 DrGonzo (624), Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Feb 28, 2007
Golden color, clear, with a fluffy white head. Light malty aroma, little hops, flower and honey. Biscuit and bready malts, balanced with a light bitterness. This beer improves substantially as it warms. Very clean and well made, and a rare example of a Sam Adams brewed beer that lacks that indescribable yet distinguishing Sam taste. Best of the Longshot series, and I would take this over the Boston Lager (which I like) any day. Subtle yet delightful.
jkwalking05 (171), Arlington, Texas, USA
Jul 26, 2008 Small head with a dark golden color. Almost no aroma. The flavor is not bad but does not have the balance that there should be in a dortmunder.
badbeer (404), Iowa, USA
Jul 5, 2008 Pours a clear golden color with a white head that retains well and leaves a decent lacing. Smell of straw and faint grassy hops. A bit of straw in the taste, sweet honey, a slightly grassy flavor and maybe a hint of nut. Pretty highly carbonated with an almost medium body. I was actually surprised; this was really good I thought. This is a beer that can keep the BMC crowd happy, as well as the people who prefer those with more character. I sound like a commercial in the previous sentence, but whatever, this is good and certainly worth a looking for.
kibble48 (14), Kettering, Ohio, USA
Jun 28, 2008 It wasn’t amazing, but it was good. It was sort of average for this style.
BlackDonald (1040), North Carolina, USA
Apr 21, 2008 Not bad at all, not extremely complex, but that is not really what they were going for here. On the lighter side, with some grassy hoppiness, somewhat floral, some cereal grain maltiness, a quick finish that is somewhat earthy and dry, and disappears from the palate as quickly as it came.
daknole (641), Plantation, Florida, USA
Mar 18, 2008 Pretty decent beer. Hops and grain flavor is well balanced. Overall a good beer, but not a top notch brew.
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