beer_name: Sam Adams Light
text: Poured from a 12oz. brown bottle into a pint glass the beer pour yielded a 3/4 finger fluffy white head atop a bronze colored beer. Steady streams of carbonation fed up the sides of the glass throughout the sample. The head quickly fizzeled out to just a sliver worth but some spots of lace formed down the side of the glass. The darkest light beer I have ever scene. Smell is a faint malt and perhaps some slight fruit and citrus aromas ever so slightly in the background. No adjuct grain smell, the predominant aroma is malt. A slight orange smell as well. Little to no hops in the nose. First taste on the palate is grainy and malty. A weaker flavour than the Boston lager with the malt almost seeming to subside with each sip. Fuller (much fuller) than others of the same style, but still weak in body and flavor. No hop presence and the citrus in the nose is not in the taste. A crisp end to each sip, but a bit of a diet cola after taste as well. Light on the palate with ample carbonation. The beer is drinkable for what it is: a light lager. Certainly more so than any other light beer I've had in the style. This is probably my favorite light beer but it still falls short in taste and body from what I like in a beer. It looks the part, but falls short on the taste. Within the style, however, there are few that are better.