Samuel Adams Winter Lager

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

Appearance is just so-so. Nice lacing. Aroma is the best part of this beer. Nice hoppy aroma. Flavor is ok I guess, kind of like a good Michelob. Alcohol taste lasts for the whole beer. Overall, just an average beer that I would only drink again if I was desperate.

Bottle. Dark ruby brown colour, small white head. The aroma of malt and spices. Sweet, malty flavour with notes of wheat and spices, hint of ginger. Light to medium-bodied, quite smooth mouthfeel.

A brownish red pour with small off-white head. It has a bready malt and wheat aroma. The medium body has a spicy wheat flavor, smooth mouthfeel, and nice malty finish.

POurs amber. Nose is weak. Hintds of yeast and bread, biscuity. Flavor is a crisp malt, toasty grain, wheat, some bread and yeast. Super clean.

Bottle. Poured reddish-brown in color with a big frothy light brown head that had excellent lacing. The aroma was of lightly toasted grainy malts, cloves, ginger and mild resin like hops with a medicine like odor. It taste bitter-sweet with an acidic finish that stayed with you a while. Mouthfeel was light to medium bodied with a creamy texture. Overall an decent brew.

I’m not a big lager fan, but I love what Sam Adams does with lagers. They adjust the grain bill, they spice it, they manage to make it so that it’s NOT LIKE EVERY OTHER LAGER IN THE WORLD. This pours a nice dark cranberry color with a creamy head that holds on. Mouth feel is nice with a full body and soft carbonation. Good lager. Definitely something different.

Bottle. Poured a dark amber, almost brown with a medium white head. Aroma was full of roasted sweet wheat with some spice. Flavor is nice and smooth with a nice dark wheat flavor.