Samuel Adams Black Lager - Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

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rAvg: 3.73
pDev: 13.14%
Reviews: 1420
Hads: 759

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Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

Massachusetts, United States

Style | ABV
Schwarzbier | 4.90% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (1415), on-tap (5).

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Todd

Massachusetts

3.83/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Pours a seemingly black beer, but upon closer inspection deep ruby hues and edges. Head of slightly off-white and seems, with a thin lace. Good head retention.

Light molasses, sweet bready grain, and husk in the nose. Soft smokiness.

Smooth and fairly light on the palate. Light malty base with a watery astringent-like character, faint caramel, burnt edges, suggestions of smoke, a quick semi-sharp citric flash of hop bite - a bit limey - and soft dark berry fruitiness. Soft touch of spice in the hops. Sweetish linger that rides into a drying finish.

A damn tasty Schwarzbier! Nice to see a large craft brewer release such an unknown and uncommon beer style.

Serving type: bottle

05-01-2005 18:00:55 | More by Todd

Jason

Massachusetts

3.55/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Presentation: 12 oz brown bottle with a freshness date on the side of the label.

Appearance: Brownish red tone around the black liquid, decent lace around the side of the glass.

Smell: Fresh chocolaty and caramel malt aroma, a little grainy and semi-burnt in the back.

Taste & Mouth Feel: Crisp and full bodied, mild burnt notes with a rounded caramel malty backing. Nice balance between the burnt flavor and malt sweetness though the spicy floral hops barely can balance the rest of the sweetness..

Drinkability & Notes: I wish there was a bit more hop bitterness to this I tad too sweet for my liking, either way its a delicious beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-25-2005 17:32:14 | More by Jason

More User Reviews:

MadWolf

Ohio

4/5 rDev +7.2%

05-24-2013 07:24:58 | More by MadWolf

dpage27

Ohio

3.75/5 rDev +0.5%

05-22-2013 03:37:07 | More by dpage27

InspectorBob

New Jersey

3.75/5 rDev +0.5%

05-21-2013 20:14:28 | More by InspectorBob

johntfox

Florida

3.75/5 rDev +0.5%

05-21-2013 17:59:58 | More by johntfox

Lucoli

New York

2.75/5 rDev -26.3%

05-21-2013 01:09:37 | More by Lucoli

seplo

Connecticut

3.25/5 rDev -12.9%

05-21-2013 00:16:41 | More by seplo

bark

Sweden

3.33/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

The colour is deep dark brown (70 EBC), the liquid clear. The finger-thick head is brown.

The smell is fresh with a sour touch, some chocolate bar, light clean sweet flavours and a balancing touch of bitterness.

The taste is at first a bit earthy. Roasted sweet notes. It got lots of flavours, but it doesn’t get heavy. Bitterness in the background. Medium body. Chocolate and some roasted malts in the aftertaste as well as passing notes of soap and salty hints. Some cookies in the finish.

The carbonation is medium to light, the small bubbles short-lived. The liquid is somewhat dry.

Not a bad beer at all, although I didn’t like the soapy flavours.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 12:04:04 | More by bark