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Sam Adams Light

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15
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bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9692.54/5.02.54/5.04.05%44Lager glass
Commercial Description:
It took 2 years of brewing, tasting and testing to come up with the final recipe for Sam Adams Light. We focused on brewing a flavorful, high quality beer with a light-bodied taste and fewer calories. Sam Adams Light is a unique beer, it's not a lighter version of our Boston Lager. Sam Adams Light is the only light beer that uses no adjuncts and a traditional brewing process to ensure a balance of flavor and light-bodied taste. No other domestic light beer uses only the four classic ingredients of beer: pure water, lager yeast, Noble hops and barley malt. The quality ingredients that make up Sam Adams Light include two-row malt and some of the most expensive hops in the world, Spalt Spalter Noble hops. At 128 calories, Sam Adams Light features a clean finish and no aftertaste.
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MissK (20), Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/52/102/59/20
Aug 5, 2008  
I’m not a fan of light beers, but this has to be the best of the worst I’ve had so far. Normally at parties, someone always asks for some type of light beer, and I think in the future, it’s going to be this one. The head is somewhat thick in the beginning, there’s a watery orange-amber color throughout, and it’s got a smell and taste that I wouldn’t have expected (a kick at first, but watery afterwards).


 Pershing (147), Garland, Texas, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/53/102/512/20
Aug 5, 2008  
Clear amber with a white head. This is not your average light beer although it was lacking hardly any taste. This beer would make a good stepping stone for Bud Light drinkers to one day drink a real beer.


klavoie22 (16), Newmarket, New Hampshire, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/103/515/20
Aug 3, 2008  
We are talking about a light beer right? Every tiny detail blows away every light I’ve ever had, and it should not be compared to the likes of bud or miller.


 thenick (744), North Bellmore, New York, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/57/20
Aug 3, 2008  
The Good: Has flavor, and not as watery as other light beers. The Bad: Still a light beer, so the flavor is still weak and the beer still feels watery throughout. Not their best effort.


 BigBang (211), Indiana, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/55/20
Jul 20, 2008  
It’s been so long since I’ve had anything like Bud Light, Mller Lite, etc., but this beer didn’t seem too far off. I was hoping for some semblance of Boston Lager and found none. Watery and lacking of flavor. I’d rather drink less of a real beer than more of a light beer if calories are the issue.


 WakeandBake (431), Greenville, Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/516/20
Jul 19, 2008  
A serious light beer. Has a flavor all it’s own. My scores reflect this beer compared to other LIGHT beers. A small but pleasent aroma, very light on the tongue, but big on taste for a light beer,I would buy again but for the 30 to 40 calories saved you might as well buy a regular Sam Adams and then walk to the store to buy more to burn those extra calories.


mwsmith (12), , Alabama, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 14, 2008  
This is the Coke Zero of beer. There’s an obvious flavor difference, but only slight. I’ve had few light beers that left the sort of impression that Sam Adams Light has. (In a good way)


 ucusty (1887), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/103/510/20
Jul 8, 2008  
Solid light beer definitely better then miller lite or something else in that realm. Little like water, but hey i’m fat so maybe these will help ;)



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