Beer-a-Day #34

This is the beginning of Samuel Adams week. I picked up a mixed-six of Sam, a number of which I’ve actually never had. I’ll be sampling them over the next…uh, six days.

I think Samuel Adams gets overlooked in the realm of beer geekdom. I suppose since they left the world of “micro” brewing behind long ago, have national television and radio advertising, national distribution, near ubiquity, and is one of the few beers known to folks who don’t see much beyond the Bud-Miller-Coors hegemony, beer explorers don’t feel there’s anything new to discover. I even admit to going into my retailer on a quest for something new and/or interesting, and passing right over the (admittedly many) offerings from Samuel Adams.

Nice medium amber with orange highlights, two fingers of cream-colored head, which leaves a nice lacing on the glass. Cinnamon and toast in the aroma. Pleasantly malty, with more cinnamon and just enough bitterness. I like it. So does my wife.