Boston 26.2 Brew
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
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5.99
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The Samuel Adams Boston 26.2 Brew is a Gose style ale brewed in partnership with the Boston Athletic Association for the first time for the 2012 Boston Marathon, and was exclusively available in select pubs and restaurants along the marathon route in Boston. Gose is an ancient German style, brewed with over 50% wheat, and flavored with coriander and salt. The result is a light bodied, very refreshing beer, perfect for rehydrating after a marathon! It's like Gatorade for adults!
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6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draft at Samuel Adams Boston Brewery. Poured a clear, golden yellow color with a small white head. Aroma was nice light coriander, very light floral notes. Flavor was light tartness, some coriander, not overly sour. Would be good on a hot day.
Tried
from Draft
at
Samuel Adams Boston Brewery
on 10 Apr 2026
at 19:17
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle. Hazy Gold in color with a two finger head. It was really bland in flavor. Not much of a Gose. Aroma was more like a lager.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2025
at 05:49
5.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Draft at Fenway for afternoon Sox game. Good pour and foamy head. Tatses of next to nothing. Some wheat and crackers faint citrus. No real tartness.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Apr 2024
at 21:30
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5
Bottle: Clear gold with a white head. Wheat, coriander aroma. Taste is sweet, wheat malt, salt. Very light.....ok....nothing remarkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2019
at 21:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Found this for a buck fitty @ vintage boardman, nice place. Fairly clear pour into a mug. A tiny amount of clean lemon on the olfactory. Good clean sizzley fun on the palate, even keel with just a hint of ale rudeness. Yes, mild mannered good stuff, more so than many cheap pale lagers. Decent price too. Its really starting to grow on me. Fine crisp finish. Well balanced because the salt and coriander can't really be detected. Nice job Mara, now, who really brews this? Oh yea, I already tasted over a hunderd beers from the Boston Beer Company!
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2019
at 17:36
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
$2.25 bottle, TW-SP (I'd add the location/served info below but the effing search isn't working). Pours slightly hazy gold with a small dusting of a white head. Aroma is very grainy, light lemon zest, hint of dried flowers. Flavor is water, light grain, random citrus zest, oregano. This seriously tastes like 1 part beer, 2 parts water. There's nothing to this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2019
at 01:57
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Tart and light fruity aroma. Salt and light tart flavor. Medium bodied. Salt and malt linger with a light tartness. Not sure if it was meant to be tart.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jun 2019
at 23:58
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
I liked this a fair bit, def more than most other raters here, but then I am moving toward the lower grav beers more and more. I wasn't sure this would really be classed as gose, it is surely not tart in the slightest. It's more just a wheat beer, with some noticeable coriander and salt. If its designed to drink after a marathon, I'm down. I've drunk it after mowing my yard in Florida, which feels about the same, and it drank pretty good. Clean wheaty malts, zesty, refreshing, light but flavorsome. Salt and spice complement well.
Tried
on 16 May 2019
at 13:37
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Wheat malt, salt, and straw aroma. Golden yellow with moderate white head. Mildly sweet lemon, wheat malt, light salt, and very mildly bitter straw flavor. Okay body. Okay - straight forward.
Tried
on 04 May 2019
at 20:56
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
The Aromas are mainly wet grain with a little bit of pale malt and Spice. Flavors shift to pale malt, barely tart or spicy, no salt that I can find. Body is a touch watery with okay carbonation. Forgettable beer.
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2019
at 03:48