Smells like cherry; sweet, molasses, caramel. More subtle in flavor than expected. Dry, very strong alcohol. Warming like a whiskey. Tons of cherry molasses. I wouldn't buy this in a bottle full price, but it was nice to try.

I mean, it's a Sam Adams! Caramel, light, clean hops flavor. Happy to be setting out on vacation, which helps.

Light lager, very pleasant.

It is what it is.

This tasted so strongly, pungently of dried peaches. Which is not a flavor I've ever had in a straight IPA? They say this is a new recipe. They should probably go back.

Sometimes you pick the least bad beer. But what is up with the color? That can't be natural.

Kind of like a malty pale ale. It's fine.

Smooth, slightly malty. Nice

RTFL. It's like a combination of an IPA and a Larger.

It's fine .Certainly nothing wrong with it.

Scent of chocolate cherries. More fruity than stout. It actually reminds me of a belgian abbey ale. Like the country bumpkin cousin of one. Simpler, more forthright flavors. But the combination is similar.

Tastes like LONLINESS since all my coworkers are workaholics!!!!!

Smells like cherry soda. The first few sips actually weren't bad, but the more I had, the more fake it tasted. "real cherries and natural flavors added" must be code for "I waved some cherries at it, then added a bunch of chemical flavors.

I asked for a Cold Snap and got this, so basically there is a baseline of disappointment here. Despite that, this was an inoffensive and perfectly drinkable, loose-tasting IPA. A sweetish, breakfast cereal-like malt creeps up at the end; at this point I think this is Sam Adams's signature.

A lager with a pleasant, inoffensive opening and a peculiarly sweet overtone to the finish that I think I also remember from Sam Adams's Summer Ale. So this is a house thing, I guess? It's different, which is appealing, although in a sort of bland way, so I give it a "middling good." (16 oz glass)

I wish I had written notes the day I had this, because it was supremely weird -- unique, and somewhat disturbing. I do remember a kind of tongue-curdling vinegary plum funk and a creamy malt finish. I kind of ended the glass with a headache as well, but still, there was something mildly compelling about all this strangeness. Total palate-wrecker, though, for sure.

Not super exciting. Kind of hard taste, not super pleasant but drinkable.

Like apple cider packets from childhood except cold and more cinnamon-y.

Oops not everything actually tastes good after moving all day. Could not imagine what they were thinking. 10/10 would vomit again.

Just finished moving. Anything would taste refreshing tbh.

A good Apple drink.

Meh. Thin and a little brackish. Not terrible, but not something I would spend money on.

A little on the sweet side, but the flavor is nicely floral and the fruit has a nice complexity that is not immediately apple-y. But it is on the sweet side.

Wouldn't exactly say I tasted the explosion of flavors promised on the label, but it was pleasant and refreshing.

I kind of forgot what it tasted like but it was good

On the second try, there is kind of a canned juice background to this that doesn't serve it well. Still, it wasn't the worst choice.

Typical of Sam Adams, this one starts unpromisingly, but after a bit of prickly spice smooths out into a mellow, sweetish wheat finish. Along the way, what started out as mustiness morphs into subtly tart citrus. Easy to drink, and really quite appealing!

I'm not letting Tom pick my beer again. Juniper berries should only be used to brew gin.

Even worse this time. But maybe it was just too old.

Applessss

Kind of like the intersection of Wit St and Oktoberfest Ave.

Has a sweet gingerbread smell that I really liked and a decent beer.

Not as sweet as I'd imagine it to be, has. Finishes with stronger gingerbread taste than any in the start or middle. Moderately smoked bitter quality in there.

Not very memorable, with a thin, watery body and a slightly bitter, fragrant finish.

Unexpected medicinal bitterness hits you right in the face but mellows out quickly into a strongly grain-flavored finish -- dank pine & grapefruit in the background the whole time.

Crisp start, mild to bland finish. Drinkable but not remarkable.

Some funk to the smell. Sharp somewhat bitter edge but doesn't linger as it's replaced by a simply sweet maltiness.

Artificial cherry and chocolate flavors dominate.

I don't know if it was just that much worse from the bottle, but it was.

I didn't hate it...

Bit more character than I remember.

Meh. Just meh.

Nice and drinkable

Light-drinking beer with a strong caramel / molasses presence and a touch of cinnamon at the top. It's not challenging, but it's tasty.

Thin profile. Strong warm caramel presence.

An otherwise boring lager made somewhat interesting by the addition of cinnamon, which gives it a dry, subtle spicy transition to the malt.

Ordinary lager with cinnamon.

Spiced aspect to smell. Acidic qualities to taste, could have been the cinnamon. Weak malt body, flat finish. Drinkable.

was cold and refreshing.

Seemed totally different on draft. Maybe I had a bad bottle before? Less funky hops, less hop expression in general, leading to a bready - but maybe almost too sweet - malt flavor. Quite drinkable though!

It was...sweet? I'm not sure. It did wash the BBQ down properly, so there's that.

Smelled very watery, but the flavor was more there -- some caramel, some moderate floral hops and bitterness, a slight lightness on the tongue like after eating mint. But these days I want my lagers to have a bit more grain & nuttiness, so I couldn't get excited by this. Still, it's better than I expected, 15+ years since the last time I tried it.

A nice scent of brown sugar and vegetal pumpkin notes. Drinks like a doppelbock but with a nice chewy texture and well-integrated pie spice. Not as sweet as I would have expected given the regular Sam Adams pumpkin ale. I liked this!

Sweet, syrupy-- tacky mouth residue.

Smells like blueberries - which I love. Definitely tastes a little like blueberries - however, I realized I don't quite like blueberries in my beer.

It smelt very good, but tasted a little chemically

This beer smells great!

At last! The beer that fulfills my lifelong desire to drink a funk-laden, stale lager crossed with fake blueberry bubblegum! HOW DID THEY KNOW?

Lightly fragrant, pleasant to the nose, this beer opens very thinly, slightly peppery and floral, hop-wise, but mostly just watery. The finish is one-note bitter. The most disappointing "IPA" I've had yet.

An attractive-looking ale with a nice fragrance of spice and malt. I can taste the pumpkin and the flavor is very smooth and balanced, if a tad watery. A beer to enjoy, not linger on.

Meh. It's like someone spilt some malt into a PBR.

Smells like honey and spices, vaguely cola-like. Starts like a beer, ends like a mead, with a sweet, again-cola-like finish. The blending gives it a slight feeling of being watered down, but this was quite enjoyable.

The pumpkin spice is subtle but well matched with this darker ale.

Not bad. Not the best Oktoberfest beer but a decent commercial interpretation of the style.

A little too much icky funk on the smell. Taste is better, reminiscent of a chewy steam beer, heavy on malts but still aromatic. A slight, unpleasant sourness, along with the funk, made this flat for me.

Look, I don't know if the flavor is fake or what, but they sure got me. A very drinkable, smooth brown ale with a believable hazelnut sheen, nut-buttery and slightly savory. The rest of the beer character was sweet, so after-dinner -- but yum.

Smells nutty, guess like hazelnuts. Tastes pretty strongly of them too. Problem is, I don't trust what "natural flavors added" means.

Metallic sort of aftertaste, like chewing on aluminum.

The timid beer taste lets the hazelnuts shine.

Somehow, despite tasting like the cheapest, fakest choclate cherry cordial you can imagine, this worked perversely well. I think it's because each subsequent flavor (fake cherry -> cheap chocolate -> malty beer) came in just in time to defuse the one that came before it. Better with food than without, though.

Salted caramel attack with persistent sweetness and a clean finish. Very well done.

Not a lot of citrus, very strong hops. Has some caramel and honey at first and a strong alcohol finish.

Strong fragrance and flavor of banana, especially in the finish. Not very acidic. Alcohol is forward in the flavor. Quite bready, too. Basically: banana bread.

Good color, but Too sweet, kind of absinth aftertaste, even though I've never had absinth

Light and fluffy beer, weirdness. Most likely the carbonation but it drinks easily. Seems like the sweetness might get much later on beyond my 3-4oz pour.

Smells exactly like gingerbread. Flavor is dark but not bitter, rounded maltiness, very festive. Custard finish. I'd totally buy this again (but maybe actually in the Winter).