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Sam Adams Light

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15
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bottled
common

on tap
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9722.53/5.02.53/5.04.05%43.6Lager 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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 spikester (602), Salem, Oregon, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/515/20
Apr 1, 2008  
The best light lager. Slightly sweet no bad attributes. If you are going to drink light, this is it. Give it a try.


 HonkeyBra (1381), Lemont, Illinois, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/510/20
Mar 28, 2008  
For a light beer? woah. Pretty awesome. It actually has flavor! This is the best light available, hands down.


 BeerFanDan17 (628), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/102/56/20
Mar 27, 2008  
A viable alternative to Sam regular. Has the Samuel Adams distinct taste but is oddly less in alcohol and flavor. It was weird for me and not the typical Sam.


 wacohoover (100), Garland, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/514/20
Mar 27, 2008  
Very good for a light beer. This is perhaps the best light beer on the market. It actually tastes like beer, more like an ale than a lager. Excellent right out of the bottle. If you’re drinking light beer, you should be drinking this.


 unixweb (237), Sherman, Texas, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/511/20
Mar 26, 2008  
I didn’t bother to pour this one into a glass, but out of the bottle it is pretty good, an above average light beer. The aroma is clean, and very slightly hoppy. The body is similar to other light beers, but the taste is a bit more grainy. I found the taste to vary from time to time, and I suppose it was more my own taste than anything, but sometimes I liked it a lot and other times I couldn’t tell it from other light beers which shall remain nameless. Overall, though, it’s still my preferred light, mainly due to the taste and decent palate.


 UnholyBrewing (450), Melbourne(Mulgrave), Australia
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/51/101/512/20
Mar 26, 2008  
...overly hopped, light beer. Last time I had it I think it was skunked, either that or it’s just how it tasted on draft. Out of the bottle, not too bad, pretty good mouthfeel, and a decent taste for a light beer. Still would never buy it over the other Adams beers.


 pumpmaster (483), Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/513/20
Mar 23, 2008    Updated: Mar 25, 2008
12 ounce bottle purchased at Winn Dixie Broward County, FL for $1.40 Best light!


 SSSteve (2104), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/511/20
Mar 22, 2008  
a clear orange beer with a medium sized white head. lightly sweet aroma of caramel malt. palate is dry and crisp and light. flavors note light hops and grains.



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