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RATINGS: 3630   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.21   EST. CALORIES: 144   ABV: 4.8%
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Samuel Adams Boston Lager® is the best example of the fundamental characteristics of a great beer, offering a full, rich flavor that is both balanced and complex. It is brewed using a decoction mash, a time consuming, traditional four vessel brewing process discarded by many contemporary brewers. This process brings forth a rich sweetness from the malt that makes it well worth the effort. Samuel Adams Boston Lager® also uses only the finest of ingredients including two row barley, as well as German Noble aroma hops. The exclusive use of two row barley not only imparts a full, smooth body but also gives the beer a wide spectrum of malt flavor ranging from slightly sweet to caramel to slightly roasted. The Noble hops varieties, Hallertau Mittelfruh and Tettnang Tettnanger, add a wide range of floral, piney and citrus notes, which are present from the aroma, through the flavor, to the lingering smooth finish. We take great pride in the Noble hops used in our beers. They are hand selected by Jim Koch and our other brewers from the world’s oldest hops growing area. Among the world’s most expensive, they cost twenty times as much as other hops.


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2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
drfabulous (2994) - Lexington, Kentucky, USA - OCT 3, 2007
The basis of all Sam Adams. If there is nothing, I mean nothing else to choose from but a Miller or Bud, I have to get this. It’s relatively harmless and tasteless. And I always feel like every other Sam Adams is this as well, no matter what the "style" supposedly is.

2.4
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
danielyabu (904) - União da Vitória, BRAZIL - MAY 8, 2013
average frothy offwhite head. clear thin yellow body. md. aroma: honey and moderate hoppy. if and ff: light bitter sweet; average duration. palate: light body, watery texture, medium carbonation, metallic finish. nada de mais, sem diferencial, sem graça. decepção. 4s

2.4
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
GJF (1078) - Mount Vernon, Iowa, USA - JUL 22, 2008
Sure, it’ll do, but like most sam adams products it has a cardboardy quality to it. Body’s ok, but flavor’s not great. If I can get on my soapbox here, I think they brew too many beers that ultimately taste the same (and that long commercial description is so full of itself--yes, the beer’s drinkable but don’t tell me how expensive your hop varieties are. It’s like the commercials where we learn that Sam Adams puts a "pound more hops" in their beers--well, maybe that’s good and maybe not. Doesn’t it depend on the beer someone’s brewing in the first place? OK, I’m done now. Have I said it’s ok yet?)

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
Jblauvs (1336) - Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA - JUN 22, 2008
light brown pour with one finger head, slight lacing. metallic aroma overwhelms anything else. taste is a bit acrid, but not watery like some macro lagers. One of my least favorite Sam Adams

2.4
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
jrallen34 (3466) - Chicago, Illinois, USA - JUL 8, 2009
This is probably my least favorite Sameual Adams beer. Its just nothing special to me.

2.3
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
thomasacross (129) - Edina, Minnesota, USA - NOV 13, 2006
Draft. Beautiful, inviting copper in color. Found it a touch watery, a touch over-carbonated, and way too bitter. I’ve had this beer before (since it’s everywhere) and it’s really run the gamut. Perhaps it was a bad batch. Does the omnipresence of this beer dilute it’s quality (that is, depending on where you get it maybe it’s not always at its freshest?) The other night it was sub-par -- no sweetness to balance it; almost tasted like a rancid IPA.

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 7/20
hobokenkid (7) - boston, Massachusetts, USA - MAY 19, 2007 does not count
avg and over rated Not a lot of flavor.o Molasses, Caramel a little Bitter - light, hangover material

2.3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
weisinator (67) - USA - MAY 9, 2003
Sam Adams is a great alternative to "lawnmower" beer, since it's available anywhere, though it has flavor.

2.3
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 7/20
manolager (18) - Kansas, USA - MAY 15, 2003
Very hoppy, good bitter end and bite at the finish. Significantly smoother on draft.

2.3
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
Sammy (7115) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - OCT 2, 2004
Not too sweet or watery, nice for a lager. Bit sweet, and not up to ana verage craft beer. Some creamy mouthfeel and balance, crisp and dry aftertaste. Hint of floral aroma.


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