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Sam Adams Light

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9682.54/5.02.54/5.04.05%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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 asteele8 (270), Mukilteo, Washington, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/103/511/20
Jan 8, 2007  
Bottle. Probably the best tasting light beer out there. Pours a yellow color with a small head on top. Aroma is pretty no existant besides malt being in there predominantly. Flavor is quite light and refreshing with caramel and malt being the biggest flavors. I am surprised at the amount of flavor this light beer can have. Definitely a nice yardwork beer. I am glad I could get my friend to like this more than Miller Lite!


jchioda (6), USA
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5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jan 4, 2007  
Clearly my most favorite light beer out there. Enjoy everything about this light beer as all others (other than Yuengling Light Lager) cannot even come close. The next closest besides Yuengling Light Lager would be Amstel Light. Only complaint would be the price ($30 vs. $20 for Yuengling Light Lager).


sisyphus12 (98), Belmont, Massachusetts, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/55/103/59/20
Jan 3, 2007  
Its a light beer...what do you expect. Watered down but somewhat hoppy taste greet the less discerning beer enthusiast in this faustian comprimise. Its not bad but not good. Drink if your options are this or any other light beer.


 LyndaNova (494), Manchester, New Hampshire, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Dec 31, 2006    Updated: Mar 24, 2007
Cold 12oz bottle: Pours a clear candy orange color with minimal alabaster bubbles around the edges. Aroma is of light sweet malts with notes of grass. Taste is of light sweet malts and distinct dough with notes of grass and some caramel. Light bodied with playful carbonation, and a very smooth ending. {Although Volgon thinks light beer is the work of the Devil, I tend to disagree, particularly in this case.}


 BelgianBeerGal (1289), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
Dec 30, 2006    Updated: Aug 29, 2009
Bottle/draft. Yes it tastes watered down compared to normal beer, but it is a huge improvment over ALL other lights I’ve tried (great in its class)


 BeerVirgin72 (778), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/104/515/20
Dec 27, 2006  
I really enjoyed this beer. The color was remarkable for a light beer. Most light beers are watered down yellow. This was poured from the bottle and was a very nice copper color. No head or lace. Great flavor. Much more flavor then any other light beer I have had. Very malty. Kind of sweet, honey, maybe? Caramel? Not sure, but I sure did like it!


Diabl078 (2), USA
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5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Dec 26, 2006  
Great Light beer, smooth and drinkable....better than sammy original in my opinion


marksahara (79), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/56/103/512/20
Dec 25, 2006  
12 oz. bottle. About the only "Light" beer I can and will drink. Definitely not a watered down version of Sam Boston Lager. In fact, I think the taste in this is better than the Boston Lager. Pours a clear golden amber with little crown. Aroma is light, full of malt and practically no hops. Flavour is smooth all the way through to the finish. You can taste the malt and hops, but there seems to be little bitterness, so the malt appears to dominate the beer. Palate is more thin- than medium-bodied with moderate carbonation. This is a great beer for tyros and those who don’t like the taste and bitterness of stronger beers. Definitely a lawnmower beer for me, but the best "light" I’ve ever tasted.



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