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Sam Adams Light

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bottled
common

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9712.53/5.02.54/5.04.05%44.1Lager 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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 bbp182 (255), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/519/20
May 2, 2007  
I’ve had Miller and Coors lite, and they suck, no flavor, yellow, crappy. But sam adams light is the best, i repeat, THE BEST light beer ever. For a light beer, it’s the best I’ve had.


 natejgood (194), Denver, Colorado, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/55/103/511/20
Apr 27, 2007  
This beer pours a light golden color and had a light white head that dissipates quickly. It seems to have a lot of carbination coming up from the bottom of the glass. It smells of mildly sweet hay. I can’t say I’m overyly impressed with the flavor of this beer. It certainly has more taste that most light American beers, but it is no where neer as good as the Boston Lager. It has a bit of a spicy flavor, but it is very light. Maybe the best way to describe it would be a bud light with a little more flavor. For a light beer this is fine, but nothing special. Compared to a full bodied beer and most of the other Sam Adams beers this is a little disappointing.


 BrewDad (2372), Olympia, Washington, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/104/513/20
Apr 25, 2007  
12oz Bottle
A golden color with a nice head. This has a malty taste with a very light hoppy flavor. Very light in hops which makes this much like a light lager. It is crisp as an ale should be so this is not too bad. Very tasty and very good. I will have another.


 alexsdad06 (1106), Ohio, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/102/510/20
Apr 25, 2007  
Bottle. Not bad for a light beer. Light amber in color. Slight malt nose. Very thin mouthfeel but there is a hop and malt presence in the flavor.


 JohnnyJ (1352), Carlsbad, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Apr 24, 2007  
Very similar to the boston lager. Light amber pour. Malty, sweet, and a little bit of hops and caramel. One of the best "light" beers out there, but thats not saying much.


yankeefan21 (82), USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/515/20
Apr 7, 2007  
This is an amazing beer for a Light beer. I think I like this better than their Boston Ale! This is a great beer for a hot summer day or for sharing around a campfire with a couple of friends.


jay15944 (10), Bristol, Connecticut, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/103/516/20
Mar 31, 2007  
The best Light beer I’ve found. Good taste and fairly easy to pound. Good for parties if you can shell out the money for it.


 oh6gdx (9104), Vasa, Finland
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/57/20
Mar 21, 2007  
Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is malts, caramel, somewhat dishwatery hints. Flavouris toffee, saltwater, paper and cardboard. Not very exciting.



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