Samuel Adams Boston Lager

Bottle. I must be crazy, but I really don’t like this beer. Poured a clear yellow/gold with a small whitish head. Aroma of malt with a little citrus. Flavor was bitter and slightly malty.

Golden amber, sweet, smooth and complex, malty, caramel, little citrus, hoppy.

<i>12 oz bottle in Columbus, OH.</i> I’m sure I’ve rated this before, but the rating seems to have disappeared.

Amber with a thin cream head; aroma of citrus and malts; chewy caramel malt flavours with lime and grassy hops; the finish is clean and well-balanced. While this is not an outstanding beer, it is a very good (and well distributed) reminder that not all mass-produced American beer needs to be thin, tasteless and watery.

I first came across Sam Adams when I was on a business trip in the mid-80’s to Nashua, NH with my mate Barry. After trying the usual muck in the hotel bar we asked the barman if he had anything better, and he produced a couple of bottles. We drank the bar dry that night - 6 bottles between us, and went back the next night for a repeat performance as the barman had only got in another 6 bottles. The only time I can claim to have drunk a bar dry two nights in succession!

bottle at my moms wedding- pours clear golden yellow. good head on it. with hints of orange in the body. nose is hoppy orange citrus rind, taste is malty caramel perfectly balanced with a bit of citrus. simple. sessionable. good.

bouteille brune, belle couleur dorée, nez houblonnée, agréable en bouche, rafraichissante. 5/10

No 558
Rated: 08.09.2008
Bottle brown, 355 ml
Appearance: Pours very nice lively, beautifull orangy, shiny, dark golden body colour, carbonation of the body is moderate, saturation is nice, head is frothy, snowy white, there in a nice lacing, head is initially medium, slowly decreasing to small, very dense and pillowy, impressive.
Aroma: Nice aroma of herbs, tea leaves, very nice strongly hopped with decent and unforgetable hoppy - aromatic profile, hops are leafy and slightly earthy, citrusy and kind of ginger like or like in American Pale or Strong Ale or in Premium Bitters with hop extract from USA. Nice USA hops.
Flavour: Nice focused and astringent, bitter hoppy touch on palate but still there is a bottom fermented background of maltyness (slightly grainy - slightly sweet). Nice and strong leafy, herbal, highly aromatic nose. Very pleasant ESB like but not that smooth. Notes of lemon, grapefruit seeds, orange. Very clean, finish duration is very, very long. Gently sweet grainy touch.
Palate: Body is light to medium, texture is practically dry, carbonation on palate is moderate, finish feel is highly astringent, wonderfully, satisfyingly hopped, highly aromatic, really pleasant, the way a Premium Lager should look like.

Bottle pored into frosted lager glass. Pours to a bold copper color with a thick nearly white head that slowly dissipates and laces the glass with every swig. Wonderful scent with extremely present floral hops and not much else. The balance of flavors is perfection. The malts are there and the hops that linger on the finish are more noticeable than in most lagers, but not to an overwhelming degree (unless drank strait from the bottle.) This beer is pretty carbonated and really makes your mouth feel alive. I would feel very hard pressed to find a better lager.

Copper color with a foamy white head. Spicy hop bitterness with a little caramel malt. A lot of different aromas but the balance leans more toward the hops. Not bad but there are several Sam Adams brews that I actually like better than Boston Lager.