Samuel Adams Imperial Series Imperial White

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Tumbler, Weizen

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Samuel Adams Imperial White has a very thick, off-white head and a cloudy, amber appearance with thick lacing left behind. The aroma is of corn husks, alcohol, bread, and turned fruit. Taste is of cough medicine, sweetness, turned fruit, alcohol, white wheat bread, and other unpleasant things. Mouthfeel is thick and globby, and Samuel Adams Imperial White finishes dense, heavy, and gross. For fans of Vicks Formula 44 D, this should be a gold medal winner. I guess I’ll finish the slop. RJT

UPDATED: NOV 14, 2011 Not sure how old this bottle is, bought it off a breakage shelf. That said, this was awful and a unfortunately a drain pour. Pours an orange bordering on amber (where’s the white ale?) A small white foam quickly dissipates. Smells sweet with some spice in the background. Flavor-wise I get a lot of sweet caramel up front, and maybe a little spice. A big syrupy sweet mess. Low carbonation makes this a chore to get through. Overall this is a definite avoid beer. I am hoping it was just an old bottle.

Aroma- booze, peaches, bananas, funk , coriander, spices Appearance- unappealing darker orange with no head whatsoever, medium carbonation, lots of sediment Taste- oranges, booze, typical witbier qualities, funk Palate- thinner for 10% abv, weird aftertaste Overall- Just not good, in any respects. Looks awful, smells like funk, and tastes like booze inside of an orange rind. Worse than any witbier I’ve had in recent memory. I’d rather have year old Blue Moon personally.

Pours a nice color. Getting close reveals a boost smell and the taste is no different. Tastes like a beer with a strong shot poured in, and not in a good way. Drinkable, but never more than one.

Goddamn has Sam Adams made a perfect example of beer that is drain-pour sweet. I mean, Impy White looks good, and the smell, while bland, doesn’t give up the sugary depths within. But, upon tasting this beer, you wonder if your beverage has been replaced with some bizarre, South American banana honey malt beverage. It coats your tongue with wheat and coriander and yeast and honey and simple syrup and Island Oasis Banana Puree. The entire scope of this beer seems to be bananas and sugar, like this brew was designed for that fat kid that used to eat the honey packets at lunch. Flat texture mixes with incredible liquor heat, meaning this beer becomes that much more cloy and sticky as it warms. Terrible. (4/27/09)

disappointing for me tastes straight boozy for me which masks the spices and malt which comes off sticky sweet.

12oz bottle from BOTW. Pours a deeper amber than a normal white. Very little head. Aroma is sweet and spicy, not as dry as a straight wheat/white. The spiciness and some alcohol appear in the flavors. When I drink a white beer, I’m looking for refreshment and crispness. This beer has neither. Its sticky sweet and the spices don’t work for me. Disappointing.

Light copper bronze colored body with a light khaki colored head. The aroma has some strong bananas and a little bit of orange peels. Then I started to notice the clove and alcohol. The taste has some strong banana peels and nasty clove. There is barely a hint of the orange peels. This is good if you like lots of clove. A sickly sweet mess.

...typical over marketed SA product. Not balanced whatsoever. Lots of alcohol notes, some weird caramel thick orange syrup flavor. Finished with lots of un-good flavors that were all over the place. Nope!

(12oz bottle) Creamy medium off-white head atop hazy amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, orange, melon, bubblegum. Taste is moderately sweet, boozy, orange, some bubblegum. Sticky full body, alcohol burn. Improves a little as it warms, but still way too much alcohol.