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Sam Adams Light

Sam Adams Light

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A Premium Lager brewed by
Boston Beer Company

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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8422.52/5.02.52/5.04.05%46.1 Lager glass P  Stats

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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 Papsoe (9999), Frederiksberg, Denmark
1.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/101/56/20
Apr 24, 2006  
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear, fully golden with a white head. Malty nose. Light and watery body with sweetish, lightly caramelish malt and again sweet notes of brewing cereal and brewing syrup. No bitterness. So not even Sam Adams managed to produce a pleasant lite beer. 300306


 yespr (6361), Copenhagen O, Denmark
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/510/20
Jun 27, 2007  
12 oz bottle. Pours cleat golden yellow to orange with a white head. Malty aroma. Sweet malty flavoured, a bit of caramel. Crisp. Watery finish with almost no bitterness.


 kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/510/20
Sep 1, 2007  
Date: 12/31/2002
Mode: Bottle
Source: Bullock’s

Light clear amber, lots of tiny bubbles, thin fine white head, sweet carmel malt aroma, light malt flavor, hint of sweetness, nice hop bittehness after warming, amazingly full-flavored for a ’light’ beer, 124 calories, 9.7g carbs

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.8/5.0
Score: **/4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.


 argo0 (6176), Washington DC, USA
2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/58/20
Dec 15, 2003  
This liquid was brewed, and it even contains some alcohol -- it is a beer. Clear amber body with medium beige head. Faint sweet aroma and moderately sweet flavor, some maltiness in there too. Really nondescript in a non-offensive kind of way.


 oh6gdx (5901), Vaasa, 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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