Samuel Adams LongShot Weizenbock

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Weizen Bock
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Pours turbid dark brown with 1-finger off-white head. Aroma is banana, clove, brown sugar, malt...very nice aroma. Tastes of rich malt, banana bread, cloves, nuts, brown sugar. Very complex in aroma and flavor, this is an outstanding example of this style, and a beer that I hope is made a regular in the SA lineup.

The cloves, bananas and wheaty qualities are a bit overpronounced but that makes for an enjoyable beer which goes well with the hops (sniffs like the nobles from other Sam Adams beers). The company should dump one of its flagship beers and replace it with this! This is like the Summer Ale with flavor. There is a medium-dry palate with a shade of fruits. I wish it was just this one and not the Grape Ape beer in the sixer/case.

Darker cloudy brown appearnce but certainly not on the black side of dark. Hefty wheaty aroma, has a little volatile punch to it, like any good w bock. Has gunk on the bottom that leads to a swirling hypnotizing visual effect when you near the bottom of the bottle. Good wheat flavors with the typical spices feel. You can tell it is above average in the alky content but it does not come across like the +7% listed here. The only hint of the alky content is on the finish where it has some malty alky medicinal linger, somewhat like cough medicine.

(Bottle) Pours a murky brown body with a small beige head. Aroma of rye, clove, banana, and caramel. Flavor of rye, smoke, tobacco, toffee, banana, and clove.

Bottle and served in my Aventinus glass: A murky brown hue with an initial large foamy head which produced very good lace. The aroma has notes of toasted and caramel malts, banana, clove, lemongrass esters, walnut, and some floral hops. The taste is a lot like banana nut bread with a spicy and herbal finish. Some smoke and nutty qualities found as well. The mouth feel is smooth and refreshing with a medium body. Overall this is a very good example of the genre but sadly you need to buy the crappy grape ale to get this. Worth a try for sure if you can singles.

Pours cloudy, brown, with a large, tan head. Aroma is wheat, roast, fruit, and caramel. Flavor is dark fruit, honey, caramel, very complex. Mouth feel is moderate.

cloudy brown, off white healthy head wonderful banana aroma. damn good sweet, creamy but sharp mouthfeel complex malts, i love the banana fruit very good sam adams, probably one of my favorite longshots

Bottle. Glad to see this one rated highly. Pours a beautiful, cloudy tea-brown with an aroma of chocolate covered banana, and a hint of raspberry. Tart clove greets the taste buds, quickly followed by his buddies caramel and sweet molasses. These friends leave a wake of nice thick and tangy film on the tongue. Very refreshing and tasty beer. Definite repeat.