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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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Guinnessman (88), VACAVILLE, California, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/102/59/20
Jul 2, 2008  
Had a nice aroma , nice color. Tasted okay, but the sour aftertaste was enough to turn me off of this one for good.


 ansermadide (496), Kyle, Texas, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Jul 1, 2008  
(Sample from July 7, 2006 Beer Club Meeting; Fom tap at Chili’s in Buda on July 1, 2008) Clear golden orange color with small head. Refreshing and light with slight hop flavor and the standard skunky pale lager aftertaste. Not bad for something I still feel like I have to settle for when the next best thing is a Stella Artois or a Heineken. A very nice beer... enjoyable, easy to drink, and still tasty.


 patricks110 (275), Alberta, Canada
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 1, 2008  
Overall, the best American beer I’ve had. A crisp and fairly plain tasting lager. Bitter taste of honey, sugarry malts and fruit. The appearance is a medium coloured amber lager with a medium sized head. Overall, I would drink again. I have heard that this is the worst Sam Adams beer, so I will try to find some of their other brews.


 12many (231), Ohio, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Deep amber with a nice frothy head and good lacing. Aroma lightly of hops and some malt. Bitter flavor but evens out nicely on the tongue with a decent after taste. Something anyone could enjoy on a daily basis with friends. Not bad at all.


chocolateyflow (15), Oxford, Mississippi, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/57/103/513/20
Jun 28, 2008  
An American classic. Hints of fruit and bitter hop. One of the most outstanding characteristics of this beer is how well it goes with some food, in particular certain seafood. It is unbelievable how well the simple taste of Boston Lager goes with fresh Crappie.


 borisz (180), Netherlands
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/512/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Bottle, nice beer avg head. Little brown tinted color. Bitter ad fruity taste, good to drink.


BlackMail (55), Evergreen, Colorado, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Poured golden with short lived head. Taste malt, slightly sweet and bitter.


calgone (17), Athens, Georgia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/510/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Bottled. Nice caramel malt aroma, but no real hop aroma. Really good crystal/caramel malt flavor with a good balance of hops. Slight sweetness from hops. Dependable beer. Pretty much a reliably available and good beer. Almost everywhere has this beer available.



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