Sunday, October 24, 2010

Boston Brewing Company's Samuel Adams Long Shot Old Ben Ale

The only reason I bought this was because of the Long Shot competition. I bet it started as a great beer. but will be greatly reduced after Sam Adams gets hold of it.

Pours a deep coppery amber with a nice small-celled tan head. Nice bready smell to it, with no alcohol, a surprise for a 9% beer.

There's the alcohol. It's the biggest part of the taste, followed by a sickly sweet fruit taste. Not citrus, more dank.

I bet this was alright at the home brew competition, but here it's odd. Too much going on to be an old ale, I think.

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