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RATINGS: 1134   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.55   EST. CALORIES: 122   ABV: 4.05%
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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.


3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Ibrew2or3 (4699) - Phoenix, Arizona, USA - MAR 26, 2010
Pours copper with weak off white head. The mild aroma is sweet with malts, has a dash of cameral, a faint amount of maybe floral hops and a background of fruity esters. The taste is similar with some malt sweetness, a touch of caramel, very light floral and maybe spicy hops and held up by a wafer thin layer of esters. Not that hateful.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 16/20
philbertk (1847) - Seattle, Washington, USA - FEB 28, 2010
Boston Beer Company--Samuel Adams--Sam Adams Light. 2004 12 oz. Bottle. 4.00% ABV--20 IBU’s? (4.0 / 5.0) Amber Lager--"Foamy mild lace head. Clear thin bright light amber color. Mild floral Saaz hop front. Thin tangy crisp mild sweet caramel fruit body. Clean mild hop citrus end. Good flavor for a "Light". Sampled 10/17/2004. Boston Beer Company--Samuel Adams--Sam Adams Light. 2006 12 oz. Bottle. 4.00% ABV--20 IBU’s? (4.0 / 5.0) Amber Lager--Light--Mild lace thin head. Clear bright amber color. Mild hop front. Crisp mild tangy caramel toasted malty body. Thin Tasty Tangy hop spice clean mild citrus smooth end. Nice for Light Amber Lager. Sampled 6/27/2006.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
basspro76 (423) - New York, USA - FEB 23, 2010
Taste like every other light beer on the market; a watered down version of the regular lager. Has a straw, grassy flavor and a slight hint of hops.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
petematte46 (330) - Dallas, Texas, USA - FEB 20, 2010
Smells very pleasantly hoppy at first, gives way to a skunky grassy unpleasant aroma. Taste is very similar to your average light beet.

2.8
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
curly (2203) - Seattle (Newcastle), Washington, USA - FEB 2, 2010
Clear pale amber with a decent beige head. Aroma of grain and some hops citrus. Taste is actually quite flavorful with slight bitterness and caramel malt and a sweet fruit flavor. One of the best light beers I’ve ever had for sure. Slight corny finish but not unpleasent. Little watery and light but of course it is.

2.5
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
Hades665 (16) - Springfield, Missouri, USA - JAN 29, 2010
For a Light beer this isin’t bad. The flavor is grainny. The hop pressence is noticable though just barely. The body is very light.

2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
monkeychugg55 (681) - Joliet, Illinois, USA - JAN 24, 2010
Most flavorful light beer you can buy. The flavor is on the sweet side like most Samuel Adams’, and after five or six I start to get an upset stomach. For a light beer though, very impressive.

2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
lowgun1212 (101) - Carlstadt, New Jersey, USA - JAN 7, 2010
amber in appearance. best looking light beer for sure. aroma is a light sweet and sour yeast. slightly musty. flavor continues with a lightly sweet yeast, some cracker not entirely offensive. body is medium light with a seltzery carb. relatively smooth for a light beer.


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