Leinenkugel is a uniquely positioned beer company. If you live in Wisconsin its brews are sold in taverns for $2 a pint, and you might view it as existing in the same league as Bud Light, High Life, etc. Across the rest of the country it is sold alongside the 'premium' beers for roughly a buck a bottle. In this case Wisconsin has it right. They recently started selling the beer in a can, which is the proper vessel for a beer of this quality. Sipped from an ice cold can the Honey Weiss is solid: smooth and light, with a dull wheat taste. Sipped from a glass it has a slightly skunky aroma and citrusy aftertaste. I don't taste any honey here at all. Overall I'd rate this beer as a loser; if all you want is a watery, drinkable beer for a hot summer day you're better off spending half the price on an American macrobrew like PBR.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss
Leinenkugel is a uniquely positioned beer company. If you live in Wisconsin its brews are sold in taverns for $2 a pint, and you might view it as existing in the same league as Bud Light, High Life, etc. Across the rest of the country it is sold alongside the 'premium' beers for roughly a buck a bottle. In this case Wisconsin has it right. They recently started selling the beer in a can, which is the proper vessel for a beer of this quality. Sipped from an ice cold can the Honey Weiss is solid: smooth and light, with a dull wheat taste. Sipped from a glass it has a slightly skunky aroma and citrusy aftertaste. I don't taste any honey here at all. Overall I'd rate this beer as a loser; if all you want is a watery, drinkable beer for a hot summer day you're better off spending half the price on an American macrobrew like PBR.
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Quit perpetuating the myth that craft beer must come in a bottle! http://www.oskarblues.com/blog/bon-appetit-the-beer-can-revolution
ReplyDeleteSip on that, Mr. Davis.
Interesting point. There are some great beers that come in a can. My favorite is Dale's Pale Ale. I personally don't mind a can at all, and in many instances I prefer one to a bottle. That said, brewers have a long way to go before they've changed the longstanding customer perception that beer in a can = cheap.
ReplyDeleteA somewhat similar issue: good wine in a box.
http://www.slate.com/id/2146720
Consider it sipped on.