Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat

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

Brown bottle, 12 ounces, gift from Jean Hamilton received on March 31 2008, savoured on April 14 2008; eye: caramel with golden reflections, lightly hazy, slight effervescence, white head that falls rather rapidly leaving a carpet on top of the beer, lacing; nose: maraschino cherry, light malt; mouth: thin, maraschino cherry, light malt, return of the maraschino cherry, finale in maraschino cherry with a hint of honey, fizzy, mildly sweet, medium body, sticky texture; overall: a bit disappointing FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 12 onces, cadeau de Jean Hamilton reçu le 31 mars 2008, savourée le 14 avril 2008; œil : caramel avec des reflets dorés, légèrement voilée, très légère effervescence, mousse blanche qui tombe plutôt rapidement et qui laisse un petit tapis sur la bière, dentelle; nez : cerise au marasquin, léger malt; bouche : mince, cerise au marasquin, léger malt, retour de la cerise au marasquin, finale en cerise marasquin avec une petite pointe de miel, pétillante, moyennement sucrée, corps moyen, texture collante; en résumé : un peu désappointant

From a bottle poured amber with a aroma of cherries. Flavor of fake cherries with a quick finish.

Pours a dark golden yellow from the bottle. Smells of cherries but in a fake way. A bit fruity on the taste but no major follow through on the aroma. I wasn’t all that impressed and wouldn’t come back to it.

This is pretty much what I had expected. It pours a cloudy copper color with a nice foam head and quite a bit of lacing. Aroma is a strong (you guessed it) cherry flavor. Mild malts with a zesty cherry flavor. A reference to cough syrup isn’t unjustified and definitely doesn’t help it’s cause. Not the greatest mouthfeel. Refreshing enough but probably not something to drink a lot of or very often. Actually, I might not get it again, the whole cherry beer thing just isn’t for me.

Big frothy head with spectacular bubbles. They look lively. Big aroma on this one however I think it would be better if it were more subtle. Smells too much like cherry cough syrup. Not as sweet as the aroma suggests which did surprise me. I thought that this was going to be in Lambic proportions which I can not stomach. This was nice and mild. I think this must of been the brewer of "Grape Pale Ale" must of aimed for. Not bad but only if the aroma matched the subtly of the taste.

Bottle. Powerful cherry aroma with a hint of wheat. Slightly hazy and somewhat carbonated. Flavor is however disappointingly one dimensional. Unfortunately the cherry flavor which comes across artificial, overpowers other flavor elements. Refreshing though. If this would have been a Bavarian style with cherry accents, the it would maybe better.

Had it on tap in the Miami Airport. A really bad one from Samuel Adams. Very artificia cherryl aroma and flavor.

Another nasty beer from Sam Adams. Medicinal cherry aroma and taste dominates this otherwise watery cough syrup like beer. Blucky.