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Samuel Adams Summer Ale 2.97 1450

Samuel Adams Summer Ale

Percentile
43
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
14502.97/5.02.97/5.0Summer5.3%76.2Shaker, Weizen
Commercial Description:
Crisp, tangy, refreshing, with notes of citrus and pepper.
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 Brad (364), Berkley, Michigan, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20

Sep 8, 2005  
12 oz. bottle: Pours a pale cloudy golden color with a rapidly diminishing white head. Aromas of wheat, lemons, and light spice. Flavor is mostly wheat and sweet lemons, no tartness really. Finishes clean.

 Toxygen (413), Sanford, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Dec 30, 2009  
(br-btl yw/bu-lbl, mix pack)

opq-hazy-straw, smooth and wheaty with a slight macro flavor but overall good and flavorful, great "summer" patio beer.


 BVery (678), Burnsville, Minnesota, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Dec 28, 2009  
Bottle, tap. Hazy dark yellow pour, white head. Yeast, grain, and citrus nose. Grain and lemon on taste. Decent summer beer.


 marcus (1918), Sacramento, California, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Dec 22, 2009  
Pours golden with a fluffy white head that didn’t last long and a toffee aroma. There is a substantial caramel and wheat flavor with some hop bitterness and a spicy finish. A pretty average beer.


 Heathen (810), Riverside, New Jersey, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/102/511/20
Dec 16, 2009  
THOUGHTS: So, so beer. It would probably be nice in the summer. Not really much to it. Decent thirst quencher, though. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a hazy light to medium yellow with an average to large, white head that kept a nice sheet and left good lacing. It also had small particles of a thin density in the body. The aroma was light to moderate hay and cereal; light to moderate yeast; wheat and slight citrus. The initial flavor was acidic and lightly sweet; while the finish was rather acidic, slightly bitter and slightly sour with an average duration. There was citrus, wheat and yeast. The light body was somewhat dry with lightly fizzy carbonation and a chalky and light to moderately astringent finish.


 skoll (151), Traverse City, Michigan, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/513/20
Nov 25, 2009  
I must have gotten the last 6 pack of this one on the shelf. Pour out of the bottle into a long flute. poured a hazy gold with a minimal lingering white head. Aromas of straw, graininess generous amount of lemon citrus. Palate was light bodied and crisp. Flavors of straw, light earthiness and citrus with a crisp lingering finish. I had this with grilled salmon what a great pairing. Ipm glad I have 5 more to drink.


 BillWyce (100), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 22, 2009  
Pours hazy yellow-amber with a pillowy head. Aroma is mostly of lemon with a yeastiness lying beneath. Palate is light, though not too much so, and very slightly oily. Lemony taste mixed with a grainy spiciness. A solid though unspectacular lighter offering for the summer months.


 tnkw01 (215), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 15, 2009  
Bottle. Good beer. Lemon flavor is so subtle you can’t hardly taste it. Yea, it’s there, but barely. Still, it’s a good beer. Recommended.


 coldmeat23 (233), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/103/516/20
Nov 11, 2009  
Clear, light amber color. Very slight haze. Three finger head that leaves good retention and lacing. Lemongrass. Lightly hoppy undertones. Slight spicey notes. Lemony wheat flavor. Light and crisp. Malty notes mingle with the light hoppiness. Good balance. Nice and creamy. Good body for the style. This would be very refreshing on a nice, hot day.



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