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Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat

Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat

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A Fruit Beer brewed by
Boston Beer Company

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
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Broad Distribution
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12182.79/5.02.79/5.05.4%53.8Flute P  Stats

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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vikingguy (51), Chaska, Minnesota, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/512/20

May 2, 2008  
Strong sweet cherry aroma. Dry, wheat taste with cherry finish. First time I tried this beer about 8 years ago I thought it was the worst beer I’ve ever tasted. Now I kind of like it and will buy it every so often. Can’t drink a lot of them but one or two is very good.

 RunDWP (178), San Jose, California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/102/59/20
Oct 5, 2008    Updated: Oct 6, 2008
Bottle. The cherry wheat combination didn’t work for me. The cherry isn’t subtle, and I like the fact that it’s more of a tart than sweet cherry flavor, but it just sort of clashed with the wheat, producing a heavy, almost chalky taste.


tilldeath (26), 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 (38), 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 (3212), 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 (78), 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.




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