Alpine Lager: 4.5 – The concept of a brisk beer because of a sharper sort of malt flavor sort of works here. The aftertaste is more grey sock though so the effect is lost rather quickly making this a pretty subpar beer overall.
Price Average: $4
Website: https://www.samueladams.com/
Cherry Wheat: 5.5 – It does have a wheat and cherry flavor, but the cherries feel odd? It doesn’t have that tart so you get more of that sort of vegetal cherry-like flavor that feels slightly candied with some sugars. It’s not what you would typically expect going into a cherry beer, but it’s good.
Price Average: $9 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.samueladams.com/
Samuel Adams Winter Lager: 4.0 – It calls out orange peel, cinnamon, and ginger – and you can sort of get that. Problem is, it doesn’t make it good, or feel very wintery. It feels like someone added that stuff to a vat of Boston Lager, and called it a day.
Price Average: $8 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.samueladams.com/
20 Pounds of Pumpkin: 5.0 – It’s an okay pumpkin beer, and there’s some nice spice on the aftertaste. They add a lot of pumpkins (hence the namesake) and it gives it almost a vegetable like flavor instead of a real ‘pumpkin’ flavor that comes from either a manufacturer or roasting seeds.
Price Average: 20 Pounds of Pumpkin $8 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.samueladams.com/
Samuel Adams Cold Snap: 6.0 – While this is not a great beer, this is good at the thing we mostly like about Sam Adams in that it’s the perfect beer to have the end of a long day.
Google Shop Average: Name $6 for Draft
Website: https://www.samueladams.com/
Boston Brick Red: 5.0 – Just a little too average of a beer. Kind of sad really since you know Sam can sometimes make really good beers.
Google Shop Average: Boston Brick Red $4
Website: https://www.samueladams.com/
Samuel Adams Escape Route: 5.0 – Another limited release – but then at least with Sam it’s likely this will be made again. It’s a fairly good Spring beer (that was available mid-February…) but as far as Kolsch go, it’s really not doing much.
Google Shop Average: Samuel Adams Escape Route $8 for 6-Pack
Website: http://www.samueladams.com/
Samuel Adams Cream Stout: 7.0 – To be fair I can only vaguely recall one other ‘cream’ stout that I’ve had, but as far as stout’s go this is supremely drinkable and enjoyable. While it may lack some of the more well developed stout tastes that you get from the bigger beers, this is just a great beer to crack open and enjoy.
Google Shop Average: Samuel Adams Cream Stout $9 for 6-Pack
Website: http://www.samueladams.com/
Samuel Adams Black Lager: 5.0 – I was hoping for a Guinness situation here as their black lager is fantastic (and I will often prefer it to the standard/imperial stouts); however this is middling at best – if anything this is a sign that others should do more black lagers to beat ol’ sam.
Google Shop Average: Samuel Adams Black Lager $8 for 6-Pack
Website: http://www.samueladams.com/
Wow, we made it a whole year. With ~58 Regular Reviews and ~6 Specials (Yeah you do that math it’s 52+ weeks suck it consistency) we’ve come quite a long way. Our tastes have changed, we’ve become as brutal as the job demands, and best of all? We’ve found a bunch of spirits and booze that just make life worth living.
