Samuel Adams Boston Ale

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Amber Ale
Boston, Massachusetts USA

A clear copper pour with small off-white head. It has a slight aroma of spices with caramel. The taste is smooth with some bitterness in the middle and a malty finish.

appearance is copper in colour. Fruity hoppy taste similar to some English Ales. Hops linger. Cleansing palate. Overall a very well balanced and enjoyable beer.

2007: Color is copper with just a hint of red. There is a good, fluffy head. Bubbles of carbonation floating onward and upward. The copper color resembles a rich dark orange. Scent is a nice mild "ale" scent (you all know what I mean). A ihint of fruit here, and a touch of flowery there. Just a smidgen of deep cherry. The dry malt smell is light, but pleasant enough. The first sip is an understated bitter malt. There is a combination of dry malt, but with a bitter accent. Has a dark (black?) cherry undertone. The hops are light. Sweet fruit and bitter malt ping-pong in the mouth. Actually sweeter than a normal ale. The thickness is a nice creamy feel that leaves a film behind. It’s easy to drink, even if it is just a *little* too sweet for my liking. Still, it’s quite a solid, sweeter-than-normal ale.

Provdatum: 2003-12-21 Gott! (jaha här hade en en annan gammal godiging ramlat bort???) Bottel, Göteborg AP: cristal clear copper, white quickly diminishing foam AR: fruity hops & hints of caramel. F: hops, wee bitter ending. Draft 20100317, rating should be more like 3,4 - (lowering from 3,7)

Pours a reddish amber with a fluffy off white head. Aroma is caramel, malt, hops. Flavor is caramel, malt, hops, bread fruit and nuts with a good amount of bitterness and a good dose of malt to back it up. I like it better than SABL.

12oz bottle best by June 2010. Part of the Brewmaster’s Mix Pack. Probably 1-1.5 months old, pretty fresh. Pours amber with a nice foamy two finger off-white head that maintains a nice cap and leaves rings of lacing. Aroma is of medium strength and features sweet bready, caramel malts, some yeast and a touch of floral hops. Flavor is mostly caramel malts, some bread, medium sweetness, with a good balancing hop bite on the finish. Mouthfeel is slick and well carbonated. Clean and easy drinking. Had this once before from a Summer pack, it was the best one of that bunch, and so far this is the best of the current bunch. Better than Fat Tire, cheaper too.

I wouldn’t turn it down if you offered me one, but I wouldn’t buy it either. Light aroma of copper with some nuttiness, typical lighter bodied mouthfeel of Sam, balanced malt and hop, short malty finish. Overall impression: "beer-y". Meh.

Boston Beer Company--Samuel Adams--Boston Ale--Stock Ale. 1998 12 oz. Bottle. 4.94% ABV (3.25 / 5.0) Stock Ale--Caramel Malt and slight hoppy undertones. Rich clear bright amber color. Good balance. Dry clean finish with touch of hops. Flavorful, light and easy. Sampled 12/3/1998. Boston Beer Company--Samuel Adams--Boston Ale Stock Ale--Big Sam 1999 12 oz. Bottle. 4.94% ABV (2.75 / 5.0) Stock Ale--Clear bright thin amber color. Light fruit aroma and front. Thin crisp smooth body with subtle flavors of toasted fruit and bread. Minimal sweetness ester and spice. A bit disappointing. Dry finish. Sampled 9/4/1999. Boston Beer Company--Samuel Adams--Boston Ale--Big Sam--Signature Series 2001 12 oz. Bottle. 4.94% ABV (3.0 / 5.0) Stock Ale--Clear thin light amber golden color. Light head. Rich white lace. Mild fruity light hop front. Belgian notes?. Mild smooth light fruit caramel malt body. Clean light malt spice end. Odd fruity style. Sampled 10/18/2001. Boston Beer Company--Samuel Adams--Boston Ale--Big Sam--Signature Series 2001-B 12 oz. Bottle. 4.94% ABV (4.0 / 5.0) Stock Ale--Clear thin bright amber color. Nice light lace head. CO2 mild floral toasted hop front. Caramel butterscotch bisquit mild creamy Bitter flavor. Fruit mild hop bitter end. Mellow fruit malt flavors. Tasty. Sampled 10/30/2002. Boston Beer Company--Samuel Adams--Samuel Adams Boston Ale--Brewmaster’s Collection 2004-A 12 oz. Bottle. 4.94% ABV--30 IBU’s. (4.0 / 5.0) Stock Ale--Creamy mild lace head. Clear thin light amber color. Floral English hop front. Malty doughy mild toasted tangy dry sweet lagered smooth caramel fruit Ale body. Crisp tangy mild citrus hop end. Sampled 8/5/2004. Boston Beer Company--Samuel Adams--Boston Ale Stock Ale--Big Sam--Signature Series 2004-B 12 oz. Bottle. 4.94% ABV--30 IBU’s? (3.75 / 5.0) Stock Ale--Big foamy head. Clear thin amber red brown color. Mild English hop front. Smooth doughy English Bitter mild sweet caramel body. Toasted black cherry ester note. Dry mild hop citrus end. Bland. Sampled 8/10/2004. Boston Beer Company--Samuel Adams--Samuel Adams Boston Ale--Bewmaster’s Collection--Mixed Pack Sampler--2007 12 oz. Bottle. 5.10% ABV--20 IBU’s? (3.75 / 5.0) Stock Ale--Amber. 6 Pack-$6.99. No sediment. Slightly cloudy rich dark amber orange color. Dense rich mild lace head. English floral hop malt stank hint front. Mild crusty sweet malty apple caramel smooth lagered ale fruit body. Smooth mild citrus hop clean malty round "robust" end. Sampled 9/8/2008 .