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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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on tap
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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 fidel (885), Livermore, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/511/20
Oct 11, 2009  
Poured orangeish amber. Cherry more in the nose than the flavor. Wheat, little citrus, slight nutty.


hopheadfett (50), Oak Ridge, New Jersey, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/52/101/57/20
Oct 9, 2009  
You know what sucks? When I have about 100+ beers to enter on RB.com and I specifically signed in just to rate this atrocity of a brew. Tastes like robitussin, absolutely undrinkable. Nose is marchiano cherries, smells sweet but inviting, and then the taste kills it. Absolutely medicinal, extremely offended.


 mrhoppy (209), Santa Clara, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/104/510/20
Oct 5, 2009  
If you don’t think about it too much it is pretty good. If you like maraschino cherries I think you will be able to enjoy this beer. Tastes like a liquid cherry/almond cookie. Definitely for the holidays or girls or if your a guy that doesn’t really like beer. Well made but I don’t think it will last long term.


 patrickfannon (273), Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Oct 4, 2009  
Draft, Pours honey orange with a thick, pungent head. Aroma of cheeries, sweet malt, hops, and hints of pepper. Medium body with a strong finish. Very good fruit beer.


 illidurit (851), Santa Cruz, California, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/102/59/20
Oct 3, 2009  
Pours ruddy orange with a thin off-white head. Aroma is big on cherries, but rather than the normal cherry beer debate of whether it is an artificial or natural cherry character, the only question here is which cough syrup it most recalls. My choice is DayQuil. The beer has that almost stinging quality to it, making it plainly difficult to drink. Avoid.


blakeZero (18), Fishers, Indiana, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/55/103/513/20
Oct 2, 2009  
Pours golden color with a white head. Aroma is all cherries. Taste is also almost all cherries, but you can taste some wheat as well. Definitely not a beer I would want all the time, but it was a refreshing change.


crisp500 (14), New York, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
2/102/53/102/58/20
Oct 2, 2009  
smells and tastes of BUBBLEGUM. pours golden with a white head. there’s decent lacing here if that’s what you care about. i wouldn’t buy again. their boston lager is much better and the same price. it’s sad but corona gets a better rating than this.


smart001 (44), Scott AFB, Illinois, USA
2.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/54/102/510/20
Oct 1, 2009  
[12 oz in bottle] The cherry is overpowering and caused my tongue to burn when I drank it. My parents loved it though.



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