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Location of Origin: 30 Germania Street, Boston, MA, 02130, USA
Date Established: December 1984
Category: Public (NYSE: SAM), Independent, Craft, Macrobrewery With Expansive National and Moderate International Distribution, over $500 Million in Annual Revenue, 840 Employees, Multiple Facilities, and over 2,500,000 US Barrels of Annual Output, 2nd Largest American Owned Brewery.

Reviewed Beer from Sam Adams (Boston Beer Company)


5-13-13 - Maple Pecan Porter
4-23-13 - Sam Adams Irish Red Ale
3-25-13 - Double Agent IPL
10-01-12 - Fat Jack Double Pumpkin
4-20-12 - Black Ale
4-20-12 - 26.2 Marathon Wheat

All rated Beer from Sam Adams (Boston Beer Company)

3-08-18 - New England IPA - 3.20, New England IPA, 6.80%
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2-12-18 - Tasty Ale - 2.92, American Brown Ale, 5.20%
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1-13-17 - Hopscape - 3.01, American Pale Wheat Ale, 5.50%
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10-19-16 - Maple Ale - 2.96, American Amber/Red Ale, 6.40%
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10-15-15 - Black IPA Experimental - 3.28 - American Black IPA, 5.80%
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10-15-15 - Downtime Pilsner - 2.96, American Pilsner, 5.00%
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7-16-15 - Mesquite Brown Ale - 2.78, American Brown Ale, 5.10%
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6-18-15 - Nitro Rider - 2.99, American IPA, 5.50%
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6-18-15 - Rebel Rouser - 3.26, American IPA, 7.00%
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4-16-15 - Nitro Brown Ale - 3.11, American Brown Ale, 4.90%
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4-15-15 - Juicy IPA - 2.87, American IPA, 6.00%
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4-15-15 - Black + Gold Stout - 3.07, American Stout, 6.00%
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3-19-15 - Cream Stout - 3.16, Milk/Sweet Stout, 4.90%
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3-19-15 - Stout Nitro - 3.10, American Stout, 4.50%
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3-19-15 - Caroway Stout Cask - 3.27, American Stout, 5.00%
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2-01-15 - Winter Lager - 2.91, Bock, 5.60%
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1-16-15 - Crystal Pale Ale - 2.62, American Pale Ale, 5.30%
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1-15-15 - Hoppy Red - 2.94, American Amber/Red Ale, 5.00%
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1-15-15 - Rebel IPA - 3.03, American IPA, 6.50%
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1-15-15 - Double Belgian - 3.18, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, 8.10%
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12-24-14 - Old Fezziwig Ale - 3.63, American Winter Warmer - 5.90%
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12-13-14 - 3.09, American Double/Imperial Stout, 9.00%

6-19-14 - Black Lager Brewmasters Collection - 3.61, Schwarzbier, 4.90%

6-19-14 - 3 Weiss Men - 3.32, Weizenbock 9.78%

6-19-14 - Honey Queen - 2.41, Braggot, 7.50%

5-03-14 - Escape Route - 2.66, Kolsch, 5.00%

6-24-13 - Grumpy Monk - 2.85, Belgian IPA, 5.70%

6-02-13 - White Lantern - 2.83, Witbier, 5.50%

5-04-13 - Maple Pecan Porter - 3.17, American Porter, 5.60%
Please see review above.
3-21-13 - Double Agent IPL - 3.02, India Pale Lager, 5.00%
Please see review above.
1-17-13 - White Christmas - 3.19, Witbier, 5.80%

1-17-13 - Belgian Amber - 2.65, Belgian Amber Ale, 4.30%

1-17-13 - New Albion - 2.53, American Pale Ale, 6.00%

12-07-12 - Utopia 10th Anniversary Edition 2012 - 4.03, American Strong Ale, 29.00%
This is the strongest Utopia to date, celebrating ten years of Sam Adams Utopia. The brand has been released in small batches in the years 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, and 2012. This is an uncarbonated high strength beer with a lot of complex flavors and aromas, characterized by caramel sweet malt and noble hops. Despite its very high ABV, it's brewed in the normal fashion, and aged in wood barrels for 19 years. This extremely long conditioning process gives the beer a vast array of bold flavors including vanilla, maple, spice, ginger, honey, coffee, fruit, molasses, and cinnamon. Yes, quite a boat load. Sam Adams even recommends that if you're patient enough, you can cellar it for longer periods of time to enhance the flavors even more. It is best served as a dessert beer in small, 2 oz servings at room temperature. Only 15,000 bottles of this 10th Anniversary Edition will be made at $160 a bottle. This batch was conditioned in Buffalo Trace Distillery casks.
9-08-12 - Fat Jack Double Pumpkin - 3.85, Imperial Pumpkin Ale, 8.50%
Please see review above.
8-02-12 - Hazel Brown - 3.78, American Brown Ale, 5.20%

6-26-12 - Porch Rocker - 2.48, Fruit/Vegetable Beer, 4.50%
This is a beer for those lazy summer days. A lighter, crisp, and mostly refreshing brew, this is
4-19-12 - Black Ale - 3.71, Dark American IPA, 4.50%
Please see review above.
4-19-12 - 26.2 Marathon Wheat - 2.58, Gose, 4.50%
Please see review above.
1-27-12 - Alpine Spring - 2.54, Keller Bier/Zwickel Bier, 5.50%

1-20-12 - Honey Porter - 2.62, English Porter, 5.45%

11-05-11 - White Ale - 3.01, Witbier, 5.20%

10-14-11 - Harvest Pumpkin Ale - 2.58, Pumpkin Ale, 5.70%

6-10-11 - Colonial Ale (Union Oyster House Exclusive) - 3.89, American Brown Ale, 5.50%

3-01-11 - Revolutionary Rye Ale - 3.35, Rye Beer, 5.50%

3-01-11 - Scotch Ale - 2.87, Scottish Ale, 5.40%

3-01-11 - Irish Red - 3.24, Irish Red Ale, 5.80%

12-12-10 - Brick Red - 3.28, Irish Red Ale, 5.50%

12-08-10 - Cherry Wheat - 3.35, Fruit Beer, 5.30%

11-17-10 - Chocolate Bock - 3.86, Bock, 5.80%

1-04-10 - Utopia 2009 - 4.28, American Strong Ale, 27.00%
At the time of its release, the first Utopia in 2002 held the record for the strongest naturally-fermented beer commercially available. They have become nothing but a huge, rare, and much coveted hit among craft beer enthusiasts, and at more than $150 a bottle, the wealthy of course. The first Utopia was released with a 24% ABV, and this fifth release boasts a massive 27.00%. Today, the Utopia brand doesn't hold the distinction as the strongest naturally fermented beer on sale as that title has been taken over many times since 2002. Each release of Utopias are a momentous occasion for the brewery, which sells between 9,000-15,000 bottles for each release, making them very rare collectors items. These are very sweet beers with extremely bold and complex flavors. Caramel malt mixed with fruity notes, cinnamon, spice, vanilla and an array of other flavors smoothly cover the entire tounge in an unparalleled experience. The beers are conditioned in leftover spirit distilling casks from other companies such as Tawny Port, Buffalo Trace, and Vintage Ruby. As each cask is used for a different purpose, they all produce varied results with hints of rum, scotch, whiskey, bourbon, and others definitely present in the beer.
Date Expurgated - Porter - 2.86, English Porter, 5.45%

Date Expurgated - Winter Lager - 2.63, Bock, 5.50%

Date Expurgated - Light - 2.48, Light American Lager, 4.00%

Date Expurgated - Summer Ale - 3.14, American Pale Wheat Ale, 5.20%

Date Expurgated - Octoberfest - 3.22, Marzen/Oktoberfest, 5.30%

Date Expurgated - Boston Lager - 2.97, Vienna Lager, 4.90%
First brewed in 1984, this European style Vienna lager is Sam Adams' flagship brew. Sold in