White Ale
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Witbier Winter Out of Production|
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Spicy yet smooth. Brewed with 10 exotic spices.
This beer's roots are in Belgium, and the classic Wit biers produced by Belgium's brewers. The style gets its name from the white, milky appearance of this unfiltered wheat ale. The brewers of Samuel Adams® beer, taking inspiration from the Belgians, have created a classic of their own. On the malt side, we use malted two row Pale barley, malted wheat, and Munich malt to give this beer a crisp, malty, cereal finish and smooth mouth feel. The hops used are Noble Tettnang Tettnanger hops. At the end of the kettle boil, we add a proprietary spice blend to give Samuel Adams® White Ale a unique and complex flavor, without being overpowering or cloying. The spice blend includes orange and lemon peel, dried plum, grains of paradise, coriander, anise, hibiscus, rose hips, tamarind, and vanilla. It is this special blend of spices that gives Samuel Adams® White Ale its unique character, complexity and refreshing drinkability. The beer is coarse filtered, leaving a white haze from the malt proteins. Our proprietary top fermenting ale yeast ferments the beer, imparting its signature character - bright and slightly fruity.
This beer's roots are in Belgium, and the classic Wit biers produced by Belgium's brewers. The style gets its name from the white, milky appearance of this unfiltered wheat ale. The brewers of Samuel Adams® beer, taking inspiration from the Belgians, have created a classic of their own. On the malt side, we use malted two row Pale barley, malted wheat, and Munich malt to give this beer a crisp, malty, cereal finish and smooth mouth feel. The hops used are Noble Tettnang Tettnanger hops. At the end of the kettle boil, we add a proprietary spice blend to give Samuel Adams® White Ale a unique and complex flavor, without being overpowering or cloying. The spice blend includes orange and lemon peel, dried plum, grains of paradise, coriander, anise, hibiscus, rose hips, tamarind, and vanilla. It is this special blend of spices that gives Samuel Adams® White Ale its unique character, complexity and refreshing drinkability. The beer is coarse filtered, leaving a white haze from the malt proteins. Our proprietary top fermenting ale yeast ferments the beer, imparting its signature character - bright and slightly fruity.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Nice golden pour. Nose and taste is very fruity and a little bitter. Rated 1/3/2000
Tried
on 13 May 2010
at 12:56
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
On tap at Bishops Arms, Vasagatan in June 09. Unfortunately, a boring beer, smelled and tasted not much not much. A slightly spicy taste, some citrus tones and yeast. Very easy to drink and thin beer, not much aftertaste.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Oct 2009
at 09:37
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Overall Impression: One of the Sam's you see all over the place during it's season, it's an alright white ale, the spices and citrus fruits are the dominant taste/smells
Tried
on 15 May 2009
at 10:18
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
12 ounce bottle from Whole Foods Market Charlottesville, VA. Pours a hazy amber color with a thin head. Aroma of citrus, caramel, bread, yeast. Taste is bread, apple, peach, spice. Thin bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 May 2009
at 19:42
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pours cloudy straw color with white head. Aromas of wheat, corriander and orange peel. Similar flavors. Mouthfeel is a bit thin and watery.
Tried
on 11 Mar 2009
at 11:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours pale gold into a tumbler. Bright white head recedes to coat surface leaving spot lacing. Wheat and coriander aromas. Soft upfront with orange and wheat with a crisp lemon finish.
Tried
on 06 Mar 2009
at 17:36
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
0.33L bottle, small head that disolves quite quickly, deep yellow colour with some orange taints. Malty aroma at first that develops to orange and mandarine and than some mushroom and earthy notes. the taste is very dry with a strong orangy presence acompanied by a scented earl grey tea presence. the earl grey scent is dominant in a relativly short sweet and sour finish. There is something a little "belgian" in character about this beer but the alcohol presence and the body are quite light compared to a belgian wit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jul 2008
at 16:18
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Bottle sample at a beer festival in kibbutz Ma’abarot, May ’08. Slightly hazy golden color. Aroma of wheat and spices (coriander). Sweetish flavor with some wheat, malty hints, fruits and lots of coriander. Rather light-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2008
at 17:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Draught at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Copper colour with huge, white, frothy head. Fruity, floral nose with notes of apricots and orange peel, slightly perfumy. Fruity taste with apricots, orange and crystal malt. Floral finish with sweetish, spicy and soapy wheat notes. Fairly decent, but on the sweet side.
Tried
on 11 May 2008
at 13:21
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught @ Bishops Arms, Malmö. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a longlasting white head. Fruity malty spicy coriander aroma with some citrus hints. Sweet malty fruity spicy flavor with hints of citrus and coriander. Sweet malty finish with some spicy and yeasty hints in the aftertaste.
Tried
on 05 May 2008
at 07:49