Paid $1.19 for a 12-oz single. Nice deep amber with a small head. Very ncie color, I must say. Roasted sweetness in the nose. Slighty fruity, slightly floral, slightly roasted. Plain, slighty fruity taste, and lots of the stereotypical taste that all of the Sam Adams line seems to have that distinguishes it from other breweries. Has an iced tea aftertaste. A good drinkable beer, with kind of an average taste. One of the better beers I’ve tried from Boston Beer.

$15.00 for a bomber! Pours lightly and fizzy with extreme carbonation, large bubbles coating all sides of glass, bottom of glass, and rising as a large bubbly soda-pop head, fastly fading. Color is red-tinged brown. Aroma is mild, with a definite baker's chocolate note, some ash, some caramel, and a hint of metal. Front is remarkably non-sweet, with a clean clear chocolate flavor dominating the middle and finish, which is notably dry. A possible cookieish graham cracker flavor is also apparent. If this is a bock, its likely based off of their caramel malted Sam Adams Double Bock, which, like this beer, lacks true Munich malt melanoidin components. As the beer warms, the caramel flavors become more pronounced and remain on the palate for some time - dominating the aftertaste after the dry chocolate finish fades. The body wants to be full, but the strong carbonation carries it quickly and fuzzily in the mouth, fortunately with little bite. The beer seems to flatten quickly in the glass, losing its liveliness and approaching cloying. A pretty decent beer, and while the ingredients may have been expensive and the process time-intensive, it's not worth a repeat visit for the price.

Appearance is very dark brown, nearly stout-like, with an impressive lacing - aroma of cocoa, cream, roasted malts, even a touch of vanilla - body is quite thin, but the flavor nearly makes up for it - dominant flavor is, of course, chocolate, milk chocolate to be exact ("ice cream soda without the ice cream" is pretty on the money) - some bitterness compliments the chocolate flavors well - some caramel, coffee with lots of cream in it - despite the thin body, a momentary silkiness is generated before the somewhat watery finish - chocolate flavor that starts off lingers in the finish, bookending the taste experience - I have to agree with slob and say that this beer didn't live up to my expectations - it's good, but it doesn't warrant being a "special limited edition" beer - yeah, the bottle is neat, but it kind of reminds me of civil war paraphernalia, and for fifteen bucks, they'll be lucky to get a repeat customer with this.

5.2% ABV
Beautiful orange-copper color. Strange aroma, malt and bran, corn flour; lately developing also some hop and caramel. Round body, some sweetness, malt, a good hopping (lightly aromatic), but also a bit metallic.

Pours a caramely orange-red, with a thin, dissipating off-white head. Aroma has that characteristic wheaty tang and spices are evident too. Flavor begins rich and full: tangy, tongue-tingling wheat, caramel, bread, a touch of fruit, and spices. Some floral hops bitterness in the aftertaste. Does have a rather thin body, as do most Sam Adams beers. The only problem with this beer is that the spice flavor becomes tiring over time. A solid brew overall.

2001 Bottle drank in 2003. Haha, how's that for vintage beer. Not sure why Caper's Deli had bottles from 2001 of this, but I've been searching for it, so I gave it a try. Good clean aroma of slight noble hops and a fluffy, medium dry apple. Very crisp. Color was a deep golden honey, very clear and bubbly. Moderate white head. Decent aroma of hops and a mildly spicy floral yeast, maybe a touch of honey. Begins with a bitter and dry hops flavor, very odd in that it is a good crisp bitter taste, but little flavor, no citrus, slightly floral I guess. That's about it, not much malt to speak of, I guess there is some barley taste on the finish. Light bodied and peppery textured. I really like the crispness of the noble hops, but it just needs some personality.

Bottled, 1995 vintage (sampled in 2000) Dark brown, very syrupy and thick. Aromatic and rich like cognac. Soy sauce notes. Hasn't developed a lot in five years.