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Sam Adams Light
- American Lager / Light Lager
- 4.3% ABV
- Label approved Sep 14, 2019
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90 seek it out · 80 would buy again · 70 fine, wouldn't seek it · 60 disappointing · 40 flawed or drain pour
Newly approved Lager
Sam Adams (The Boston Beer)'s American Lager / Light Lager. Label approved 14 September 2019.
Lighter than 59% of the 436 American Lager labels we've read.
Brewed at American Craft Brewery LLC (Massachusetts).
From the label“WORTH THE WAIT WHEN WE DECIDED TO BREW A LIGHT BEER, WE WANTED TO DO IT OUR WAY, STARTING FROM SCRATCH INSTEAD OF MAKING A 'LIGHT' VERSION OF ANOTHER BEER. IT TOOK US 2 YEARS TO GET IT JUST RIGHT, BUT THE RESULT WAS WORTH IT. THIS AMBER LAGER HAS A ROUNDED SWEETNESS, SUBTLE HOP CHARACTER, AND CLEAN, SMOOTH FINISH.”
How to serve it
- Serve at
- 36–40°F (2–4°C)
- Glass
- Shaker pint: the plain bar pint; fine for an easy beer
- Goes with
- Nachos and game-day snacks, Hot wings, Fried chicken
About 95–115 calories and 3–9 g carbs
About 85 of those calories come from the alcohol.
General guidance for American Lager / Light Lager. Calories and carbs are estimates from the ABV and how the style usually finishes; numbers the brewery prints beat ours. More beer tools
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About this beer
It's the only label we have from The Boston Beer Company. It is one of 12 american lager / light lager labels approved in September 2019. Its label was approved 10 days after it was submitted. The brand on the label is The Boston Beer Company; it was brewed at American Craft Brewery LLC in Massachusetts. The label carries the Brewers Association independent seal.
Brew it
A starting-point recipe from the style and the ABV on the label: derived, not tasted, and the sheet says which is which.
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Style: LagerBrewery: Sam Adams (The Boston Beer)