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Samuel Adams Boston Ale

Samuel Adams Boston Ale

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An Amber Ale brewed by
Boston Beer Company

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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11523.16/5.03.16/5.05.1%73.7 English pint, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Samuel Adams® Boston Ale was first brewed to celebrate the opening of our Boston Brewery. Like Samuel Adams Boston Lager®, it was an old family recipe that was rescued by Jim Koch from his father’s attic. Samuel Adams® Boston Ale, a Stock Ale, has a complex, caramel malt character balanced with distinct spicy and herbal hop notes. Our proprietary ale yeast imparts a variety of fruit and ester notes in both the nose and flavor which are indicative of the style. Stock Ale, one of the few classic beer styles to have originated in the United States, has a strong New England heritage. The style draws its name from the cool "stock cellars" in which it was aged. This technique imparted a smoothness and body which became the hallmark of this style. Keeping with the Stock Ale style, Samuel Adams® Boston Ale is fermented at cooler almost lager like temperatures and conditioned much longer than most ales. It also is Krausened and dry hopped.

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 blipp (578), Grand Island, New York, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20

May 14, 2008  
Bottle. Pours orange with an off white head. Sweet malt aroma with a bit of caramel. Medium body. Flavor is again sweet malt, caramel, a light roasted note a hint of grass and hops in the finish. Not bad, just a pretty typical amber ale.

Homer321 (17), Rockledge, Florida, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Don’t pick up much in the aroma other than malt. Appearance is beat\iful caramel and very clear. Initial maltiness comes through but I expected more hops with all the advertising. I ffeel the lager counterpart has more hop aroma. Overall a pretty good beer fro what it is.


realbama (22), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/54/103/58/20
Jul 16, 2008  
A fair beer. I agree that it is boring. Nice little head, dark golden color. Better than alot of others. Its solid, but I wouldnt drink more than one in a sitting.


RONCOD (57), Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/513/20
Jul 15, 2008  
Golden amber color with a thick white head. It had a caramel and malty aroma. The taste was kind of malt, caramel, and banana flavor. I haven’t had a Sam Adams yet that I didn’t like.


 ditmier (153), Boise, Idaho, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/54/102/513/20
Jul 11, 2008  
2008 Bottle - Pours a browning yellow with a sizeable off white head, aroma is metallic malt and slight citrus malt, taste follows...very straight-forward, malted bitter on the front end, finished grainy and astringent on the back...not terrible but pretty forgettable...


 ucusty (803), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/102/512/20
Jul 6, 2008  
Amber pour with a off-white head. Very one dimensional ale caramel ,hops, and malts




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