Samuel Adams 1790 Root Beer Brew

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Boston, Massachusetts USA

A hazy amber beer with a fast disappearing beige head. The aroma is sweet with that unmistakable note of root beer - I must admit I didn’t know it was bark from the sassafras tree - but now I do. The flavor is sweet with notes of both citrus and root beer, as well as some fruits, and light notes of wood. I kind of like the spicyness. The end is OK bitter.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of yespr. Very cloudy, murky, orangey golden with a creamy, yellowish head. Aroma of bubble gum and root beer spices. Medium body, sweet and salty with licorice notes and a distinct sarsaparilla spiciness. Somewhat astringent finish. 180807

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange/brown with little lacing head. Heavy spiced aroma. Ginger like note, very heavy flavour too, slight soapy. Liqourice element. I’m definitely not used to drink root beer and I don’t think I’ll ever learn to appreciate it.

<i<Bottled. Muddy amber, no head. Aroma of fudge and ginger. Sweet and fruity with caramelly with notes of gingersnaps. Then there is this peculiar root beer flavour, but it isn’t overpowering. Medium bodied with low bitterness. Quite interesting, but mostly as a novelty.

Bottle, 5.5%. Very perfumy aroma, horse, goat, sassafras? Very flavourful, some liquorice. Slightly salty and sweet. Reminds me of some sort of liquor. Takes some getting used to.

Name: 1790 Root Beer Brew
Date: 10/24/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta

opaque dark amber, thin beige head, nice lace, strong sweet sassafras aroma with a hint of minty wintergreen, weird complex mixture of flavors, nice sweet sassafras and licorice, minty wintergreen, spicy edge, touch of bitterness from the spices, very interesting

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: *4

(12oz bottle) Hazy brown body with off-white head. Aroma is miderately sweet, rootbeer candy. Taste is sweet, rootbeer, caramel, vanilla, light sourness. Light-medium body with some stickiness.

Bottle... Lightly hazed, orange ale with a small, frothy, off-white head. Excellent, everlasting retention. In fact, the head seems to get even larger, more creamy and even rocky as the beer warms. The nose is a cornucopia of spices and herbs: sassafras, licorice, mint, etc. Doesn’t smell at all like beer, but it’s interesting. Sweet, very spicy flavor with lemon zest and a mild, earthy bitterness. Medium-bodied with slight carbonation. Finishes sweet, earthy and spicy. An odd bird, this. Very rich. I couldn’t drink more than one, but I’m glad I drank THIS one. It takes balls to introduce something like this to consumers, especially when a brewer already has a huge, solid customer base and commercial niche. Jim Cook definitely likes to play and can apparently afford to do so.