RateBeer
   Home Sign Up or Login Advanced Search
   People Ratings Events Places Forums Shop Magazine
      Top By Category  RateBeer Best  Latest Ratings  Top 50    

Samuel Adams Boston Lager

Samuel Adams Boston Lager - Premium Lager

* picture credits
copyright may apply

 Percentile 
66
overall
Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Premium Lager

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
Find this beer

Add Distribution Data
send corrections | shelftag |

 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
25873.2/5.03.2/5.04.9%96.3Lager glass
View Statistics  P 

Commercial Description:
Samuel Adams Boston Lager® is the best example of the fundamental characteristics of a great beer, offering a full, rich flavor that is both balanced and complex. It is brewed using a decoction mash, a time consuming, traditional four vessel brewing process discarded by many contemporary brewers. This process brings forth a rich sweetness from the malt that makes it well worth the effort. Samuel Adams Boston Lager® also uses only the finest of ingredients including two row barley, as well as German Noble aroma hops. The exclusive use of two row barley not only imparts a full, smooth body but also gives the beer a wide spectrum of malt flavor ranging from slightly sweet to caramel to slightly roasted. The Noble hops varieties, Hallertau Mittelfruh and Tettnang Tettnanger, add a wide range of floral, piney and citrus notes, which are present from the aroma, through the flavor, to the lingering smooth finish. We take great pride in the Noble hops used in our beers. They are hand selected by Jim Koch and our other brewers from the world's oldest hops growing area. Among the world's most expensive, they cost twenty times as much as other hops.
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 BigBeer45 (676), Troy, Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Mar 28, 2009  
Has a light amber pour with a white head, malt and bread aromas with some sweetness on the nose, I can smell the hallertau hops to, the same hops that are in the SA Imperial Pilsner just not as pronounced, nice malt flavors and leaves a dry finish, nice lager.


 maugus4ever (121), Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Mar 27, 2009  
Pours a nice gold with a small head. Aroma has a nice balance of malts and hops. I liked the presence of hops in the taste; it is something I have not seen much of in lagers. Good balance, good beer.


rabba9 (61), Chaska, Minnesota, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Mar 26, 2009  
Color is yellow with a hint of amber. Taste is of sweet caramel malts. Mouthfeel is smooth. One of my favorite lager style beers. You can tell that the recipe takes the time to make the hops well balanced with the malts.


Paul150 (37), , Georgia, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/514/20
Mar 24, 2009  
Pours a nice gold color with a quickly dissipating finger of head. Aroma is slightly sweet and malty with a hint of hops. Flavor is clean and slightly hoppy, reminded me slightly of a good pilsner with a bit more body. Very well-rounded.


sandollor (47), Germany
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/102/515/20
Mar 24, 2009  
A wonderful aroma of rich hops with a sweetness to it. The full bodied beer gives a satisfaction that only the best lagers give. This is a great beer. Only downside is a slight after taste of bitter malty dryness.


 machfive55 (218), Columbia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/512/20
Mar 23, 2009  
On tap at a local establishment, was amber with a small head. The aroma was slightly hoppy, I would say it was a nice combination of hops and malt, nothing crazy but a decent aroma. The flavor was clean and just slightly hoppy, no overpowering bitterness. The hops are fairly clean, lightly piney or earthy/grassy. Everything was highly in balance and the beer was very clean. I could drink this beer all day, very well brewed.


barleynhops (82), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/513/20
Mar 19, 2009  
Bottle: I must have had this beer hundreds of times, but it keeps getting better everytime. Pours an amber color with a moderate white head. Very unique hops and malts creates an excellent character and taste. A definite session brew for ages to come.


 hobbersr (393), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 11, 2009  
Pours a nice coppery orange colour with a small tan head. Aroma is vey malty. Caramel, orange, pine and vanilla on the nose. Tastes very malty as well, with caramel, orange, lemon, pine, resin, grass, and hay. Palate is very nice, just enough to keep it from being cloying. Compulsively drinkable. I remember a few years back I thought this was just awful... Now looking back the crap I was drinking then was awful!



CONSIDER FREE RATEBEER MEMBERSHIP



Join us! RateBeer is made by beer enthusiasts for the craft beer community. Your basic membership is free and allows you to read all beer ratings. Click here to create your account... and give your opinion!

SIGN UP NOW »

View Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259

What's Your Opinion?
Tell us what you think of this beer. Start your free RateBeer account now.
» Click here.

More Premium Lagers

Jämtlands Hell (3.44)

Enterprise Brewery Knappstein Reserve Lager (3.38)

Harviestoun Schiehallion (Bottle) (3.34)

Grand River Town Hall Lager (3.33)

High & Mighty Purity of Essence (3.33)

Grand River Galt Knife Old Style Lager (3.33)

Jämtlands Bärnsten (3.32)

Creemore Springs Premium Lager (3.3)

Harviestoun Schiehallion (Cask) (3.23)

Slottskällans Slottslager (3.22)

Oppigårds Slåtteröl (3.21)

Samuel Adams Boston Lager (3.2)

Half Acre Lager (3.19)

Invercargill Biman (3.18)

Oakleaf I Cant Believe Its Not Bitter (3.18)


About RateBeer | Add A Beer | Add A Brewer | Edit Personal Info | 100 Beer Club | FAQ | Log out | Feedback? | Copyright 2000-2009, RateBeer LLC