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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
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
SHANER4 (427) - Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA - OCT 29, 2008
Had a 5oz. sample and thought its was alriight, not much flavor but good. This beer would be great for chugging because its like drinking water, no aftertaste and the little taste it has is good.

3.1
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
unclemike (1365) - Ft. Riley, Kansas, USA - OCT 28, 2008
Absolutely the best light beer I’ve ever tried. Better than the big three’s lights by far. Still like all light beers it leaves you wanting more. It definately has more flavor than any other light beer, but the finish is still to watery.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
mgoy (345) - New York, New York, USA - OCT 28, 2008
Sam Adams Light is the best light beer I have ever drank. While kept in a dark brown bottle, the color is a light golden yellow with a very thin white head. The aroma is sweet and full of malt compared to the corn and metal characteristics of other light beers. The flavor is suprisingly good with sweet malty characteristics. The finish has light hop traces that are distinct, yet not overwhelming. My rating has been inflated because of the success in making a light beer so flavorfull!

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   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 2/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 3/20
gary07734 (500) - Tyne & Wear, ENGLAND - OCT 26, 2008
UPDATED: FEB 25, 2009 Ambey pour with no head and a little froth. Aroma is quite skunky, not pleasant, taste is thin, slighlty bitter, not great. Sam Adams do some good beers, this isn’t one of them in my opinion.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
StanMemTn (42) - Memphis, Tennessee, USA - OCT 21, 2008
Bottle pour-my house. A good beer with a great marketing campaign. Pours a nice amber. Malt/hops balance is very nice up front. Not much of a finish/aftertaste. I like it a bit more than the Boston Lager.

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
boFNjackson (2705) - Portland, Oregon, USA - OCT 20, 2008
I guess it’s a good effort, but in the end it seems this ended up being like Killians to me. Bottle... Poured amber with a white head. Aroma was malty with the definitive light lager scent. A little too dry and not enough flavor, but you do get some caramel sweetness and leafy hops towards the end. Just very faint and too mellow.

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
UriahHeep (105) - Georgia, USA - OCT 7, 2008
An amber colored light beer. This one was quite impressive. The side of the 6-pack reads, "Complex roasted malts balanced by subtle citrus notes." This is an accurate description of the taste you will get out of this Sam Adams. The ingredients are high quality from the Spalt Spalter Noble hops to the two-row malted barley. Subtle taste of mango and apricot. At only 119 calories, this is both a light and delicious beer.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
Ratman197 (5536) - Arvada, Colorado, USA - OCT 2, 2008
Bottle poiured a clear light amber with a small disapating ivory head. Aromas of carmel, earthiness, light fruittiness and a hint of spice. Palate was light to medium bodied and crisp. Flavors of carmel, graininess, earthiness and light spice with a crisp malty finishj.


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