Samuel Adams Cold Snap

Cold Snap

 

Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Witbier Winter
Score
6.44
ABV: 5.3% IBU: 10 Ticks: 15
Updated recipe...In adjusting the ratio of Cold Snap’s 10 exotic spices, brewers specifically amplified the orange and vanilla ingredient profiles for added brightness.
 

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Light gold pour. Thin foamy head. Malt flavor with nice malt palate. Light bodied and light carbonation

Tried from Bottle from Total Wine & More - Fredericksburg, VA on 24 May 2025 at 23:33


6.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Skunk, white pepper nose. Hazy golden, thin head. Lemon. Medium body, moderate carbonation.

Tried from Bottle from Total Wine & More - Fredericksburg, VA on 24 May 2025 at 23:08


5.5

RB score 3.04

Tried from Bottle on 07 Mar 2025 at 03:56


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

tap in Chicago bar. decent. one of the more unique white ales, but didn't care for the overall profile

Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2025 at 12:57


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Refrigerated 12 oz brown bottle poured into a glass. Hazy golden with big fluffy white head. Aroma is light orange, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is wheat esters, orange, and spice.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2024 at 02:03


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

I'm at a ski resort. What do you want? Murky orange, cloudy white head. Nose smells a little skunky before you get dried citrus peel and potpourri. Flavor has hints of grains of paradise (left over from summer ale) before giving way to the citrus. Flabby finish. Fine.

Tried on 13 Jan 2024 at 21:28


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at the Lion’s Head. Pours cloudy gold. Orange, spice, yeast esters, bread, lemon, light sulfur. Medium body. Fine.

Tried from Draft on 12 Apr 2023 at 03:42


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft at Maggiano's, West Shore Plaza, Tampa. Deep honey gold, hazy with a ring of white head. Aroma has some lemon notes, honey, sourdough. Sweet, with bitterness in the finish, agave syrup, some coriander, citrus feel. Light carbonation. Quite good.

Tried from Draft on 08 Mar 2023 at 21:43


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

On tap at Homestead. Foggy pale yellow light beige. Thin fu e white head. Light and wheaty but not much contientail yeast character

Tried from Draft on 10 Jan 2022 at 01:15


6.5

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jan 2022 at 23:22