Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat

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	26
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Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1388	2.78/5.0	2.78/5.0	5.4%	52.7	Flute

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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illidurit (872), Santa Cruz, California, USA

2.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.3	4/10	4/5	4/10	2/5	9/20

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
2.8	5/10	2/5	5/10	3/5	13/20

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
1.7	2/10	2/5	3/10	2/5	8/20

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
2.2	4/10	2/5	4/10	2/5	10/20

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.

brewski519 (403), Morrisville, North Carolina, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	7/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Sep 28, 2009

From a bottle this brew pours a hazy golden color with a finger width head. Smells like a cherry cordial. Taste is wheat, hops and cherry (no kidding - really?). A pretty refreshing beer that doesn’t overwhelm. I would drink this beer over the cranberry lambic any day. Pretty enjoyable really.

tennessejed420 (73), Atlanta, Georgia, USA

2.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.8	8/10	3/5	5/10	3/5	9/20

Sep 24, 2009

12 oz. bottle. Pours red gold with white head. Wow, this beer really smells like cherries. Reminds me of grenadine, but less artificial smelling. Slightly bitter wheat taste dominated by cherries. Pretty much every aspect of this beer can be summed up with the word "cherry. Not as bad as I expected it to be (had to drink it as part of the variety pack) but it could use maybe a little less cherry and more hop / malt character, you really can’t taste much else besides the cherries.

smashweights (14), Ohio, USA

2.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.7	5/10	3/5	5/10	2/5	12/20

Sep 22, 2009

12oz. smells almost entirely of cherries. taste is not quite as dominated. certainly taste the wheat beer beneath it. I was avoiding these in the harvest 12 pack, but surprisingly the cherry flavor was fresh cherries, no fake flavor taste here. tough to taste much else beyond the cherries, but definitely better than expected. just not the taste i was looking for in a beer. Wouldn’t buy a 6-pack of it, but makes for a decent change of pace in the fall seasonal mix pack.

BigPumpkin (13), New Zealand

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	5/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Sep 21, 2009

Lovely cherry aromas that carry over to the flavour. Nice beer from a major player.

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