anthlovesbeer (61), north grafton, Massachusetts, USA
Apr 16, 2008
My favorite beer of all time. This beer started it all. It is just awesome. The flavor is very unique and enjoyable. Very smooth. The well balanced use of hops and malts create an attractive candy feel. This beer gets better as it warms because all the flavors seem to come out in a breathtaking encore. If you have never had any Sam Adams yet, try the Boston Lager first!
EnnuiDivine (10), New Jersey, USA
Aug 18, 2008 Everything good and noble about American beer can be applied to Boston Lager. This darkish lager plays Grey Goose to Budweiser’s Popov.
Ceebs25 (44), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
Aug 17, 2008 On tap at the Edgewater Grill at the Marriot thanks to a good man. Fairly uneventful aroma, a larger sweet malt presence than others of this style, but not unappealing at all. Dark ruby red in color, small but workable head, minor lacing, fairly appealing overall. Tastes is pretty darn good for the style, crisp, yet smoother than most lagers, caramel fruit malts make this one slightly more special than average, fairly standard US lager hop bitter along with it. Probably the gold standard for mass produced American lagers in my mind... enjoyable.
rader58 (30), Leawood, Kansas, USA
Aug 16, 2008 Pours a beautiful clean amber. Clean hops aroma, grassy. A slight bitterness to the taste. Good beer.
HyreOne (4), York, South Carolina, USA
does not count  Aug 14, 2008 Straw colored. Pours a nice head (in fact this started creeping out of the bottle). Sweet malt aroma. Nice malt flavor with a bit of hop backbone. Light mouth feel.
 markwise (257), Orlando, Florida, USA
Aug 13, 2008 A missle of the road beer. I have to think it would be better warm-fermented. There is a nice hoppy aroma and a malt backbone to it but between the lager flavor and the unbalanced finish it loses points easily regained. Jim Koch sure likes it, though.
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