Longshot Friar Hop Ale
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Series Out of Production|
Score
6.85
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maniac (11822) reviewed Longshot Friar Hop Ale from Samuel Adams 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Once Upon a Vine South on 04/30/2011. Clear copper body with a medium frothy off-white head. Spicy and toasty malt aroma with some floral hops. Spicy caramel, toasty malt, and floral hop flavor. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Longshot Friar Hop Ale from Samuel Adams 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4
8th June 2011
Hazy amber beer, tiny white head. Light semi dry palate. Sweetish malt, a little tea and subtle banana and bubblegum. Light spice. Finishes dry and mildly bitter. Messy!
Camons (21577) reviewed Longshot Friar Hop Ale from Samuel Adams 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle @ Timbers, Denver. Thanks to Aaron for this one. Pours golden with a offwhite head. Aroma of melt, belgian yeast, apples, light hoppy. Taste is sweet malty, belgian yeast, caramel, toast, spicy, citrusly hops. Medium body, lively carbonation, hints of alcohol. 070312
shrubber (15804) reviewed Longshot Friar Hop Ale from Samuel Adams 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Musty orange, coriander, malt and alcohol aroma. Golden yellow color with small head. Slightly sweet/musty lemon and malt flavor. Moderately bitter herbal finish. Very nice.
jmagnus87 (3289) reviewed Longshot Friar Hop Ale from Samuel Adams 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
12oz bottle from Pick’s poured into my Chimay Trappist glass. Pours a lightly cloudy orange with a small bit of white head. Aroma of citrus, candied sugar and fermented fruit. Taste is lightly sweet. Taste of banana, clove and bubblegum. Medium bodied with a thick and creamy texture. Lively carbonation and a long sweet finish. Overall, very good. Easily the best of the Longshot bunch this year.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
I meant I should have done one of this year’s LongShots as my 2300th beer because the contest was about Category 23 styles, you see, and, oh, well. Got htis in March and couldn’t get around until now. So, call this a Belgian Pale Ale. Pours a lovely amber in the glass, under a pale ale head with some lacing. Smell has coriander to it. Can’t place much hop to this bottle that’s at the end of it’s "Enjoy by" month. Now some notes of Belgian sugar. Taste is a mix of Belgian character: candi sugar in evidence, but not too much. Hop influence has dwindled, and the malts are rather in the Dubbel territory. Not as much spice on the tongue, which is fine by me. What we end up with is a nice, big, malty sweet beer. It was indeed hoppier when I sampled it at its debut in March. But still worth having, but have it soon.
Drake (22934) reviewed Longshot Friar Hop Ale from Samuel Adams 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle opened 4/10/11. Pours a crystal clear golden color with a medium sized creamy offwhite head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel, candi sugar, banana, spicy notes, green banana. The taste is bitter hops, banana, earthy notes, spicy finish. Lingering bitterness. Medium bodied.
Beerfest5 (1972) reviewed Longshot Friar Hop Ale from Samuel Adams 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A really delicious although not smooth by any means belgian ale. The description is right though, the citrusy hops counteract the sugary sweetness very well. Very enjoyable
radagast83 (13490) reviewed Longshot Friar Hop Ale from Samuel Adams 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12oz bottle. Poured a slightly golden orange color with a moderately sized off-white head. Aroma was a bit yeasty, with an citrus orange body and spices. Earthy hops. Very earthy. Flavor was spices (coriander), hops, a bit of a yeast note. This was quite a good brew.
andyhwcinc (2108) reviewed Longshot Friar Hop Ale from Samuel Adams 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Purchased at Breeze Thru Liquors in Milwaukee, WI; enjoyed on a random Wednesday after work. Appearance is a slightly cloudy amber with a thin white head, tiny carbonation bubbles rise to the top. Aroma really is complex, mostly spice/clove notes than anything with hints of banana, bubble gum, maybe pear in there, definitely a Belgian aroma mixed with some earthy hops. Taste is pretty sweet, starts off high on the caramel malts and the Belgian candi, then kind of winds its way down in the tail end with a nice bitterness. I’m really surprised this is a 9% ABV, the alcohol is masked nicely. I’d say this is an American, hopped up version of a Belgian ale, and it’s pretty damn good! - Final note, this goes HORRIBLY with homemade fish tacos. Wouldn’t recommend pairing with that dish.