Little White Rye
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Witbier Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.32
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Innocent yet beguiling, this hazy golden brew appears to be a classic wittier with its bright notes of orange citrus & coriander, but there’s a bit more mischief up its sleeve. Behind its sweet exterior lies an intriguing blend of white sage and rye for an earthly, spicy, and thoroughly refreshing brew.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Golden and orange-tinted body with a thinnish, two centimetre tall just off-white head. Aroma of fake sugars, apples, pears, oranges, curacao, candy and some other interestingly strong smells. Medium-bodied; Strong malty flavours at first with rye and yeast noticeable and a lighter sweetness coupled with fruit and sugars. Aftertaste shows some very good wheat notes mixed up fairly nicely with fruity sugars, candy sweetness and a lot of residual yeast flavours. Overall, a good and interesting beer with a nice profile and strong complexity. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Corner Store (Bait & Tackle) in West Palm Beach, Florida earlier today on 30-December-2013 for US$2.39 sampled in my hotel room here in Jupiter, Florida on 30-December-2013.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2013
at 20:24
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
21.06.2013, tap @ Stoddard’s Fine Food & Ale:
Small shortlasting head. Aroma is slightly fruity and spiced, light malts, citrus, camomile, hay, yeast, heather. Taste is slightly dry spiced, light malts, hay, yeast, camomile, grass, citrus peel, herbs, cereal, caramel. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mouthfeel. This was a strange one.
Small shortlasting head. Aroma is slightly fruity and spiced, light malts, citrus, camomile, hay, yeast, heather. Taste is slightly dry spiced, light malts, hay, yeast, camomile, grass, citrus peel, herbs, cereal, caramel. Medium bitterness, slightly dry mouthfeel. This was a strange one.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Sep 2013
at 05:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a light golden color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma of coriander and sage is quite dominant with light sweet wheat malt notes also noticeable. Taste is also dominated by sage with quite a bit of coriander, light orange peel and light wheat malt with some light residual sugar notes. Body is light with good carbonation. Quite enjoyed the spice mix but a fuller malt profile would have also been beneficial.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2013
at 10:13
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle 355ml @ Motel Room, Motel 6, Kingman, AZ
Pours slightly hazy pale yellow with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, wheat, rye, coriander, orange and floral. Taste is light sweet and light bitter with an average coriander and pepper finish. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Pours slightly hazy pale yellow with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, wheat, rye, coriander, orange and floral. Taste is light sweet and light bitter with an average coriander and pepper finish. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2013
at 18:02
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle, 12oz. An unclear, golden body with a dense, two-finger off-white head. Some lacings. The aroma is rather soapy, in a ginger-like way. Wheat, coriander and citrus peel, orange. Ok, reading the commercial description, I see there’s white sage in it too, that most definitely makes sense. Medium body, lightly sweetish, with a nice carbonation level. Spices. citrus and wheat in the flavor, some bitterness kicking in towards the end. A quite decent beer, but I can’t say I really appreciate the experimentation, it is too spiced I think. 130819
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2013
at 17:58
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Pours clear orange with a small white head that dissipates quickly with little lacing. Aroma is wheat, coriander, orange peel. Flavor is light sweet, minimally bitter. I honestly would not place either sage or rye without the label, but there is a bit of a spiciness in the far finish. Light body, low carbonation. Better than I thought it was going to be.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2013
at 18:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Fruity ginger, white grape, and wheat malt aroma. Hazy yellow with a small white head. Spicy wheat malt and fruity ginger flavor. Light body, soft carbonation. I know they brewed this with white sage, but it tastes like ginger to me.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Aug 2013
at 12:20