Samuel Adams Winter Lager

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

I had this one a long time ago. If I have the chance to drink it again, I’ll update this rating

Bottle. Amber pour with solid, receding tannish-white head. Malty maple sugar aroma with mild hop accent. Malts and hops balance each other fairly well. Sugary finish. Perhaps a bit too sweet in the finish, but an excellent choice when looking for a lager-style in the colder months... how about that for solid marketing?

Like this smoke flavored beer, and the hint of cinnamon. I might get more of this one.

12 oz. bottle, pours a hazy dark amber with a small beige head. Aroma of Xmas spices (cinnamon, nutmeg). Flavour of Xmas spices as on the nose, buttery malts and bread. Decent, but nothing interesting.

6-pack from the LCBO. Pours a clean copper colour with an average creamy off-white head that stays a little bit and creates decent wavy lacing. Nice malty grain aromas with a touch of caramel and hop. Slightly creamy mouthfeel with a beautiful mid-stickiness. Surprised I am not getting any cinnamon and ginger anywhere. Malty cereal taste with a little bitterness in the end. Quite an easy-drinking lager with just a bit more bite than most average ones.

Bottle. I only picked this up, because it was the best offering a local restaurant, Piaquadio’s, had amidst a domestic onslaught. The aroma was faint; I only found a bit of hop citrus after sniffing deeply. The appearance was a deep amber, ruby tint, with a half inch head that faded quickly, and minimal lacing. The taste was a mediocre malt, citrus lager. I didn’t pick up on any of the cinnamon or ginger. The palate was a light body, crisp texture with a bit of a tingle on the tongue (maybe that was the spice I wasn’t tasting).

Winter lager is very smooth if chilled properly, the aroma is stand in Adams beers. The taste is good it can go well with a cold night, nothing special but better then all these commercial beers. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

A nice ruby color with a faint head that leaves some lacing. The aroma is a little faint, with lots of malt and spice. The flavor has the malt up front, with some cinnamon and orange in the middle and a not-too-sweet aftertaste.