Samuel Adams Alpine Spring - Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)

Hojaminbag

Colorado

3.58/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Alpine Spring has a hazy yellow body with a solid slab of white head on top of it. The retention is fairly good, and the lacing is impressive.

The aroma mixes a good bit of both malt and hops. Sweetness and bread mix with lightly fruity, earthy smelling hops.

Just as the aroma promises, Alpine Spring's flavor has a pretty good balance between malt and hops. I have to say, the taste is much sweeter than I had expected. There is plenty of bread and some grain flavors, but there is a honey-like sweetness in there as well. The hops adds a moderate amount of bitterness, some nice citrus notes, and a little bit of an earthy type flavor. Lightly fruity in the background, but I can't place if that is from the yeast or just the hops.

Good mouthfeel on this one. Fairly full for the style, but well-carbonated.

Alpine Spring is a solid Helles Lager. Although I will miss the Noble Pils (I know it's year round now, but how many bars have a Sam Seasonal tap as the only good choice?), I will still be happy to drink the Spring seasonal.

Serving type: on-tap

01-25-2012 15:34:51 | More by Hojaminbag

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Tennessee

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Ohio

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Massachusetts

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Ohio

3.75/5  rDev +5.9%

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Michigan

3.25/5  rDev -8.2%

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Kentucky

3/5  rDev -15.3%

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New York

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Oklahoma

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New York

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New Jersey

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Arizona

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West Virginia

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