Monday, November 19, 2007

Sam Adams Winter Lager

In my search for the perfect beer I reached out for something widely available. A beer that one can find on most any grocery store shelf. Sam Adams Winter Lager, their regular seasonal beer, is also part of their winter seasonal variety pack.
The Beer: The beer wrapped in a wintery looking blue label, pours a nice deep dark brown with streaks of red and capped off by a huge frothy white head. Note that I used a chalice shaped glass instead of a pint glass. The beer was malty with notes of cinamon and hints of floral hops. The mouth is rich and chewy, roasty malty flavors, with notes of caramel, cinamon, and the slight astringency of hops. I really enjoyed this beer, probably my favorite seasonal from Sam Adams. I'll give it a B+. Here's what the folks over at BA had to say.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, I agree it’s also my favorite of the Sam Adams seasonals. Outstanding beer that I look forward to all year. We have to buy a lot of it to keep The Wife supplied.

Barleyvine said...

Butch, Good to here that others like it as much as I do. It didn't get as much respect on BA as I thought it deserved, but I think that's some peoples reaction to anything from Sam Adams.