Samuel Adam’s Winter Lager
Winter Lager is a weizenbock, a dark bock brewed with generous quantities of malted wheat, a style that is usually enjoyed as a warming drink from late fall through to spring.
Another of the consistently solid brews from the Boston Brewing Company. They label it as their seasonal for the winter, but I’ve noticed that you can get these “out of season” quite easily.
This Wheat Lager pours up into my dimpled mug with a thin head that dissipates, not completely, from its medium brown-amber body. It’s a pretty one.
There are serious spices on the aroma, surrounded by sweet malts and honey.
Taste is initially wheaty and malty. Within these malts are roasted nuts, wood, sweet honey, herbs, spices, and an almost vegetable note, which isn’t a bad thing. Malt lovers will like this beer. The backend features hops, that are slightly unmanaged throughout the long lasting flavour. For such a widely available, and widely consumed, brew this one’s interesting. A good introduction to the complexities of craft beer for the new beerian.
Tasting Notes: aroma of honey, spices and herbs. flavour shows more spices, herbs with some woody, roasted, cinnamon on the finish.
