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Sam Adams Light

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bottled
common

on tap
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9702.53/5.02.54/5.04.05%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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 bozoNZ (495), Christchurch, New Zealand
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/510/20
Oct 14, 2009  
Amber brown, no head. Very bready aroma. Malt driven, a little spritzy but quenching. Good for what it is but I’m no light beer devotee


 kimcgolf (832), Dacula, Georgia, USA
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/53/102/55/20
Oct 13, 2009  
Sam Adams beers are generally decent, but I must have either gotten a skunked one, or this beer just really sucks. Nose was grainy, taste was like wet burlap, and the finish was something I could not get washed out of my mouth quickly enough. Very disappointing.


crabcakes (19), Duluth, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 2, 2009  
Fantastic light beer. More flavorful that any other light beer there is, this is well worth the money. Its great with pizza or buffalo wings, as it won’t ruin your taste buds or fill you up. So smooth...


 brenn79 (201), Idaho, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/59/20
Sep 21, 2009    Updated: Nov 13, 2009
12 oz. bottle- Head disapears immediately, amber color. Malty flavor, not too impressed.


 poisoneddwarf (199), Rathdrum, Idaho, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/54/104/510/20
Sep 20, 2009  
12 oz bottle. Aroma is of caramel malt. Pours a pretty crappy head with a light amber hue. Malty taste. Light hopping. Doesn’t taste like a light beer, which was to be expected. Too malty for my taste.


 Elwood (677), Leesburg, Virginia, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Sep 19, 2009  
Serving: 12 oz. bottle. Appearance: Light copper color with a good sized, foamy, white head. Decent head retention. Aroma: Light nose. A bit of grain, pale malt, and caramel. No off characteristics. Flavor: Not bad for a light beer! A little malt sweetness, some graininess, and a pleasant hop bitterness in the background. Palate: Medium carbonation with a medium-light mouthfeel and a medium-short, slightly bitter finish. Overall: If you have to enter the light beer world, this is a solid choice. It will never blow you away, but then that’s really the point.


 Fratto (737), Arlington, Texas, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/103/58/20
Sep 13, 2009  
All in all this isn’t bad. It’s a step above most of the other light beers, but it’s still definitely a light beer.


 CUJO (363), Brooklyn, New York, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/511/20
Aug 29, 2009  
bottle: pint glass: I really like Sam Adams; never afraid to add heavy hops, full bodied ingredients, and complexity... not in this beer. I know they were aiming for light, but why?!



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