A couple of days ago, the 2011 Sam Adam’s Beer Lover’s Choice sample beers were revealed. Looks like “Sample B” was a “Maple Wood Porter. Brewed w/ Maple syrup & aged w/ oak staves.”
Updated, the samples look like this:
Sample A: Continue Reading →
This spring, Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams) is adding single hopped additions of their Latitude 48 IPA. Names for the 48th Latitude dubbed the “hop belt” of the Northern Hemisphere. The regular edition of Latitude 48 is a blend of Ahantum, Simcoe, & East Kent Golding hops. The new editions dissect the hops of the original Lat 48, plus a few extra. A bit like Mikkeller has done with their single hop IPA series.
What You Need To Know:
Latitude 48 will be available in 6 options. Regular Latitude 48. Single hopped editions, Adhantum, Simcoe, East Kent Golding, Zeus, Hallertau Mittelfrueh.
From the labels:
Hallertau: …Brewed only with Hallertau Mittelfrueh Noble Hops, a traditional variety of Bavaria’s Hallertau in Germany… Hallertau Mittelfrueh hops contribute a soft bitterness, along with delicate lemony citrus and resinous pine notes, balanced by slight sweetness and full body from the five different malts.
Each year Boston Beer Company hosts a Beer Lover’s Choice con The contest pits 2 beers from Sam Adams against each other. Drinkers in cities across American gets to vote on which beer they like more, and vote for it. Continue Reading →
Sam Adams (Boston Beer Company) is upset over the shape of the glasses Santan Beer Company has been using. It bears a resemblance to the Sam Adams “turbulator” glass for sure. Check out the video and the whole story from ABC Arizona. Think about this? With a growing beer scene in the United States, is this going to become more prevalent? Full Article —> ABC15.com
Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams) just released a new beer in their Imperial Series called “Wee Heavy”. It is a scotch ale, which is brewed with a big amount of roasted malts causing the beer to be sweeter, with touches Continue Reading →
If you drink beer, by now you understand “macro” vs “micro” brewing. Obviously your BMC (Bud, Miller, Coors) qualify as your macro breweries. SweetWater, Stone, Dogfish Head, 3 Floyds, etc are micro brewers aka -craft brewers. The question I hear Continue Reading →
Yes, this intriguing collaboration between the world’s oldest brewery Weihenstephan, and Boston Beer Company a.k.a. Sam Adams hit’s shelves tomorrow.
This beer is fairly anticipated, and allocations are a bit low. Estimated retail – 19.99 a bottle. Corked/caged.
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