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Sam Adams Light

Sam Adams Light

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A Premium Lager brewed by
Boston Beer Company

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
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on tap
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8292.52/5.02.52/5.04.05%46.9 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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anthlovesbeer (61), north grafton, Massachusetts, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/510/20

Apr 14, 2008  
I am just too used to the Boston Larger to say I really liked this beer. A lot of flavor is truely missing. Very clean finish; almost nothing at the end but a wet mouth aching for some flavor.

derekbang (83), Indiana, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/55/20
Jul 20, 2008  
It’s been so long since I’ve had anything like Bud Light, Mller Lite, etc., but this beer didn’t seem too far off. I was hoping for some semblance of Boston Lager and found none. Watery and lacking of flavor. I’d rather drink less of a real beer than more of a light beer if calories are the issue.


WakeandBake (3), Greenville, Michigan, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Sam Adams Light does not count
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/57/103/516/20
Jul 19, 2008  
A serious light beer. Has a flavor all it’s own. My scores reflect this beer compared to other LIGHT beers. A small but pleasent aroma, very light on the tongue, but big on taste for a light beer,I would buy again but for the 30 to 40 calories saved you might as well buy a regular Sam Adams and then walk to the store to buy more to burn those extra calories.


mwsmith (12), , Alabama, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Jul 14, 2008  
This is the Coke Zero of beer. There’s an obvious flavor difference, but only slight. I’ve had few light beers that left the sort of impression that Sam Adams Light has. (In a good way)


 ucusty (849), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/57/103/510/20
Jul 8, 2008  
Solid light beer definitely better then miller lite or something else in that realm. Little like water, but hey i’m fat so maybe these will help ;)


specksnreds (49), USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/53/101/57/20
Jul 7, 2008  
Wow. How utterly disappointing. Aren’t there enough light beers in the world? I guess not. Just spring for the extra 30 or 40 calories and get something with flavor.




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