Leinenkugel Big Eddy Imperial IPA

My friends and I stopped in to the Leinenkugel Beer Garden in Baltimore and I ordered a glass of Big Eddy Imperial IPA. The beer pours an amber color with a frothy white colored head. The aroma consists of orange, pineapple, tangerine, pine, and pepper. The taste is citrusy with orange, tangerine, pineapple, and passion fruit. The finish has more citrus with pepper and pine spices, and it leaves a fruit cup after taste. The alcohol content is 8.9% ABV. I was moderately impressed with this offering from Leinenkugel, but the fruit cup after taste was a little off-putting for me.

Leinenkugel Oktoberfest

Due to positive previous experience with the Leinenkugel brand, I picked up a six-pack of their Oktoberfest at Wegman's. The beer is amber in color with a light malty and sweet aroma. There is a thin head that does not linger long. The Oktoberfest has a malty sweet taste with a slight crisp hop finish. I detected a light caramel undertone. The alcohol content is 5.1% ABV. I thought that Leinenkugel has a solid Oktoberfest and would drink it again. It isn't the best Oktoberfest beer out there, but it is solid, as I have come to expect from Leinenkugel.