Monday Beer Review Of The Week: Samuel Adams Noble Pils™

Samuel Adams® Noble Pils™ is, as the label states, very unique in the fact that it is brewed with all 5 Noble Hops; “the term Noble Hops traditionally refers to the four varieties of hop which are low in bitterness and high in aroma.” (Wikia, 2010) These European Hops are named for the cities from which they originally were cultivated, much like that of wine grapes, such as Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot, but I digress. The hops are Hallertau Mittelfrüh, Tetnanger, Spalter, and Saaz. The Saaz hop is Bohemian; the other three are German as one might expect. (Wikia, 2010) These are the foundation of hops across the board. In a sense, these are the direct ancestors of the Adam and Eve of “hop-dom”. Fun fact: Hops are a dioecious relative to Cannabis Sativa, (Bella, 2009) meaning that hops are related at the genus level to marijuana.

This beer is brewed with all four of the aforementioned Noble Hops – which is similar to making a blended wine of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Zinfandel, and Chianti – a very rare brew, indeed. Noble Pils Lager is replacing Samuel Adams® previous spring seasonal, White Ale™ (Philly, 2010) and has a terrific flavor.

Noble Pils has the taste of green – if you can taste green, it would be this beer. It makes me think of spring. With a bitter front taste and a smooth finish, this lager speaks the language of spring – in like a lion, and out like a lamb. The color is bright yellow and completely clear. This is a tremendous brew to start a spring day off with.

Rating:
• Drinkability – 4 out of 5
• Flavor -4 out of 5
• Refreshness – 5 out of 5
• Overall – 13 out of 15

My sources of information:

http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20100129_Joe_Sixpack__Why_you_can_t_make_ice_bock_in_the_U_S_.html http://www.bellaonline.com/ArticlesP/art52210.asp

http://beer.wikia.com/wiki/Hopshttp://www.samueladams.com/world_of_beer.aspx

Monday Beer Review Of The Week: Samuel Adam’s Coastal Wheat Ale

This week’s post is very late in the week, we have had a rough week for our family, but the show must go on! Samuel Adam’s Coastal Wheat Ale is an American Pale Ale style of ale, it has a very wheaty flavor with mild hops and lemon under tones. I will be quite honest, I am not sure how I feel about this beer. I enjoy the flavors of the beer, but I find it to be flat and uninteresting. I would at least recommend this beer be tried by those that haven’t had it before. I hav e had much better examples of wheat american pale ales before, actually Sam Adam’s Summer Pale is a prime example. I am going to keep this one short and sweet for now, let me know what you think of Coastal Ale and we have a few.

Rating:
• Drinkability - 2 out of 5
• Flavor -2 out of 5
• Refreshness - 2 out of 5
• Overall – 6 out of 15

Wednesday Beer Review Of The Week: Sam Adams Cherry Wheat

I have been an avid fan of the Samuel Adam Boston Lager for quite some time now; it is a very nice everyday beer that isn’t painful on the wallet. Since I enjoy the Boston Lager, I have been trying to branch out and try the other flavors and styles of beer that Samuel Adams produces. So today, I cracked out one of their Cherry Wheat beers. I am very impressed with this beer, it has a rich cherry flavor, but the wheat flavor are still present the sweetness of the two main flavor profiles blends very nice on the pallet. I am not a big fan of drinking beer from steins or glasses; I personally think this lets the beer cool too quickly. I have been drinking from bottles mainly for the past year or two, however I always do a head check with new beers and the Cherry Wheat has a nice head, not too strong but dissipates in way that you aren’t left with total foam. This will make an excellent summer beer either paired with a Pear glazed chicken and wild rice; or you could simply drink it while hanging out with friends outside by the pool or bon fire.
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