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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.


2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Quake1028 (633) - Tampa, Florida, USA - NOV 11, 2007
Sampled at the Epcot Food & Wine Festival. Light, pale lager colored body. Fizzy Sprite looking head. No lasting power or lacing. Nose of cardboard, wet grains, grass and some light floral hops. Flavor is watery, of course, with all of the hinted notes from the aroma accounted for. Light bodied, watery palate. Finish is brief, thankfully. Not good.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
ARMed (524) - Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, USA - NOV 10, 2007
Rating to the type of of beer. And this is one of the best light beers. Crisp cleaan and perfectly blended dfor a light beer. Enjoy and drink often!

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
SavageElvis (134) - Savage, Minnesota, USA - NOV 9, 2007
A very nice light beer. Nice amber color with sweet malt aroma and flavor. Small head. Good mouth feel and not overly carbonated. No lacing to speak of but this is a light beer with some substance. I think it’s an A+ for the style.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
golubj (1373) - San Mateo, California, USA - NOV 1, 2007
Bottle. Some pilsner-like aroma of grain and malt. The flavor is similar, pretty dry and grainy. Pretty good for a light beer (whatever that means). I just had it because I knew I hadn’t rated it.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 11/20
kozfromupnort (19) - goshen, Indiana, USA - OCT 31, 2007
Bottle, I know light beer, it goes against everything I believe in. What can I say I got caught up in the hype. Nice amber color much deeper then any other light. Good hoppy aroma with some sweet caramel trown in. That caramel comes at you in the initial flavor, with a good hoppy finish. The body of the beer is where they lost me too watery, just a very week mouthfeel. If I had to drink light beer this is the one i would go for. Yikes thinking about having to drink light beer made me die just a little bit inside. I’m going for an I.P.A.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
SynergyXJ (510) - Blacksburg, Virginia, USA - OCT 28, 2007
Bottle Out of the bottle at a case race (4th of 12 teams, everyone else on Natty level beer). Really not bad for a light beer, definitely the best light I’ve had.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
ChainGangGuy (3685) - Canton, Georgia, USA - OCT 20, 2007
Appearance: Pours a light brown body with a full, though quickly thinning off-white head. Smell: Faint aroma of caramel and crumbly, dry toast. Taste: Light flavor of toasted bread with a touch of caramel malts and a very subdued sweetness. Hops remain exceedingly light. Clean finish. Mouthfeel: Medium-thin body. Medium carbonation. Drinkability: It has alot to offer, relatively, for a little light lager.

2
   AROMA 1/10   APPEARANCE 1/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 12/20
skibumphishead (235) - Massachusetts, USA - OCT 19, 2007
12oz bottle. This beer is sweet, but it has a light grassy harsh hop snap to it. It needs more hop flavor like the lager. It isn’t bad, but I like amstel light just as much.


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