at best.
APPEARANCE: Copper-mahogany tone and as transparent a beer that dark a color can possibly be. Off-white head, while it exists. Very little bubbling and no lacing whatsoever.
AROMA: Bready with a whiff of appleskin. Perhaps a touch of some sort of spice. Toasty. Simple but decent.
TASTE: Slightly filling with mellow carbonation. Soft mouthfeel. Hop factor is minimal, which is par for the course with Oktoberfests. Toasty, particularly toward the back. Malty and grainy finish that leads to a sweet aftertaste rife with appleskin notes and a slight accent of generic spice (seemingly a cross between cinnamon and allspice). Seems to hold back too much in every respect; could stand be more assertive. Goes down kind of like a bastardized Yuengling.
MUSINGS AND METAPHORS: "I like Leinenkugel's, even if they are a bit of a joke in the craft brewing community." From a Crockett confidante, on a private message board way back in 2009. Hey, I didn't say it; he did.
But I must say I agree with his general sentiment. In virtually every beer category, I have found the Leinie entry to serve as a pale imitation of the true greats. They do nothing wrong. They do nothing well. Bleh.
GRADE: C-
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