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Sam Adams LongShot Grape Pale Ale

Sam Adams LongShot Grape Pale Ale

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A Fruit Beer brewed by
Boston Beer Company

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
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2782.74/5.02.74/5.0Special-47.7Flute P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Created by Samuel Adams Employee Lili Hess, Hawaii This is a very creative spin on a pale ale. As Lili describes it, "It's like you are drinking a pale ale after biting into a fresh green seedless grape." This delicate brew is light-bodied with unique sweet, yet dry flavors from the grapes. What a combination...

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 tomthompson89 (1148), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/514/20

Jun 7, 2008  
Nice golden amber color, some white head. nose is sweet, kinda a flat pop or Gingerale nose as was said before me. flavor is some malt decent hops and a fruit im not sure about, i guess its the grape. decent finish, good session beer..

KornDogg (24), Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/53/103/55/20
Oct 8, 2008  
Not much to this one... no hops, no grape... did I read the label wrong? very boring... would you like this beer? It’s a LONGSHOT


marksahara (79), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/513/20
Oct 7, 2008  
12 oz bottle in Longshot mixpack. Pours a clear golden amber with minimal white crown (<1 finger) and spotty lacing. Aroma is rife with malt sweetness, maybe some honey, no hops, and a slight hint of the grape. It’s very pleasant. The flavour is initially weak in malt character with almost no discernible hop quality, and a lingering sweetness from start to finish. It’s like you’re drinking a sugar-sweetened soda until the end, where you get a bit of barley malt aroma lingering in the back of your palate. The grape taste doesn’t immediately jump out at you - it’s very subtle and takes a few tastes for it to build up on your palate. Once it does, this beer becomes very enjoyable and unique, but it’s not as fruity as one would think. I can really see this beer as binary, where you either like it a lot or you don’t. Very much a session-like beer and if I’m in the mood for it, would love to have a full 6-pack of it instead of having to buy the mixpack just to get it. Light bodied on the palate with spritely carbonation, crisp finish and although it is not even close to any style of beer I’ve had before, it’s enjoyable nevertheless.


 shrubber85 (2591), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Bottle. White wine and barley malt aroma. Amber color with small head - highly effervescent. Under-ripe grape and barley malt flavor. Unique.


 Dezzilu (176), Versailles, France
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/510/20
Sep 11, 2008  
A copper colored beer with a slightly sweet aroma. In the mouth it was refreshing, but very simple. In fact, I didn’t notice the grape flavor at all. A very ho-hum beer. Next.


 kyzr (962), Belgrade, Montana, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Aug 17, 2008  
Pours amber with nice sized brown head. Light hint of hops with some sweet notes from the malt. Flavor has some grape, but not the hit I thought. Really sweet with more caramel notes than grape.



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