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Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat

Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat - Fruit Beer

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 Percentile 
26
overall
Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Fruit Beer

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
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available

Broad Distribution
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13842.78/5.02.78/5.05.4%53Flute
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Commercial Description:
Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat® follows the centuries old American tradition of brewing beer with native ingredients, in this case Michigan cherries as well as a touch of honey. The sweet fruitiness of the cherries is balanced against the crisp, cereal note from the malted wheat and the subtle citrus flavor from the Noble hops. The end result is a sweet, refreshing beer that is light on the palate but long on complexity. Introduced in 1995 as a summer seasonal brew, Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat® developed a large enough following to be introduced as a year round style. Its distinct cherry character has made it one of the most unique and well liked styles of Samuel Adams® beer ever. Cherries are added at two different points during the brewing process. Once during the mash and again during finishing.
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tilldeath (72), Arvada, Colorado, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/58/102/515/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Wow! if you thought you might be in the mood for cherry’s you found the right beer. Very light with medium carbonation, very strong sweet cherry to start with a semi bitter sour cherry finish followed by some mild hops to round it out. One of the more unique things from this company, good from time to time but I can’t think of pairing any food with it and really wouldn’t drink more than one in a week.


 UriahHeep (103), Georgia, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Sep 30, 2008  
Good beer, highly drinkable. Prominent cherry taste. Didn’t rate it at the time of drinking, but it’s hard to forget a brew like this. I doubt I’d drink more than 2 of these in one sitting.


 jerc (3861), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Sep 27, 2008  
2008-09-24. Crisp yellow body with a smallish white head. Big sweet artificial seeming cherry aroma, underlying grains. (5+) Flavour is likewise dominated by sweet cherry with light bitterness and wheat/grains below. Average plus palate is more than I would have expected. Meh, okay, not much here but decent for a pretty mainstream fruit beer. Bottle from Premier Gourmet, Buffalo


 borgination (101), Lee, Massachusetts, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Sep 27, 2008  
A very good beer, great aftertaste, and just a hint of cherries. Had to try this beer after hearing that is was good by other people.


 thooper41 (384), Oregon, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/55/103/512/20
Sep 25, 2008  
12oz bottle: pours light brown with slow fading white head, aroma of cherrys and a hint of malt, flavor has a lot more cherrys in it than i thought but its the malt thats killing it very pale and bland. get a decent malt to back the cherry and this brew wouldnt be half bad.


adamrobertt (1), , New York, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat does not count
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/514/20
Sep 24, 2008  
Pretty slight hint of cherries, I had to move the beer around in my mouth a bit to get the full cherry flavor. I didn’t really get any of the "cough syrup" flavor that people seem to be getting. Nice wheat malty aftertaste. I like it.


 bretupdegraff (172), Fishers, Indiana, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/55/103/511/20
Sep 22, 2008  
very cherry makes me want a slushy sweet - sweet - the taste didn’t offend me like I thought that it would - could only have one in a setting and only if I am in the mood for something sweet. I love Cherries and that helps this rating.


Gryffyn (12), , New York, USA
1.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/104/52/101/56/20
Sep 19, 2008  
Had a strong taste like cherry flavored bubblegum, though I did like the color. A good starter beer for a novice.



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