Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat beer is
the worst tasting beer I can ever remember drinking.
The taste was somewhere between a traditional
wheat beer and
cherry-flavored cough syrup. Though it claims to be golden in color, I found it to be a standard wheat beer
pale yellow leaning towards gray. The
aroma is 100%
Robitussin and my initial reaction was revulsion;
bad childhood memories rushed back with that smell. Since it is a wheat beer, Cherry Wheat is
unfiltered and not clear like more conventional beers such as
lagers,
ales or
pilsners. The combination of non-spectacular yellow color,
murkiness and horrid aroma does not make for
an appetizing glass of beer.
Cherry Wheat was first brewed by the
Samuel Adams brewery in 1995. There are 166
calories per 12oz bottle and each contains 5.2%
alcohol by volume. It is
currently available all year.