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Samuel Adams James Madison Dark Wheat Ale 3.05 254

Samuel Adams James Madison Dark Wheat Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
2543.06/5.03.05/5.0Special5.7%50.6Stein, Weizen
Commercial Description:
Unfiltered and hazy, this deep mahogany brew pours with a dense creamy head. The slight tartness of malted rye is balanced with sweeter roasted malted barley notes of cocoa and toffee. Malted barley, hand roasted by our brewers, adds a subtle smoky finish reminiscent of colonial brewing.
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Sandman2222 (42), Florida, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20

Aug 17, 2008  
Good brew. It had minimal lacing due to the extreme age (almost 2 years out of date), the brew itself tasted kinda wheaty, with a nice dark maltiness to it. Not too overpowering in any direction. Would drink more if available to the public.

 decaturstevo (2007), decatur, Tennessee, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
May 4, 2009  
A cloudy brown pour with tan head and lace. A light brown sugar aroma with a hint of bitter. Light roasted malt and a hint of smoke. A tad thin and watery but very drinkable.


 Butters (1651), Virginia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/511/20
Apr 30, 2009  
Sampled at Beerhawk’s Beer Gods in the Boro, aka 1000 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, By God Beer God Gathering, BG1K Tasting. Muddy water pour with some white head. Sweet and vinous with a caramel wheat backbone. A little watery, but not awful despite the old age.


 BeerHawk (1175), Huntsville, Alabama, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 7, 2009  
Bottle shared by lithy. Poured a hazy brown with a thin off-white head. Sweet caramel aroma. The flavor found caramel, toffee, and light grain. Medium body and sweet throughout.


 lithy (1800), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Jan 9, 2009    Updated: Apr 5, 2009
Bottle thanks to daknole. Best by October 2006. Most of this leaked out during shipping so it poured a dirty brown water color with a thin whitish carbonation but mostly expectedly flat. Sweet cocoa aroma, toffee sweetness. Taste is smooth dark wheats, lots of cocoa, lightly oxidized. Flat mouthfeel, again expected. Re-rate BeerHawk’s Beer Gods in the Boro, aka 1000 Bottles of Beer on the Wall, By God Beer God Gathering, BG1K Tasting. Sample from a bottle shared by me thanks to daknole. This was a full bottle this time around so was more carbonated. Pours ugly brown orange again with a soft white foam. Aroma is sweet caramels, toffee a bit of yeast esters. Taste is cocoa, wheaty body. Original rating 7:2:7:2:13


 daknole (3002), Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/52/101/52/20
Dec 27, 2008  
To be fair this bottle is going on 3 years old and it wasnt good. Sour and just too old.


 milljam (584), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/512/20
Dec 6, 2008  
I think you could walk on this head its so dense. An intriguing blend of flavors...especially with the rye. Hints of bitter chocolate and toffee balance the rye, while the smoky finish completes the ensemble.


 markwise (1200), 15 Minutes from Kuhnhenn in, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/512/20
Aug 18, 2008  
This beer pours the typical dunkel hazy yellow-brown color. The aroma is slightly sour with some banana? notes. A bit difficult to describe. Light(er) and refreshing with a sweet/ bitterness in the finish. It is good, but slightly smokey. Unique.



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