Spritzen - Pineapple Strawberry
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

Spritzen - Pineapple StrawberrySpritzen - Pineapple Strawberry
Beer Geek Stats
From:
Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company
 
Wisconsin, United States
Style:
Fruit and Field Beer
ABV:
4.2%
Score:
+6 ratings needed
Avg:
3.08 | pDev: 11.36%
Ratings:
4 | reviews: 4
Status:
Active
Rated:
Dec 13, 2021
Added:
Jun 19, 2020
Wants:
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Gots:
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We’ve brewed up something completely new to join our family of German-inspired beers with a twist: Leinenkugel’s Spritzen. Spritzen is beer with a splash of seltzer and natural flavors, so it offers the lightness and subtle fruit flavor of a seltzer, while still delivering that unmistakable crisp beer taste. Combining the best of both beer and seltzer, Spritzen is only 93 calories and comes in three delicious flavors: Grapefruit, Pineapple Strawberry, and Raspberry Lemon. It’s kinda beer. Kinda seltzer. Kinda awesome.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by superspak:
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Reviewed by superspak from North Carolina

3.68/5  rDev +19.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12 ounce can into IPA glass. Best before 9/21/2020. Pours lightly hazy pale golden straw color with a 2-3 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Great soapy lacing and streaming carbonation. Aromas and flavors of strawberry, pineapple juice, citrus zest, with light wheat crackery malt and herbal/peppery hops. Light-moderate herbal/grassy/peppery bitterness on the finish. Getting maybe a little coconut or vanilla? Aromas were a lot more vibrant on the authentic strawberry and pineapple notes than the flavors. Well carbonated, crisp, and clean. Very dry finish. Light body with a touch of pilsner-like graininess. Refreshing. Tastes like whatever the base beer is for summer shandy, but cut with seltzer. This was well made for what they were going for, considering I knew it would be watered down from the seltzer aspect. Just as good as the other ones before it. This one feels just a bit on the artificial side after a while.
Dec 13, 2021
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by CalebSipeMN from Minnesota

2.83/5  rDev -8.1%
look: 3 | smell: 5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25
What the heck is this?

Is it a beer? No, it’s too watery.

Is it a seltzer? No, it tastes too much like beer.

I like seltzers and beers, so I thought I might like this pairing - I do not. It has a sharp and refreshing pineapple aroma, but the flavor is not good.
Dec 14, 2020
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Reviewed by Scotchboy from Idaho

3/5  rDev -2.6%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Skinny 12oz can with a small portion poured out to assess the color, the rest consumed straight from the can; surprised that this one has a gold-ish color to it, minimal head and lacing as expected; notes of pineapple and seltzer, hints of red berry; crisp lager-like finish; spritzy and highly-carbonated and light.
Aug 17, 2020
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Reviewed by Tripel_Threat from Michigan

2.81/5  rDev -8.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
Had these as part of the variety packs they sell. Wife has been on a seltzer kick and thought this might be something different. It's hard for me to tell who these are meant for: too much beer for seltzer fans and a watered-down experience for beer fans. The flavors are artificial and in the ballpark: the pineapple strawberry is mostly pineapple, the raspberries show up in the aftertaste, and the grapefruit is the winner of the three.
Jun 28, 2020