Slight lager aroma. Mildly sweet with a hint of grain taste. Finishes with a slight sweetness that leaves the mouth watering. Drank in the bar of the brewery on a freshly routered out bar. Beer served from gravity fed barrels sitting on the bar.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Sweet smell, almost rotten. Hits taste buds quick with a nice fresh hop taste. Has an aftertaste that’s a mix of strong hops and moderate maltiness. A bit stronger in flavor (both hops and malt) than any of the other alts.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Mild sweet smell. Pointed, but mild hop flavor that quickly kills the flavor and leaves a dry, raw, slightly grainy taste. Very nice aftertaste with no hop flavor just a nice fresh grainy mild taste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Slightly sweet aroma with hints of hop smell. Good fresh hop taste, medium strong. Finishes with a good hop aftertaste. Very good fresh, raw, grainy taste (as I had it straight from the brewery…). Gravity served from big barrels on the bar. Every now and then you hear a low rumble as a barrel goes rolling by either on its way to or from the bar.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Slightly sweet smell, not really appealing at first- smells kind of like a mass market lager. But very nice taste. Smooth but tasty. Finishes nicely with a very mild hop taste that fades smoothly. Ingredients includes sugar, which must give it its smoothness. After a few more drinks, decided it tasted very similar to Kid Rock Badass Lager.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Nice dry hoppy smell, but mild. Fresh hop taste, with a nice clean grainy aftertaste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Awesome woody oak aroma. Slightly sweet hop flavor, smooth aftertaste. Kind of ruined my taste test by eating mint chocolate before…
4 out of 5 Stars.
Almost no aroma. Flavor like a stout with hints of hops. Leaves a kind of dark malt/light hoppy taste without much aftertaste.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Nice hoppy aroma, a bit sweet. Initial taste is good, easy drinking with a moderate hop taste. Aftertaste finishes with a bit of a harsh flavor. Overall pretty good but the aftertaste lets it down.
4 out of 5 Stars.
Wow, a Sam Adams beer that actually tastes like a craft beer! Initially, I was worried about the aroma because of a whole lot of nothing going on other than a faint sweet smell. The taste has a good hop flavor with a nice raw/grainy taste to it. A little bit of hop aftertaste. All in all, very nice other than the aroma.
4 out of 5 Stars.
