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Boston Lager

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🌍 United States · Vienna Lager · One of 15 Vienna Lagers in hopIQ

Full-bodied amber lager with caramel malt sweetness, toasted bread and balanced noble hop bitterness. Samuel Adams flagship beer.

Flavor Profile

How this beer tastes, mapped across 44 dimensions

malty
100%
caramel
75%
wheat
75%
smooth
75%
crisp
50%
refreshing
25%
balanced
25%
bodied
25%
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About Vienna Lager

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What is a Vienna Lager?

Vienna Lager is a distinctive beer style with its own characteristic flavour, aroma and colour. Discover what makes it unique and find similar beers on hopIQ.

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Serve & Enjoy

How to get the most out of Boston Lager

Serve at 4–7°C
Refrigerate, then rest 2 min

Serve at 4–7°C for the best flavour balance and aroma expression.

Stein
Recommended for this style

The sturdy German stein maintains temperature and keeps carbonation intact. Built for long, convivial drinking.

Store in a cool, dark place. Check the best-before date on the label for guidance.

Tasting Notes

AI-generated sensory profile for Boston Lager

Appearance

Boston Lager presents a beautiful deep amber hue with excellent clarity and a golden-orange glow when held to light. A creamy, off-white head forms readily and persists with fine carbonation throughout the glass.

deep amberclearcreamy headgolden-orange

Aroma

The nose leads with inviting caramel malt sweetness and toasted bread notes, characteristic of the Vienna lager style. Noble hops provide a subtle, refined herbal background without overwhelming the malt-forward profile.

caramel malttoasted breadnoble hopsbalanced

Taste

Entry reveals a smooth, medium-bodied palate with prominent caramel sweetness and toasty grain character. The mid-palate maintains excellent malt balance with gentle noble hop bitterness (30 IBU) that cleanly finishes without harshness or astringency.

caramel-forwardtoasty grainsmoothbalanced bitterness

Finish

The finish is clean and crisp with a refreshing quality that invites another sip. Residual bread-like maltiness lingers pleasantly without being cloying.

cleancrisprefreshing
82
hopIQ score
aroma
82
taste
83
appearance
85
finish
80
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