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Samuel Adams Winter Lager

Samuel Adams Winter Lager - Weizen Bock

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 Percentile 
69
overall
Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Weizen Bock

Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
15553.23/5.03.23/5.0Winter5.8%45Dimpled mug, Stein, Weizen
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Commercial Description:
Winter Lager is a weizenbock, a dark bock brewed with generous quantities of malted wheat, a style that is usually enjoyed as a warming drink from late fall through to spring.
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kegqueen (13), USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 21, 2008  
For a large commercial brewer this is very good stuff. Nice tones. Good character. Clean finish. Very quafable. Wish it was available all year.


 iride15 (169), Orlando, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
Feb 19, 2008  
I usually don’t drink lagers, but this is one of the few I drink that I like. Thought it was weird that Sam Adams put out this lager in the winter, but they do a good job separating it from other lagers and making it fit with most winter beers.


 brianprentiss (473), Portland, Oregon, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/510/20
Feb 18, 2008  
well, when I’m thinking of a winter beer, I’m not thinking "lager", but this is not a bad offering from sam adams.


 acearl (207), J-Town, Pennsylvania, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/54/102/510/20
Feb 18, 2008  
12 oz bottle, Clear copper hue, with creamy light tan head, minorly malty, watery, no spice, not much to it either taste or smell, dont go out of your way. Regular Sam. A is much more enjoyable.


 craftbeerdesign (731), Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/58/103/515/20
Feb 18, 2008    Updated: Jun 28, 2008
on tap at The Village Tavern, Alpharetta, GA on 2/17/08. a nice deep amber color. virtually no aroma to speak of... very pleasant caramel, nutty and malty flavors. solid body, equal distribution over the palate, full finish... a great standard seasonal offering from a great standard brewery when nothing else is available.


 nearbeer (1833), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Feb 18, 2008    Updated: Jan 31, 2009
12 oz, bb Apr 08. Clear, darkish copper with a medium-sized head that sticks and frosts the glass. Aroma is earthy butterscotch, caramel apple, and slight grilled corn. Flavor is even more of the same plus a little toasted nut and cocoa, and a nice sourish and earthy-dry twang on the end. Almost seems like a hint of peated malt in there somewhere. Medium body is smooth and slightly oily, with a small tingly and dry finish. Nice, widely available fall-winter session ale and probably the best seasonal I’ve had from Sam. Really tastes more like a high-quality ESB, but who cares.


 Goodgrief (1144), Middletown, Delaware, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/513/20
Feb 16, 2008  
Dec. 2006 - Beer pours a chestnut brown, smallish head, no lacing. Aroma was caramel and bready malts. An odd beer, my take doesn’t seem to reflect other reviews. There seemed to be a lot of presence of english style malts and hops in this one. It sort of seemed like a sort of english ale, certainly not lager tasting. Odd. Anyway, this was enjoyable and one of many solid, if not spectacular SA offerings.


 mybestfriend (261), Gothenburg, Sweden
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/102/513/20
Feb 16, 2008  
Bottle. Pours an amber colour with a beige head. I mostly get maltiness on the nose - some winter spices, dried fruits and toffee. The flavour profilebegins with some sweetness. Malty, and a bit roasted, with notes of winter spices, toffee, hard bread and dried fruits. Very thin on the mid-palate. Has a nice finish with some bitterness.



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