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 →
This beer has gotten a lot of beer geek buzz over the past few months. The chance to finally try this beer for yourself has arrived. Infinium is a very unique collaborative effort, and definitely one of the most elegant Continue Reading →
Each year Boston Beer Company a.k.a. Samuel Adams holds a homebrewing competition dubbed the “Category 23 Longshot Competition”. You might say “Category 23” what’s that? Well, the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) classifies beer into 22 categories. The 23rd category, Continue Reading →
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. Last year was the 6th annual contest with put Sample A (Belgian IPA) and Sample B (Rye Beer) against each other. The winner – Sample B is available now – Revolutionary Rye.
2011 Samples are headed out soon. This years options:
Sample A: Oaked Ale Sample B: Maple Wood Porter. Brewed w/ Maple syrup & aged w/ oak staves.
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 of brown sugar and caramel flavor. Hops are minimal. Historically, the Scots had very few hops that would survive the Scottish winter. Also there are historical accounts of the English being stingy with their hops too. Sam Adams used peat smoked malt in the making of this beer, a signature ingredient in scotch whiskeys. The beer is then cold aged.
Commercial Description: Samuel Adams Wee Heavy was inspired by both traditional Scotch ales and Scotch whiskies, for a combination of deep roasted flavor and earthy smoke character. Traditional Scottish ales vary in intensity with the strong ales known as Scotch Ale or “Wee Heavy”. To create our own version of the style we added peat smoked malt to bring the unique flavor of Scotland to this complex and satisfying brew.
Style: Scotch Ale/ Wee Heavy Hops: Zeus Malts: Two-row Harrington, Metcalfe, and Copeland pale malts, Caramel 60, Roasted malt, Peated malt
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 a lot is what is the difference? First and foremost obviously the beer makes the difference. I mean, put a miller light up against a Stone Levitation. Come on, its a no brainer. A bigger qualifier – production. Allow me to simplify.
The Brewers Association of America basically decides the output definition of macro vs. micro. The Brewers Association is made up of over 1,200 brewers – mainly craft brewers. Until yesterday- the production cut off was 2,000,000 barrels. This knocked Sam Adams (Boston Beer Company) out of the “craft/micro” designation and into big macro territory.
Yesterday’s definition amendment by the Brewer’s Association changed the output qualification from 2 million barrels to 6 million. So, for now The Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams) remains craft.
Question for the readers? What makes craft beer to you? Output? Size? Would you still love Dogfish Head Brewing & Stone Brewing if they produced 4 million barrels a year? Discuss.
This beer has gotten a lot of beer geek buzz over the past few months. The chance to finally try this beer for yourself has arrived. Infinium is a very unique collaborative effort, and definitely one of the most elegant packages for a brew I’ve seen in a while. Read up on the story before you pop the cork. Pinky fingers up everyone.
Backstory:
Our brewers worked for two years with the world’s oldest brewery, Germany’s Weihenstephan, to create this unique new beer style. A groundbreaking brew, made with only the four traditional ingredients: malted barley, hops, water and yeast, Infiniumâ„¢ is a crisp champagne-like beer with fine bubbles and a fruity, spicy aroma. The crisp clean malt character and delicate fruit notes in this beer are complemented by a slight citrus flavor from dry hopping with Bavarian Noble hops. Bottle conditioning adds another layer of complexity and light spice notes.
The challenge was to create a new one-of-a-kind, champagne-style beer, while operating within the confines of Reinheitsgebot; the German Beer Purity Law dating back to 1560 which allows the use of only water, malt, hops & yeast. Using these four classic ingredients and the traditional brewing process to reach their end goal would require the brewers ofSamuel Adams and Weihenstephan to innovate like never before. Combining their 1,000 years of brewing expertise and creativity, the two brewers created a groundbreaking brew that’s crisp and champagne-like. It’s light and dry yet complex, with a sparkling effervescence.
Our brewers rearranged the brewing process to create this ground-breaking beer, reintroducing the mash process into the brew kettle and the fermenter. The process used to brew Infinium is patent pending, and allowed our brewers to create a beer unlike any ever brewed under the Reinheitsgebot. Infinium is dry-hopped with Bavarian Noble hops for a light citrus flavor. Its then bottle-conditioned with a traditional Belgian yeast and fermented in the champagne-method to add another layer of flavor complexity, a bright clarity, and a fine carbonation to the beer.
Style: Biere de Champagne/ Biere Brut Hops: Hallertau Mittlefrueh, Spalt Spalter, Tettnang Tettnanger and Hersbrucker Noble Hops Malts: Custom blend of two-row malted barley, malted spring white wheat, and malted oats Yeast: Samuel Adams ale yeast, Belgian yeast
Taste Expectations: Effervescent, slightly hoppy with a touch of earth. Bready, bit of sweet malt. Very dry.
Availability: 750 ML, Corked/Caged. One time collaboration.
Atlanta Homebrewer Wins Sam Adam’s Longshot Competition!
Each year Boston Beer Company a.k.a. Samuel Adams holds a homebrewing competition dubbed the “Category 23 Longshot Competition”. You might say “Category 23” what’s that? Well, the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) classifies beer into 22 categories. The 23rd category, is reserved for beers that are unique/different that don’t fit into the first 22. Brewery owner Jim Koch was once himself a homebrewer, brewing his great-great grandfather’s now infamous “Boston Lager” in the 1980’s.
The beers are submitted to Sam Adams and judged on aroma, appearance, taste, and mouthfeel. Each year there are literally 1,000’s of entries. Over the weekend at The Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO the winners were announced. Richard Roper, a homebrewer here in Atlanta, GA won!!! His Belgian Imperial IPA was selected alongside a Black IPA by Rodney Kibzey from Illinois. Both Richard and Rodney’s beers will be brewed and distributed nationally in the 2011 Sam Adam’s Longshot “Category 23” 6 packs with one more entry- Sam Adam’s employee Caitlin DeClercq’s “Honey Bee’s Lavender Wheat.” Caitlin won the employee homebrew contest this year.
Richard Roper bought his ingredients for his winning brew at Hop City!
Congratulations Richard!
Runner ups for the Longshot competition include – Rachel McAdams’ “Rae Rae’s Ale,” a brown ale brewed with black tea and bergamot. Also, Theresa Szilagyi’s “Don Tiburon Ale,” brewed with agave, mango, and cherries.
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. Last year was the 6th annual contest with put Sample A (Belgian IPA) and Sample B (Rye Beer) against each other. The winner – Sample B is available now – Revolutionary Rye.
