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Sam Adams Light

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A Premium Lager brewed by
Boston Beer Company
Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings Average Score ABV Style Pctl Serve in Advanced
837 2.52/5.0 2.52/5.0 4.05% 46.3 Lager glass P Stats

Commercial Description:
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.

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rkn65 (106), st. clair shores, Michigan, USA

5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
5	10/10	5/5	10/10	5/5	20/20

Dec 9, 2002

Finally a light beer that doesnt taste or look like diluted piss(Budlt) a very good tasting beer.

wu1sabes (12), USA

5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
5	10/10	5/5	10/10	5/5	20/20

Nov 30, 2002

The best light beer you can buy! Great taste! Easy to drink!

republican1027 (8), USA
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5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
5	10/10	5/5	10/10	5/5	20/20

Jul 12, 2007

This is one of my favorite beers, and I don’t mean just among light beers. Unlike most light beers this one doesn’t taste like piss water. It goes down smooth but still has great taste. Highly recommended.

Diabl078 (2), USA
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5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
5	10/10	5/5	10/10	5/5	20/20

Dec 26, 2006

Great Light beer, smooth and drinkable....better than sammy original in my opinion

jchioda (6), USA
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5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
5	10/10	5/5	10/10	5/5	20/20

Jan 4, 2007

Clearly my most favorite light beer out there. Enjoy everything about this light beer as all others (other than Yuengling Light Lager) cannot even come close. The next closest besides Yuengling Light Lager would be Amstel Light. Only complaint would be the price ($30 vs. $20 for Yuengling Light Lager).

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