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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.


2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
Hbuck72 (168) - Chickasha, Oklahoma, USA - JAN 26, 2009
UPDATED: JUL 12, 2009 Best Light beer that I have ever had, Period! Nice carmel color, good malt aroma and taste. Small white head, and some lacing. Very impressed that this is a light beer, I am constantly amazed at the brewmasters at Sam Adams. It is a light beer, and for that I give it high marks.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 10/20
Haagnbus922 (7) - Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA - JAN 13, 2009 does not count
At one time I was not a fan of Sam Adams peiod. However this was the beer that turned me back onto the brand. The beer pours a nice caramel color with a nice rich head. It has a good balance of barley and hops flavor and goes down very easy. Hands down it is my favorite light beer to drink when I drink light beer.

2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 7/20
topherh (1709) - Kearney, Missouri, USA - JAN 13, 2009
Light amber with a light malty aroma and a little hop. Flavor is light malt, slightly metallic. Better than most light lagers.

2.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
DerWeg (1251) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - JAN 8, 2009
Miami Beach bottle - tastes lightly of beer! not as awful as Macro light beers but it’s kind of half-assed in the body and flavors like something has been ripped out of a passable micro lager. It’s sweet and lacks hops with no real other defined tastes.

2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
ROGUE (1315) - Newark, Delaware, USA - DEC 26, 2008
Very Good for a light beer probably one of the better light beers out there. Very close to sam adams boston lager with a little less alcohol and flavor content. My wifes fovorite light beer.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
pintocb (589) - Darsville, Georgia, USA - DEC 26, 2008
Light amber in color. Malty sweet smell. Fuller body than any other light beer I.ve had. Even has a hint of hops. If they would put it in a can it would be my goto lawnmower beer.

2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
lithy (2913) - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - DEC 24, 2008
Crystal clear caramel color with a thin whitish head a metallic tinny thin caramel malt aroma. Taste is a thin metallic Boston Lager. This is great for a light beer but not really that light as far as calories go. Just take the extra 100-200 calories and have a good beer.

3.1
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
gerardoluna (194) - MEXICO - DEC 23, 2008
Really light??? [Eyes] Clear, light yellow with a nice white head. [Nouse] a little notes of malts with a touch of spicy hops. [Mouth] smoooth bready malts at the start with a a good remix of noble hops... a dry finish. In mouth is fresh soft and smooth. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 10-28-2008 12:55:30


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