Samuel Adams Imperial White Ale

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

Bottle at Monks Café, Stockholm. Cloudy pale amber with a small white head. Flat sweetish yeasty aroma of sweet oranges, biscuit and mild corinader. Medium-bodied with yeaty flavours of mild ornages, peas and almonds. Yeasty finish with notes of peas, and coriander. Unclean Wit.

Bottle from Wegman’s. Pours an ever-so-slightly hazy copper color with a stable, white head. Aroma of cloves, sweet malt, and alcohol; spicy. Medium bodied but silky smooth, super malty and sweet. Spices shine here; stars are anise and cloves. Candied orange finish. Very rich, very far from a traditional wit. Kudos to BBC for trying something different.

IMPRESSIVE in its vegetable wheat aroma followed by an orange citrus like citron on a fruitcake perfume. aroma comes thru in the taste and i find it demonstrative and among the very best wheats i have ever tasted. looks great, substantive and slippery it is deep orange and pours like nectar with a nice white head. settles nicely into an aged like old ale yet remains a wheat and a wheat to be remembered. spices so recessed here just great brewing and recipe so apparent i could go on and on about this one...somewhat surprised and a must try!

Pours a golden/oranange. Sweet, malty smelling, you can tell its a sam by the scent. Also sweet and very malty for a white with a noticable alcohol finish. The palate is smooth and almost sryupy. I had one closer to room temp and didn’t care for it, but a second chance at a cooler temp was more enjoyable.

Now that’s a big wheat beer. Takes a different direction than the other couple imperial whites I’ve had, focusing on a big round almost cloying malty sweetness. Aroma shows the usual coriander and orange with a big waft of sweet malt that comes across as cherry. Looks great with a fluffy sticky off white head and a very cloudy orange body. Alcohol is very evident. Hops finally show up near the end of the swallow with a lightly bitter smack that has a hard time cutting through the ample malt. Good, but overly sweet.

Pours a cloudy caramel-orange. Creamy head. Aroma is bold and citrusy. Flavor is fruity, and strong. This beer could certainly pass for a Belgian. Strong, sweet, orange-plum hints. Delicious.

aroma of very sweet malt, alcohol and caramel - hazy copper pour with tight white lacy foam - the first taste that hits you is the alcohol which is followed by a very sweet malty/brown sugar/candied apple taste. Lingering aftertaste is almost that of a caramel apple. Too sweet for my taste, I like the other Sam Adams Imperials a lot more than this one.

Pours hazy golden amber with a nice off white head. Aroma is light wheat with hints of spices. Flavor is big and malty, with flavors of wheat, orange, and spice. not bad.