Samuel Adams Imperial White Ale

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Spectrum of orange to gold body with a proud off white head, a bit too much carbonation and banana in the mix, yet a nice diversion.

Interesting, very interesting. Lots of banana in the aroma, very sweet, but smooth and not sharply sweet. Cloudy pour with a light head, mid amount of carbonation. Light lingering palate. Good sweet beer. Impressive for Sam Adams.

The high alcohol is very well hidden. There are standard flavors of clove, yeast, citrus, and lots of coriander. Wheat also. The aroma and flavors are correct. Strange, copper colored appearance. Fairly sweet. A solid beer, like most of Sam’s products.

Aroma of spicy medicine and alcohol on the nose. Burnt orange with off white head. Flavor - where to start - alcohol, alcohol, alcohol - sweet sugared candy with spices and alcohol (did I mention that before?). Harsh on the palate. This is certainly a unique brew.

Interesting beer. Pretty big orange and coriander in the aroma. The finish has a bit of acidity that lingers. Sweet, lightly noticeable alcohol.

THOUGHTS: Nice beer, but not the best wit. I love when wits are pushed to their limits, but this was pushed way past the limits. I was really hoping for a lot more from this one. It’s a nice beer, but still a bit disappointment. Hid alcohol incredibly well. Maybe even better than Mad Elf, which is really saying something. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a slightly hazy, medium to dark orange with a large to huge, white head that slowly diminished, keeping a nice sheet and leaving excellent lacing. The aroma was light to moderate yeast, light alcohol, orange, slight spice and a little of that barley wine aroma. There was way more coriander when it fairly warm. The initial flavor was very sweet and a little acidic; while the finish was very sweet and very lightly bitter. There was orange, syrup, yeast, grain, that barley wine taste and spices. The medium to full body was a little syrupy and very sticky on the lips with soft carbonation and light astringent and light alcoholic finish.

bottle poured a burnt caramel color with a thin fizzy off white head. aroma has banana yeast, heavy sweetness, with a thick wheat and grain thing. sweetness is really high, thick grains, banana yeast, spice, and some funny fruit. really thick and sweet and hits on cloying.

12 oz. bottle. Pours a thin, short,lived head, with minimal lacing over an apricot colored, relatively clear body, which must be loaded with protein because it clouds up a great deal when a little too cold..........nose contains ripe cantalope, ripe apricot, some banana (in other words it is loaded with esters), it is also over whelmingly sweet in its nose with heavy honey, brown sugar.......taste confirms with a multitude of fruity tastes, orange, dried apricot, dried cherry, fruity sweetness lingering.......mouth feel is thick, chewy, heavy, carbonation minimal in such a heavy thing. This is not yet balance and can go either way. It is very young for such a heavy beer. It might age well and gain a lovely complexity, or it could turn into a candy bomb. Time will tell and I am willing to wait. This emphasizes the problem of controlling large doses of big ingredients. What will you get at the end???