Samuel Adams LongShot Grape Pale Ale

While I applaud all experimentation in the brewing of the world’s best beverage, this one did little for me. It seems like a mild golden ale with a hint of green grapes. Nice pour, a deep golden body with a full head. The aroma? A malt & corn sweetness with a suggestion of the vined fruit. The flavor is almost as exciting, cleaner malt tastes with a splash of honey and mayhaps some fruit or other. I wanted to like this more, but there’s not much to enjoy. Maybe it’d be better on a warm day, if we ever get such a thing in the Chicago area again.

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Clear gold body with a thin, fizzy white head. Smells rather boring and bland - some beady, slightly oxidized malt notes and a mild grape/hop hint. The taste is, as well, pretty boring. The grape flavor is very subdued, as well as the hops, and the malts are just base flavors. I think it’s a great idea for a beer, but didn’t translate from homebrew to commercial so well.

clear amber honey, very freely active carbonation, dense fluffy lasting white head. pale malt aroma, some young cantaloupe too and i get the white grape now that i’m looking for it. i don’t get much fruit save for the initial dose on the sides of my tongue. just a dry pilsner flavor and a finish that swings between metallic and amber honey.

12 oz bottle pours typical amber color. Aroma is fruity and sweet. Flavor is sweet and malty with a slightly bitter bite in the finish. A little to sweet for my liking.

Pours a three finger white head that fades to a thin layer leaving some lace. Crystal clear amber color. Medium carbonation and medium bodied. Not much nose. Flavor sweetish, hops are balancing rather than the usual bite of a pale, clean finish. Would make a good summer beer. $1.50 12oz bottle from Capitol Convenience Concord, NH.

A 2007 Samuel Adams homebrew contest winner, this pale ale is light and refreshing, with a wheaty and grassy nose and just a hint of green grape. A little watered-down for my tastes, but the slight hint of green grape adds an interesting element.

A 12oz bottle with a best buy date. The beer poured a copper body with a creamy head . Smell is a malty fruit aroma. Taste is a semi sweet with a faint hint of grapes and a good malt body. Good carbonation and lacing. Six pack!

Copper amber color. Smell of apples, malt, hops and minor caramel. Almost smells like a caramel apple. Taste of hops, malt, sugar, grain and tart. Bitter at the end.