Samuel Adams Imperial White Ale

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

12 oz. bottle. Pours a very nice looking cloudy red orange with frothy off-white head which lingers. Aroma of banana, clove, alcohol, other spices. Taste is of orange, other fruits, spices, with alcohol on the finish. Full thick body. None of the flavors are bad but it is a bit overpowering. As marketed, truly a unique brew. It’s good though not something i’ll come back to.

Bottle poured into imperial pint glass. Dark, hazy copper color with minimal head. Unique in that it retains some hefeweizen-like properties (banana, orange, coriander falvors) while having the thick body and mouthfeel of a doppelbock or strong ale. Slightly sour flavor with a distinct alcohol taste. A good "winterized" version of hefeweizen.

Bottle served in a snifter. Hazy, orange-amber in color with a tiny head that quickly disappears. Aromatic and flavorful. Corriander, spices and tomato nose. Medium-full body and creamy. Malty sweet flavor. Buttescotch, chocolate, coconut, dough. Lingering stickiness. Wait, thats the cookie I just ate. Big alcohol bite. I forget all the rest. Time to move to whisky.

12 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy dark golden color with a small white long lasting head. It has the aroma of banana, citrus and spices. Tastes strongly of banana, coriander and citrus with a little bit of a bread taste and a moderate alcohol taste. I think the imperial part of this beer ruined it for me. It’s just too much of otherwise good flavors. I don’t think I’ll drink this one again after I finish off the 2 beers from the 4 pack that I’m planing on aging.

Bottle. Murky copper pour. Short, dense white head. Aroma is rather sweet with candied fruit, spices, yeast and wheat. Light flowery notes as well. Taste is sweet malts, candied fruit, Belgian yeast, floral hops, spices, and wheat. Body is thick, especially for a witbier, and has a prickly carbonation. Ends with more candied fruit, sweet malts, flowers, spices, yeast, wheat/grains and banana.

Pours a dark copper with lots of carbonation and a very impressive and extremely thick head that leaves great lacing. Aroma holds nice orange citrus, bread, biscuit, and good spice. Also some caramel malt; not aggressive, but a nice smell overall. Flavor holds lots malt character; the commercial description doesn’t lie. There is lots of caramel, molasses, and a big booze presence. Not sure if it’s as crisp as refreshing as I like a witbier to be, but it’s still tasty. Decent Sam Adams.

Bottled at Örebro Öl- och Whiskeyfestival. Cloudy pale amber, small head. Sweet and fruity, some corander. Near full bodied with mushy, swampy mouthfeel, lots of syrup and burning alcohol finish. Reminiscent of cheap, fruity super strong lagers...