First brewed in 1986, Leinenkugel's Limited apparently gained a rabid enough following to bring it out of what I can only assume was a relaxing retirement full of bass fishing and afternoon naps. So, for a limited time, this self-proclaimed "classic lager" will once again be available for mass consumption.
The label calls it a "golden lager" and I can't disagree. It is a lager. And it is relatively golden—definitely not the mostly colorless concoctions that some would pass off as beer. It's probably better than a few, but generally a relatively bland lager—easy to drink, light and not overly flavorful.
I can't call this my favorite beer, but I don't think it wants to be. This is the kind of beer that would feel right at home in a dimly lit, wood-paneled basement bar—the flavors providing the perfect complement to the general aroma of moth balls and pipe smoke. It's the kind of beer by which countless young men seeking a blessing have been baptized into the family of a future father-in-law. Even the label could easily match those black-velvet wildlife paintings surrounding the dartboard. So, if that's your thing, pull out your favorite ochre vinyl-seated bar stool and revel in the tongue-loosening elixir that is Leinenkugel's Limited. You have my blessing.
