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Sam Adams Light

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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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 BustedFlat (554), Edina, Minnesota, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/102/512/20
Sep 16, 2007  
12 ounce bottle. Shaker glass. Amber with a thin head. Aroma - malt and caramel. The taste is much the same. Malt and caramel based. Not nearly as hoppy as the regular Sam Adams and it was a little watery, but hey it’s a light beer. Very nice. By far the best light beer I’ve had and much better than most Amerian lagers.


PickettsCharge (68), USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Sep 16, 2007  
Top notch for a Light beer. Doesn’t taste like any other light beer I have tried, maybe Shiner Light is distant 2nd. Good aroma and taste.


 DeadGuyFrank (347), http://westchesterbeer.com, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/512/20
Sep 14, 2007  
Hands down - the best light beer in the world....I would have liked the name Sam Adams Diet though.


 beerinmarch (2829), Washington, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 9, 2007  
Actually quite a tasty beer in general, very good for a light beer. Smooth toffee flavors in the malts, faint clove honey flavor and a bit fruity in the finish, faint cherry flavor. Pours amber, very clear, with a soft white head. I’m kind of suprised at the low score on this, although people probably knock a few points for it being light.


 realale420 (399), west covina, California, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/103/59/20
Sep 4, 2007  
Bottle poured a light yellow/gold color with small white head. Aroma was very light malt and water. Flavor was mild with nothing standing out.


 hombrepalo (780), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/56/102/57/20
Sep 4, 2007  
I absolutely had to drink a light beer, this would be a good choice. It’s a bit watery and has a little sourness on the finish, but it does have a fair malty taste and some hops(not much). For a low cal brew this is OK.


 BigMilly8 (376), Holiday, Florida, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Sep 3, 2007    Updated: Sep 25, 2007
From bottle :Incredible, for a light beer. Nice head when poured into glass, aroma of a real beer. Flavor for days against most all light beers. Palate is great, not the best, but great, and a aftertaste to die for. I really like it.


 puboflyons (622), New Hampshire, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/511/20
Sep 2, 2007  
Bottle with an expiration date of Sept. 07. Pours a handsome cooper-amber with a short-lived off-white head. Much nicer looking than most light beers I have tried. It actually looks like a real beer. The aromas of hops and malts are evident. Light mouthfeel but a bolder flavor. It may taste watered down when compared to Sam Adams’ regular recipes, but when compared to other light beers it is full of flavor. I would have this anyday over any of the regular Buds, Millers, or Coors products.



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