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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.


2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
drowland (3570) - Tallahassee, Florida, USA - AUG 26, 2009
Pretty decent for a light beer in all honesty, but some American wheats have just about as few calories, so why waste them?

2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
junon (259) - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - AUG 26, 2009
Hmm. Best looking light beer I’ve ever seen. Has the colour and presence of an ale. Bouquet is kind of fishy though. Watered down fish sauce. Flavour is not bad for a light beer. You can tell that there are flavours that would normally explode but cant. Almost all water towards the back of the mouth.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
jkwalking05 (1878) - Arlington, Texas, USA - AUG 18, 2009
Golden orange in color with a decent sized off-white head. Aroma is of malt, grain, and light hops. Taste is of grain, malt and cardboard.

2.2
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
nittanytide (125) - Pennsylvania, USA - AUG 16, 2009
Slight malty flavor, faint hoppy flavor. Not a lot going on. One of the better light beers on the market, but why pay so much for something that is generally lacking in the flavor department?

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
ONUpharmD (5) - Carroll, Ohio, USA - AUG 9, 2009 does not count
By far the best light beer I’ve had. You can still tell it’s a light beer but leaps and bounds better than anything else domestic. Has a nice malty taste with a quick finish. If you’re going to go light, this is the way to go.

1.8
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
rohash (45) - New York, USA - AUG 9, 2009
Drinkable yes and that alone puts it head and shoulder above just about any other light beer but make no mistake about it this is a LIGHT beer. Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t tell the difference.

2.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Snot19kilo (103) - Oakwood, Illinois, USA - AUG 6, 2009
A light beer that’s drinkable, Crisp, smooth and light. It pours light gold with a small white head, good carbonation. Aroma is light hoppy a bit of malt. it’s a light beer with super powers i guess. It’s not watered down. You can taste the hops, it’s a little sweet. No water after taste. It’s pretty much the only domestic light beer. picked this up in a pick six of Sam Adams. from a local beer store. It may even be better than what i rated it. Mine was a little outdated.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Kuzo (108) - Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA - JUL 31, 2009
I rated this one right down the middle. Not bad, not great. For a domestic (commercial) light beer this is drinkable and refreshing. Much more flavor than your typical Commercial Light beers (Miller Lite, Bud Light, Coors Lite, Poland Springs, etc) For a Sam Adams beer, I was expecting more hops.


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