Longshot Grape Pale Ale
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer - Grape Ale Series Out of Production|
Score
5.72
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Created by Samuel Adams Employee Lili Hess, Hawaii.
This is a very creative spin on a pale ale. As Lili describes it, "It’s like you are drinking a pale ale after biting into a fresh green seedless grape." This delicate brew is light-bodied with unique sweet, yet dry flavors from the grapes. What a combination...
This is a very creative spin on a pale ale. As Lili describes it, "It’s like you are drinking a pale ale after biting into a fresh green seedless grape." This delicate brew is light-bodied with unique sweet, yet dry flavors from the grapes. What a combination...
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Slightly hazy straw body, thin-medium off-white head. Hoppy nose, earthy and herbal, with light grape notes. Grassy body with grapeskin elements that are distinctive not so much in the flavor as in the wispy tartness in the mouthfeel. Backdrop of light, bready malts. Deceptively sweet and rich, despite the thin body, in part likely due to the addition of maple syrup. The carbonation is tight, almost in the vein of a sparkling juice. A few sips is enough.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2008
at 15:41
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sent a photo in to be uploaded. Aroma is of grapes, bitterness and some moderate citrus hops. Large, rocky, off-white head with good lacing but only fair retention. Clear, medium, orangey body. Taste is sweet with no real strong grape character. Pretty boring. Watery body with fizzy carbonation, pales in comparison to the other longshot that it is paired with.
Tried
on 21 Feb 2008
at 20:57
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Pours a transparent copper amber color with a lacing, thin, slightly off white head. Look hard for the aroma and I guess you’ll find grapes and biscuit but too weak to even be called subtle. Flavor is really weak, malt doesn’t really assert itself until the very end and even then there’s just a touch. Otherwise the flavor is of fruit juice (apple/grape). Finish is watery with a touch of lasting sweetness. Side by side with the Longshot Weizenbock this is child’s play. Maybe it didn’t translate well from the home brew to the big kettles at Sam Adams, but this was a BIG miss for me. Finishing a beer this forgettable really makes me wonder how in the world this beer was chosen for mass production,
Tried
on 19 Feb 2008
at 19:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Pours a clearish golden amber color. Aroma is a mild sweet caramel and malt, not a lot of grape aroma. The flavor really isn’t as "grape" as I had hoped - I was expecting something a bit more like that fake purple grape fruit juice. Oh well - for what it really is it isn’t bad - but it fails at a "grape" beer.
Tried
on 17 Feb 2008
at 15:04
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pour is a amber with a large white head. Aroma is some grainy malts mixed with a bit of citrus fruit. Flavor is more of the grainy malts and that’s about it. No real fruit taste and the label does say grape but darn if i can find any in this. Nothing really great in this one. Probably the worst of any of the Longshot beers i have had.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2008
at 18:39
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Some artificial grape flavor. Moderate hops, really a light pale ale. I don’t think I would notice the grape if I wasn’t expecting it to be there. Well carbonated, and a bright gold color.
Tried
on 09 Feb 2008
at 13:06