Yeah. Wasnt not a fan of the Kolsch at all. Hated it, it has some wierd flower adjunct. The saison was ok.
It's about what I expect from Sam Adams now. All there beers seem to have a similar quality. I can't put my finger on what it is, but the flavors just seem a bit muted from all their beers. I'm sure its intentional as they want to cater to BMC drinkings making the jump to craft beer, or maybe its just that they use the same yeast for all their beers.
Yeah. Wasnt not a fan of the Kolsch at all. Hated it, it has some wierd flower adjunct. The saison was ok.
It's about what I expect from Sam Adams now. All there beers seem to have a similar quality. I can't put my finger on what it is, but the flavors just seem a bit muted from all their beers. I'm sure its intentional as they want to cater to BMC drinkings making the jump to craft beer, or maybe its just that they use the same yeast for all their beers.
I'm new here, BMC is (i'm assuming) the average Bud, Miller, Coors drinker, correct?
The saison is actually not bad, tried it on tap a few weeks ago. It's filtered which I found strange and the flavor is a bit too clean but when you taste it you do think saison.
Exactly what I thought. Not quite a saison, but very close.
How can you make a kolsch or saison without the right yeast strains!
Sam Adams seems to be getting a little too...BMC-y lately
All there beers seem to have a similar quality. .
jafo28 said:I noticed this after picking up the winter variety pack. Every beer seemed to have a very similar flavor just couldn't put my finger on it.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed that....I know another brewery that does the same thing, and all the beers have the same underlying flavor. Im looking at you Shipyard!
I am sure they did not have the same flavor... One was really different from the rest. Plus the Boston Beer Company is nothing like BMC...
See if they have the same bittering hop for all their beers. Granite City brew pub used to list the hops in the beer list and all had a certain base hop. I feel that led to a similar taste in all their beers. I can't remember the name of the hop atm but I'd be interested to know if Sam Adams does something similar.doctorRobert said:Yeah. Wasnt not a fan of the Kolsch at all. Hated it, it has some wierd flower adjunct. The saison was ok.
It's about what I expect from Sam Adams now. All there beers seem to have a similar quality. I can't put my finger on what it is, but the flavors just seem a bit muted from all their beers. I'm sure its intentional as they want to cater to BMC drinkings making the jump to craft beer, or maybe its just that they use the same yeast for all their beers.
I wonder if lagering will cure this.
Very unlikely since the beer is pasteruized. Very unlikely for the beer to have singificant changes after this process.
Just had a summer ale. Worst sam Adams beer ever. After falling in love with the noble pils, this was such a disappointment.
optimatored said:noble pils is pretty good... but the summer has been nasty for about 3 years now. its been heavy, almost syrup like... i think they may need to check those mash temps. ha
...but for the price I would just get a real craft beer.
Airborneguy said:Wow. Sam Adams is pretty much the definition of craft beer. You wouldn't have half the choice you have now if Jim Koch didn't do what he did 25 or so years ago.
Airborneguy said:Sam Adams routinely releases new, different beers. They support homebrewers, going so far as to release 3 different homebrewers' beers every year. Jim Koch attends almost every major beer function in the country and gives talks at those events to help up-and-coming brewers and homebrewers alike.
It's one thing to not like their beers, that's personal opinion and there's nothing wrong with that, but it's another thing to discredit them in the craft beer scene.
Personally, my definition of beer snobbery encompasses a lot of people, and knocking one of the giants of the early craft beer movement fits my definition. Do a little research on contract brewing; I think you'd be a little surprised (and apparently, disappointed) at how common it is, and who is doing it.
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