Sam Adams Longshot Six Pack...disspaointed

[Dbilik]

I just picked up a few six packs of the 2013 winners in the Longshot 6 pack, and I must say, I thought it was one of the worst six packs I've ever tasted from the Longshot competition.

http://beerpulse.com/2014/04/samuel...riety-six-pack-now-available-nationwide-2984/

Anyone else try this one out?

 

[masskrug]

Any retail six pack is going to suck. It is a marketing gimmick.

 

[Jmarsh544]

Was the pineapple ipa decent?


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[Dbilik]

Yes, it was decent. I couldn't really tell it was pineapple but it took the edge off of the IPA a lot, so I assume that was the pineapple's doing. But not what I would consider a great IPA or anything I would want again. The woman who made the pineapple IPA is a Sam Adams employee. Not that it should matter, and they didn't try to hide it it doesn't seem.

The American Stout was also respectable, and actually the best in the 6 pack. Out of the 3, the American Stout was the only one I would want to sit down and drink, but I would not be raving about it to my friends.

The Gratzer got dumped down the sink. I know it is smokey, but it seems like they added artificial smoke or something to it. Way too much smoke to enjoy the beer.

 

[sandyeggoxj]

Anything with "Sam Adams" on it should not contain "IPA" anywhere. I have had a whole bunch of different ipas from Sam Adams. I'm not sure why I keep trying them. Oh well. I'll avoid this offering too. Not like I can get here in bfe utardia anyway.

 

[day_trippr]

fwiw, and best as I can recall, there has always been an employee recipe in the Long Shot series, it's pretty much the opposite of a secret thing. And as best as I recall, the employee entries have usually been the lesser lights in the collection (I recall a Lavender brew that was close to dumpable).

SA mixed packs (sadly, including the annual Hopology) are a crap shoot, and the odds of a good score aren't with the more discerning/critical consumer, historically...

Cheers!

 

[TallDan]

FWIW, Cesar's Gratzer is better when he makes it than it was from Sam Adams.

Obviously, they have to tweak the recipe for a commercial brewing system, but SA's version is higher alcohol and smokier.

I agree that the six pack was a letdown. None of them were great by any means. It would be pretty interesting to try the original contest winning brews from the other two as well.

 

[Dbilik]

I agree TallDan, I think Cesar's Gratzer definitely had potential if it were not done on a commercial brewing system, I'd actually be really interested in tasting the difference.