Samuel Adams - New Albion Ale
Not technically a Sam Adams brew - New Albion was the flagship beer of the New Albion Brewing Company in the late 70's. They (and founder Jack McAuliffe) are widely credited as being the first modern 'craft' breweryy and have directly influenced many of the modern powerhouses including Sierra Nevada closely and Sam Adams a bit more distantly.
- - a 6.0% ABV Pale Ale, this pours translucently beer-colored straw and offers almost no head. There's a light, crisp cracker malt nose with a touch of grassy hops. Very clean. Gets a bit buttery and smooth as it warms. Despite being 6.0%, this is very light.. watery almost. Clean comes to mind again - it's smooth, drinkable.. there's sweet, light caramel maltyness and not much else. A mild astringency appears in the middle before finishing crisp with touches of floral and grassy hops.
In all honesty, I really didn't enjoy this beer. It was one-dimensional, mild, watery.. however that's probably because of the state of even the mildest modern beers. This has crazy historical value in the beer community and totally worth a taste. Please remember, this was up against beers like Bud, Coors, and Schlitz back 35+ years ago. This is worthy of 2 ratings
Historical - - 8 Hops!
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