Sam Adams Light
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Premium Rotating|
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5.06
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It took 2 years of brewing, tasting and testing to come up with the final recipe for Sam Adams Light. We focused on brewing a flavorful, high quality beer with a light-bodied taste and fewer calories.
Sam Adams Light is a unique beer, it’s not a lighter version of our Boston Lager.
Sam Adams Light is the only light beer that uses no adjuncts and a traditional brewing process to ensure a balance of flavor and light-bodied taste.
No other domestic light beer uses only the four classic ingredients of beer: pure water, lager yeast, Noble hops and barley malt.
The quality ingredients that make up Sam Adams Light include two-row malt and some of the most expensive hops in the world, Spalt Spalter Noble hops.
At 128 calories, Sam Adams Light features a clean finish and no aftertaste.
Sam Adams Light is a unique beer, it’s not a lighter version of our Boston Lager.
Sam Adams Light is the only light beer that uses no adjuncts and a traditional brewing process to ensure a balance of flavor and light-bodied taste.
No other domestic light beer uses only the four classic ingredients of beer: pure water, lager yeast, Noble hops and barley malt.
The quality ingredients that make up Sam Adams Light include two-row malt and some of the most expensive hops in the world, Spalt Spalter Noble hops.
At 128 calories, Sam Adams Light features a clean finish and no aftertaste.
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5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 5
12 oz bottle. Aroma is of caramel malt. Pours a pretty crappy head with a light amber hue. Malty taste. Light hopping. Doesn’t taste like a light beer, which was to be expected. Too malty for my taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2009
at 20:47
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 2
Texture 6
Overall 5
if youre on a very long session, maybe just maybe this one would be alright.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2009
at 18:29
3.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 2.5
Bottled:
The waiter didn’t give me a glass so really don’t know anything ’bout the appearance. I’m a bit surprised to see that other raters often describes it as "amber"; it sure didn’t taste amber. The flavor was thin, fizzy and tinny. Only a slight touch of caramel hinted that it wasn’t Miller Lite I was drinking.
The waiter didn’t give me a glass so really don’t know anything ’bout the appearance. I’m a bit surprised to see that other raters often describes it as "amber"; it sure didn’t taste amber. The flavor was thin, fizzy and tinny. Only a slight touch of caramel hinted that it wasn’t Miller Lite I was drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2009
at 09:13
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Overall Impression: Better then most light beers...Can you think of any good light beers? Exactly!
Tried
from Can
on 14 May 2009
at 15:44
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. Clear amber body. Small off-white head that disappears. The aroma is grain with notes of husks and caramel. There is a hint of floral hops. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. Medium body with a watery texture and fizzy carbonation. I had hoped for the beer to have more of the Boston Lager profile, but it doesn’t have near the hop flavor. Still better than a lot of light beer alternatives because it has some flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2009
at 23:38
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
12 ounce bottle. Pours an amber color, clear, with a large head. Poor head retention and lacing. Aroma is grain with a sweet finish. Taste is caramel, toasted malts and a fruity finish. Thin bodied. Actually, fairly decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2009
at 22:34
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle: Poured a clear amber with an off white head. Aroma is malt. Taste is watery and corn.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2009
at 21:12
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Nice off-white head with a full gold body. Malty aroma and a weak, weak, Boston Lager taste. Malty and watery, with a watery mouthfeel. Needs to be a signifigant calorie reduction over the regular to justify the taste difference.
Tried
on 01 Apr 2008
at 19:46
4.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pours well. A nice amber color and a decent beige head. Aroma sort of a standard macro with a bit of caramel - this is a big improvement. There’s some noble hop to go with the caramel. Pretty thin in body, and the carbonation is fizzy. The flavor is caramel, not all that light either, and the expected hop. It is almost crisp, and pretty clean. At 128 calories this is way more flavorful than should be possible. More hop and this could really be something.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2007
at 18:59
4.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Conventional 12 oz brown beer bottle. Aroma is wet old raggish once I pop the lid. Clears in the glass to something a bit sweeter. Surprisingly darker yellow for a ’light’ beer, come on guys. Taste is rather laid back but there appears to be an industrial finish on the center back of the palate with each swig. Well controlled during the session, easy going and easy to enjoy. As good as many pale lagers. Certainly one of the more enjoyable premium lagers I’ve tasted. Lacks the medicinal light bitterness so prevalent with other premium lagers. This must be in the wrong style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2007
at 17:10