Samuel Adams Winter Lager

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Weizen Bock
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small, white head. Aromas of malts, hops, and roasted grains. Creamy texture with a roasted malt flavor. For a lager beer, not bad but something I would not order at a bar.

Deep amber with a medium off white head. Sweet aroma with butter and caramel notes. flavour was sweet with toasted ma;t, caramel and floral hops. Finished bitter.

12oz bottle and on tap. Pours a nice amber hue with a decent head that leaves a light lace on the glass. A rich caramel aroma with some roasted malt flavor with a light crisp hop aroma. The flavor is nice sweet malt taste with caramel and a burnt almost smoky taste to it. Their is almost a slight grainy taste and a husky flavor. A highly carbonated brew with a slight creaminess and a nice lager.

12oz bottle. Pours a dark reddish amber with a one inch off-white head. Aroma of malt and more malt that is caramelly and sweet. I dunno that I can call this a weizenbock. This did not really have the weizen part, of which I am not complaining one bit. More like just a winter ale that is brewed like a lager. Super malty flavor with a tiny bit of yeast, some hop and a medium finish.

Bottle. Pours a clear amber, with a nice head. Aroma of malt, spices, and a bit of lemon. The flavor is caramel malt, with notes of yeast, and just a bit of spice. Not too complex, but very drinkable, and probably my favorite in the Sam Adams line.

Pours a dark amber color with a decent tannish creamy head. Aroma of some malt, spices, and nutmeg. All three come three in the taste as well along with some cinnamon and even a little citrus was detected. Decent winter beer - kind of a happy medium between their Boston Lager and a true winter "warmer".

Poured a dark amber with a nice head. The beer was malty and creamy with a slight hopiness. It starts and finishes clean. This is a solid beer. Very basic and very drinkable. I put this beer as a spin on the boston lager, slightly maltier, slightly darker than the boston lager. Excellent, would make a very good session beer.

Nice amber color with a hint of red, very pleasant carbonation from the bottle as it is poured. The taste is initially sweet, a bit heavy on the palate, but it softens to spice and hops, and stays there til the end. There is a lot of malt in this for a domestic brew, and it does manage to come through in the taste. Overall, I really like this one, and its become one of my wifes favorites. It would get an even higher score if there were something really special in the taste, like a strong taste of spice or chocolate or caramel or whatever, but there isnt. Its sweet (even a bit sticky), malty, with qualities from several types of ale. Thats a good thing, but it has no real identity of its own. Still, for something I can pick up at any neighborhood grocery store, this is a great find!