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New Release: Samuel Adams Fat Jack

 Samuel Adams Fat Jack has hit shelves. A new pumpkin offering by the Boston brewery.

This rich and luscious brew indulges in flavor with over 28Ibs of pumpkin per barrel, for a full bodied sweetness and deep russet color. Classic pumpkin pie Continue Reading →

Samuel Adams Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout

A newbie from Samuel Adams, Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout.  Ale brewed with spices.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ spices)
Availability: Draft only, as of 8/15/2012
Arrival: TBA

9% ABV 

Zymurgy’s Best Beers In America 2012

Zymurgy Magazine, the official Journal of the American Homebrewer’s Association just published their results from the reader’s rankings.  For the 4th year in a row, Russian River’s Pliny The Elder  takes 1st place. Bell’s Two Hearted and Dogfish Head 90 Minute aren’t Continue Reading →

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Jim Koch: America Is Envy Of World Brewers

Boston Beer founder Jim Koch “CBS   America is the envy of world brewers.” We tend to agree with him. You see a lot of his passion for a drink that has been around for 12,000 years. “It’s been with us for 12,000 years. It’s been part of our civilization since people settled down into villages. And for many years in the U.S., it’s become this kind of mass-marketed, mass-produced product, and it lost the dignity and nobility and respect that beer deserves, and I’m trying to bring back flavorful beer that will earn that respect.”

28 years later, Koch produces 2 Million barrels a year.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, Sam Adams

New Release: Samuel Adams Fat Jack

 Samuel Adams Fat Jack has hit shelves. A new pumpkin offering by the Boston brewery.

This rich and luscious brew indulges in flavor with over 28Ibs of pumpkin per barrel, for a full bodied sweetness and deep russet color. Classic pumpkin pie spices of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice ignite a warmth and spark that’s deepened by an undercurrent of roasty smoked malts. The result is a delectable brew full of enveloping layers of flavor and spice.

At Samuel Adams we love experimenting. This series of limited edition brews represents some of our favorite small batch creations.

Style: Pumpkin Beer
Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggle
Malts: Samuel Adams Two-Row Pale Malt Blend, Caramel 60, Special B, Smoked Malt
Extras: Real Pumpkin, Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmeg, Allspice

Availability: 22oz bottles

8.5% ABV

READ MORE: Small Batch Series

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Sam Adams

Winter Drinking? Samuel Adams Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout

Samuel Adams Merry Mischief

Coming to the large bottle format is Samuel Adams Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout. Who’s ready for cold weather?

This rich dark brew entices with the aromas of the holidays, hinting at the merriment and spices within. The flavor of gingerbread comes alive beginning with the smooth sweetness and heartiness of dark roasted malts and a touch a wheat. But it’s intensity and spices of cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, & ginger that add a wicked kick for a jolly playful brew full of merry mischief. 

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cloves, Ginger) Hops: East Kent Goldings, Fuggle
Malts: Samuel Adams Two Row Pale Blend, Wheat, Special B, Paul’s Roasted Barley, Flaked Oats

Availability: 22 oz bombers, Draft
Arrival: November, 2012

9% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Sam Adams

Samuel Adams Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout

Samuel Adams Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout

A newbie from Samuel Adams, Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout.  Ale brewed with spices.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ spices)
Availability: Draft only, as of 8/15/2012
Arrival: TBA

9% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Big Shoulders Beer Company, Sam Adams

Big Shoulders Beer Joins Samuel Adams Dream Program

Big Shoulders Beer Company in Chicago, Illinois is the newest brewery in Samuel Adams Brewing The American Dream program.  Rich Szydlo is a homebrewer, bartender, turned brewery owner that will use the money to brew his first batch of beer to distribute in Chitown.

First beers will include Crosstown Wheat, an unfiltered wheat beer with lemongrass and coriander.  Hopapalooza IPA is join Crosstown Wheat in the lineup too.  Samuel Adams and microlender Accion recently partnered to increase the viablity and success of small food, beverage, and brewing businesses.  The program includes access to investment capital, and expert coaching.

http://www.bigshouldersbeer.com/

by Reid Ramsay
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Zymurgy’s Best Beers In America 2012

Zymurgy Magazine, the official Journal of the American Homebrewer’s Association just published their results from the reader’s rankings.  For the 4th year in a row, Russian River’s Pliny The Elder  takes 1st place. Bell’s Two Hearted and Dogfish Head 90 Minute aren’t far behind for best IPA in the country.  Interestingly, the harder to find Pliny The Younger ranked at the other end of the list, at #48.

More than 16,000 votes were received in this years vote.  Check out the full story for brewery rankings. (T= Tied) [AHA]

 

1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
 2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale
 3. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
 4. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
 5. Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
 6. Bell’s Hopslam
7. Sierra Nevada Celebration
8. Stone Ruination IPA
 9. Sierra Nevada Torpedo
 10. North Coast Old Rasputin
 11. Firestone Walker Union Jack
 12. Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye
 13. Bear Republic Racer 5
 14. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
 15. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
 16. Firestone Walker Double Jack
 T17. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
 T17. Sierra Nevada Bigfoot
 19. Stone IPA
 20. New Belgium Fat Tire
 21. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
 22. Avery Maharaja
 23. Founders Breakfast Stout
 24. Left Hand Milk Stout
 T25. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
 T25. New Belgium Ranger
 T25. Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale
 28. Deschutes The Abyss
 29. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
 30. Surly Furious
 T31. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin
 T31. Rogue Dead Guy
 T31. Samuel Adams Boston Lager
34. Troegs Nugget Nectar
 T35. Lagunitas IPA
 T35. New Belgium La Folie
 T37. Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
 T37. Founders KBS
 T37. Russian River Blind Pig IPA
 41. Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale
 42. Victory Prima Pils
43. Great Divide Yeti
 T44. Alaskan Smoked Porter
 T44. Anchor Steam
 T44. Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
 T44. Samuel Adams Noble Pils
 T48. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
 T48. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy
 T48. Russian River Pliny the Younge
by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Sam Adams

Samuel Adams & Berkshire Create Beer Infused Whiskey

Boston maker Samuel Adams has teamed up with Berkshire Mountain Distillers to create beer infused spirits.  The two entities will create two different spirits/whiskeys, using Sam Adams Boston Lager, and Samuel Adams Cinder Bock.   Both spirit offerings will be triple distilled, then wood barrel aged.

The two brews differ greatly in taste profile and will each be distilled — a process using heat to separate liquids according to their volatility — three times to allow for the creation of two very unique spirits.

Samuel Adams Boston Lagerwill age for two years in vintage wooden bourbon barrels.  Samuel Adams Cinder Bock, a smoky rauchbier will age for two years in oak barrels.  Some used to aged Utopias, Sam Adam’s biggest beer.

“One of the best things about being a brewer is that the learning never ends.  It’s been fun to share my knowledge of brewing with Chris throughout this process, and he has certainly taught me more than a thing or two about distilling,” says Samuel Adams founder and brewer Jim Koch.  “There are many parallels between making spirits and brewing beer.  Marrying the two not only makes sense, but will also produce a drink that beer- and spirits-lovers alike can enjoy.”

It takes 12,000 gallons of beer to make just 500 gallons of whiskey.  The used barrels will leave the distillery bound for Boston for a “yet to be named” barrel aged beer that Samuel Adams will produce in the future.  The whiskey will be distributed by Berkshire Mountain.

Estimated Release:  2015

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by Reid Ramsay