Samuel Adams Escape Route
Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company)
- From:
- Samuel Adams (Boston Beer Company)
- Massachusetts, United States
- Style:
- Kölsch
Ranked #332 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 78
Ranked #37,577 - Avg:
- 3.43 | pDev: 12.24%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 152
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 24, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 02, 2014
- Wants:
- 15
- Gots:
- 167
SCORE
78
Okay
78
Okay
No description / notes.
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Ratings by RJLarse:
Reviewed by RJLarse from Washington
3/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
The last of the Sam Adams Spring Variety Pack. Poured in to a pint glass.
Pours a pale yellow/gold color, slightly hazy, with a foamy white head. Not a lot of head retention, and it breaks down to a thin fizzy ring in a matter of minutes.
Smell is an earthy dirt and dandelion aroma.
Taste is a sweet vegetable flavor like grass or hay with a dry mildly bitter finish.
Mouthfeel is clean and like with a chalky character on the aftertaste.
Overall OK. I'm not much on this style, and I don't think I would ever buy it if not part of a sampler.
May 05, 2014Pours a pale yellow/gold color, slightly hazy, with a foamy white head. Not a lot of head retention, and it breaks down to a thin fizzy ring in a matter of minutes.
Smell is an earthy dirt and dandelion aroma.
Taste is a sweet vegetable flavor like grass or hay with a dry mildly bitter finish.
Mouthfeel is clean and like with a chalky character on the aftertaste.
Overall OK. I'm not much on this style, and I don't think I would ever buy it if not part of a sampler.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by brewme from Massachusetts
3.25/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Reviewing this beer from memory. My forty fourth brew reviewed from these guys. Like most beers from Boston Beer Company, also known as Sam Adams, this is just ok.
Sep 24, 2025
Reviewed by ironprog from Florida
2.68/5 rDev -21.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
2.68/5 rDev -21.9%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 2.5
Note: I am in the process of moving all of my ratings from other beer sites to here, so that all of my ratings are consolidated in one place. The review below is an exact copy of my original RateBeer review from 05/07/2016.
12 oz. bottle. Pours a cloudy, lemon-gold, with a white, tight head that lasts a while. Smells slightly sweet (like brown sugar) with hints of lemon and banana. Taste is medium sweet but I can’t really identify any particular flavors. It has a medium body with a slightly creamy texture. Carbonation seems a bit high, and the finish is long and sweet.. Overall, I would consider this a "people-pleaser" beer. It’s a bit sweet and doesn’t have any off-putting flavors. However, it also means there’s nothing unique about this beer and therefore has no identity. Basically, this is the kind of beer that you have at your backyard barbecue because you know almost everyone will like it. But it’s not necessarily one that you’d tout to your beer friends.
Jun 08, 202412 oz. bottle. Pours a cloudy, lemon-gold, with a white, tight head that lasts a while. Smells slightly sweet (like brown sugar) with hints of lemon and banana. Taste is medium sweet but I can’t really identify any particular flavors. It has a medium body with a slightly creamy texture. Carbonation seems a bit high, and the finish is long and sweet.. Overall, I would consider this a "people-pleaser" beer. It’s a bit sweet and doesn’t have any off-putting flavors. However, it also means there’s nothing unique about this beer and therefore has no identity. Basically, this is the kind of beer that you have at your backyard barbecue because you know almost everyone will like it. But it’s not necessarily one that you’d tout to your beer friends.
Reviewed by BWED from Colorado
3.81/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz. bottle poured into willibecher.
A- Golden straw in color. A faint haze. Head is off white and pretty dense. Retention is okay, and relatively no lacing.
S- Subtle stonefruit, and floral. Malt profile is a bit grassy and lightly toasted.
T- Subtly sweet, with a nice bready note. Not fruity. Floral/herbal hop.
M- Body is light. Nice crisp, faintly bitter finish.
O- Not bad. Nothing outstanding though. Mild, a bit bland.
Jul 20, 2017A- Golden straw in color. A faint haze. Head is off white and pretty dense. Retention is okay, and relatively no lacing.
S- Subtle stonefruit, and floral. Malt profile is a bit grassy and lightly toasted.
T- Subtly sweet, with a nice bready note. Not fruity. Floral/herbal hop.
M- Body is light. Nice crisp, faintly bitter finish.
O- Not bad. Nothing outstanding though. Mild, a bit bland.
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