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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.


3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
184601 (202) - Mexicali, MEXICO - DEC 20, 2008
having in mind it is a light its quite good, unfotunately u taste the alcohol right away some rice notes too a little bit salty and so on...but hey this is the only decent light i ever had.

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
georgekillian (284) - Alabama, USA - DEC 7, 2008
Very good light beer with much more flavor and hops then a bud light or any of the other american beers a true legend in the light beer category

2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
llbjr77 (72) - Largo, Florida, USA - NOV 30, 2008
Pours a golden color with ligh head. Light aroma. Not that great but much better than most light beers especially all the macros. Will drink again if need a light beer for any reason.

1.9
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 8/20
Beardface (1480) - Eugene, Oregon, USA - NOV 30, 2008
Bad tasting, bad smelling, but still a whole hell of a lot better than the other swill that bills itself as "light" beer. Sadly also far more expensive than those.

1.5
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 8/20
scooterbub (534) - Lander, Wyoming, USA - NOV 28, 2008
Bottle. Pours a light golden-amber with a thin white head that quickly subsides. Has a light malt taste with some sweetness and a bitter finish. Very clean aroma, with some malt coming through. Is basically a watered down version of the Boston Lager. For the price it is not that good, even for a light beer. On a side note, I thought this beer tasted much better in the bottle than poured into a glass.

2.5
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
Cybercat (1735) - Georgia, USA - NOV 26, 2008
Pours out a nice orangy amber with a fairly thick off-white head. Aroma is rather weak, lager-crisp and not particularly inspiring. Flavor is typical of a lager, fairly malty and a bit watery with a wan hoppy undertone. Texture is smooth and a little tingly. Definitely not Sam Adam’s best - but better than other light beers I have tried.

3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
jimmack34 (632) - Lancaster, Ohio, USA - NOV 20, 2008
Pretty good light beer. From the bottle, pours golden copper with a white fizzy head. Smells light and sweet with some hints of hops. Tastes mostly malty, alot of hops in the bitter dry finish. Has some of the most flavor of most light beers.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Oscbert (746) - Sacramento, California, USA - NOV 18, 2008
~Pours a light copper color with small white head. ~Malty scent with light hops. ~Light sweet flavor, mostly malts in flavor. ~Light to medium feel, quick sweet finish. ~My favorite "light" labeled beer to date!


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