One thing's for sure: Leinenkugel's new seasonal beer, Apple Spice, tastes like nothing else mentioned in this blog. It smells like an apple SweeTart. And, it tastes like a mix between a hard cider and a Leinenkugel's. The taste isn't wholly unappealing, though the aftertaste does have a slightly off tartness.
I had a sneaking suspicion that I'm not the target demographic for this beer, so I ran it past my 24-year-old sister, who, having gone to college in Wisconsin, is intimately familiar with Leinenkugel's. She loved it.
"Sometimes when I'm drinking cider, I feel like I can only have one," she said. "But this has a softer taste. I feel like I could drink a couple of these."
She promptly walked away from my desk, carrying the bottle with her.
