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Samuel Adams Boston Lager

Samuel Adams Boston Lager - Premium Lager

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

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
25873.2/5.03.2/5.04.9%96.3Lager glass
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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.
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 jimmack34 (560), Lancaster, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 27, 2008  
Bottle. Pours golden orange with short lived head. Smells rich with both malts and hops. Tastes crisp, with sweet nutty malt and earthy hops. I know Sam Adams brags about being very balanced, but they do follow through. Excellent!


 Onslow (174), Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Oct 26, 2008  
Amber pour with an off white head. Active carbonation, but not fizzy. Aroma is carmel and malt. Flavor is sweet malt at the start balanced with mild hops bitterness in the finish. Overall, malt and carmel sweetness dominate the taste.


 gary07734 (391), Tyne & Wear, England
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/512/20
Oct 26, 2008  
Amber pour with a malty smell. Taste is malty, some hops with a mildly bitter, slightly hoppy, finish. This was one of the first Sam Adams beers I tried and quite enjoyable, perhaps a tiny bit on the thin side.


dolphins25412 (20), Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 24, 2008    Updated: Mar 28, 2009
Bottle, pours a dark amber, white head. Caramel flavor. A great beer that you can find anywhere.


 Ryan82SM (231), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 23, 2008  
A beer for which America can be proud. Overall quality (pleasant aroma, consistent appearance, accessible but diverse flavor and smooth palate) is good. Can be found almost anywhere, which means a good beer is never too far away. When on tap, I noticed the caramel flavors the most.


 movezig (137), Pensacola, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/511/20
Oct 20, 2008  
Great in its catigory. Roboust bouqet in the nose some banana citrus. Flavor is medium bodied, banana, nice roasted caramel malt character. Good brew.


fatpaul (11), Berlin, Wisconsin, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/518/20
Oct 19, 2008  
Pours a dark amber, with a heavy hoppy aroma. Has a less hop taste than the aroma would lead you to believe. Taste remains fresh thoughout whole beer and does not diminish with temperature variance. Great alternative to lesser beers if at an establishment that doesn’t carry an array of beers.


 drewbeerme (2224), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 18, 2008  
draft, pours amber with off white head. nice floral and earthy hop aroma, flavor isn’t as hoppy as the nose but still some pleasant noble hop notes, caramel body, clean and refreshing. i didn’t recall this beer having this nice a hop character. not bad at all.



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