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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.


1.9
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 6/20
idbowman (14) - Ohio, USA - AUG 28, 2011
Light golden in color, large pillowy head. This certainly isn’t the world’s greatest beer, but as light beers go, it beats the pants off of all the other macros’. Not as straw/malt as one might expect, and hops are pleasantly noticeable.

2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
matthewjk (493) - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - AUG 27, 2011
First of all, why would I be drinking this? Because it was in a variety pack you sons of bee sting! Look, you get exactly what you thought you would: light caramel, light hops, clean, and slightly "heavy" feel for a light. Well crafted light.

1.5
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 5/20
Syzzer (216) - Oregon, USA - AUG 25, 2011
This beer is ok. It is light and is better than bud light or other macrobrews but still is not better than other macros such as Heineken

1.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 4/20
onceblind (1358) - Denver, Colorado, USA - AUG 24, 2011
Clear rih golden, with a faint bubbly light head. Nutty aroma with mild toffee sweetness, and mild grassy tones. Very light aroma, with a light palate and light flavor. Some faint toastiness and light malt sweetness. Just too light all around.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
csaso (334) - Missouri, USA - AUG 23, 2011
Bottle - big foamy head, light-medium amaber color, sweet flavor with some bitterness - for a "light" beer, very good, for an overall beer, it’s OK

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
BucannonXC5 (247) - San Diego, California, USA - AUG 23, 2011
UPDATED: OCT 21, 2011 Poured from a bottle into a pint glass. Color was honey or light copper with about ¼-inch of head. Light lacing on the top. Some film on the sides that stayed throughout the beer. Similar to Sam Adams Boston Lager, but not as strong of aromas. Main smells were lemon zest, malts, hops and a tad bit of bread/grains. Initial taste was bready and grainy. More bland than anything. Second/aftertaste was mild hops, but still a bit bland. Definitely not your typical light beer (Bud Light, Coors Light, etc.). Average to mild carbonation. Still a bit bland and it got a little boring. I went back and forth here between a 3.0 and a 3.5, but went with my initial reaction - 3.0. You know if Sam Adams is going to do a light beer, it was going to be good and this didn’t disappoint. I would call it a WNBA’s Sam Adams Boston Lager.

2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
verymerrymonk (392) - Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - AUG 17, 2011
Pours a clear amber body with a thin white head. Watery. Mildly sweet with some spice and almost no bitterness.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 13/20
jar72404 (301) - USA - AUG 14, 2011
Bottle. Pours amber with white head. Aroma is straw. Flavor is straw, caramel and citrus. Good for a light beer.


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