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Sam Adams Light

Sam Adams Light

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A Premium Lager brewed by
Boston Beer Company

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
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8342.52/5.02.52/5.04.05%47 Lager glass P  Stats

Commercial Description:
It took 2 years of brewing, tasting and testing to come up with the final recipe for Sam Adams Light. We focused on brewing a flavorful, high quality beer with a light-bodied taste and fewer calories. Sam Adams Light is a unique beer, it's not a lighter version of our Boston Lager. Sam Adams Light is the only light beer that uses no adjuncts and a traditional brewing process to ensure a balance of flavor and light-bodied taste. No other domestic light beer uses only the four classic ingredients of beer: pure water, lager yeast, Noble hops and barley malt. The quality ingredients that make up Sam Adams Light include two-row malt and some of the most expensive hops in the world, Spalt Spalter Noble hops. At 128 calories, Sam Adams Light features a clean finish and no aftertaste.

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 Russo (448), Campinas, Brazil
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/54/102/510/20
Aug 7, 2008  
Bottled@ tomy doyles (Newton, MA). clear Golden Color with a nice white head. Aroma is weak, some malty and nothing else. Flavor is pretty much the same, but is refreshing. No bitterness at end.


MissK (12), Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA
2.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/52/102/59/20
Aug 5, 2008  
I’m not a fan of light beers, but this has to be the best of the worst I’ve had so far. Normally at parties, someone always asks for some type of light beer, and I think in the future, it’s going to be this one. The head is somewhat thick in the beginning, there’s a watery orange-amber color throughout, and it’s got a smell and taste that I wouldn’t have expected (a kick at first, but watery afterwards).


Pershing (19), Garland, TX, Texas, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/103/53/102/512/20
Aug 5, 2008  
Clear amber with a white head. This is not your average light beer although it was lacking hardly any taste. This beer would make a good stepping stone for Bud Light drinkers to one day drink a real beer.


klavoie22 (6), Newmarket, New Hampshire, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Sam Adams Light does not count
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/103/515/20
Aug 3, 2008  
We are talking about a light beer right? Every tiny detail blows away every light I’ve ever had, and it should not be compared to the likes of bud or miller.


 thenick (530), North Bellmore, New York, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/57/20
Aug 3, 2008  
The Good: Has flavor, and not as watery as other light beers. The Bad: Still a light beer, so the flavor is still weak and the beer still feels watery throughout. Not their best effort.




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