Comments on: Sam Adams Coastal Wheat

By: michael Reinhardt

michael Reinhardt — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:49:02 +0000

Shanon,

Thank you so much for the comment. This is a good reminder that, for people starting out, this is a decent beer. I’m always re-oriented by comments like yours because they help me to remember that there is a whole group of people out there just now starting their beer journey and that they are not drinking Natty Light (etc).

312, and most stuff by Goose Island, is pretty good. I’m from Indy myself so I’ve had the 312 many times. Thanks for taking the time to respond to the post and tell us a bit about your beer story and yourself. If you gravitate toward the lemon flavors and already like Sam Adams, I’d recommend trying their Summer Ale. Also, Hoegaarden, which is a classic and wonderful Wit beer is something I think you’d love (based on what you’ve told me). Maybe some of the other folks who get on here could recommend a few more.

Glad to see you are expanding your horizons and wanting to try more stuff. Please stop by the site any time.

By: Shanon

Shanon — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:14:34 +0000

Well I bought a variety 12-pack, and I know I have not tried many beers, but I thought the coastal beer was one of the best I have ever had (but I am only 21). I was extremely impressed, especially with the lemon flavor. I am going to school in Chicago, so the wheat beer here is 312, and this did not have as much wheat taste as that one. But I really liked the lemon. I really like Sam Adams, anything else that has that lemon flavor?

By: beer_scientist

beer_scientist — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:52:31 +0000

I’ve honestly not had a wheat beer by them that I’ve truly enjoyed. The do some okay stuff but it’s just not up to par. My personal feelings are that American wheats fall short in general.

You read my thoughts on this one…it’s nice to see that some people agree. Thanks for commenting, we hope to see you again.

By: Austin

Austin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:43:29 +0000

My girlfriend and I bought a six-pack of Coastal Wheat last weekend and each only drank one b/c it was so bad. We were incredibly disappointed in how flavorless it was. We might as well have been drinking a low calorie beer. I love Sam Adams beer, but this fell well short. I even sent an email to Sam Adams, explaining how disappointed I was. I’m interested to see if they’ll respond.

By: nate

nate — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:44:22 +0000

I’m with you on american wheats being entirely boring. I had Abita’s (not a huge abita fan to begin with) last weekend and snoozed through it. In all honest, I think bud light’s wheat was better (more on that later).

I actually almost picked up the SA Coastal the other day when i was at the grocery store–a place where SA is as crafty as it gets–but decided a six pack was too big of a risk. I’ll search out a single.

By: beer_scientist

beer_scientist — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:22:36 +0000

Try it if you want but I don’t like it.

By: don

don — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:23:21 +0000

Thanks for the info. I’ll avoid it.

By: beer_scientist

beer_scientist — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:01:46 +0000

That’s why I called it a lawnmower beer. I think it is refreshing just not that great. The cran lambic is hated by almost everyone I know. I also agree about the two that you named. Hands down the best ones in the holiday pack.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:25:33 +0000

I thought that, despite it’s overall lack of flavor or complexity, the Coastal Wheat was fairly refreshing and might make a nice summer beer.

The real tragedy is being forced to purchase this beer and the Cranberry Lambic if you want to drink two of Sam Adam’s quality holiday beers, the Holiday Porter and Old Fezziwig.