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Only a few of the ~60 beers that Sam Adams makes are brewed with wheat. Cherry Wheat, obviously. Blackberry Witbier was brewed with wheat, but is no longer produced. I'm sure there are a few more, but most beers are not made with wheat.
Their flagship beer is certainly not a wheat beer!
Also, I recommend trying Boston Ale if you haven't yet, it's kinda hard to find but it's really good IMO.
Brewing company Sam Adams announced the release of a beer that costs $199 per bottle -- and is illegal in 12 states.
The company said Utopias, a beer brewed by Sam Adams every two years, is headed back to stores for its 10th iteration, which boasts an alcohol content of 28 percent.
Around here, we can get a 12 pack of 9% ABV beer for $12.99 plus tax, about $800 worth of alcohol if it were all priced like Utopia. I hope the extreme price gouging on this beer won't make gov't think they should make all beer at least this price with a 6,000% tax.
Around here, we can get a 12 pack of 9% ABV beer for $12.99 plus tax, about $800 worth of alcohol if it were all priced like Utopia. I hope the extreme price gouging on this beer won't make gov't think they should make all beer at least this price with a 6,000% tax.
How is it price gouging? This isn't a standard craft 6 pack.
And what beers are you getting for 12.99 a 12 pack? Certainly not a craft beer.
How is it price gouging? This isn't a standard craft 6 pack.
And what beers are you getting for 12.99 a 12 pack? Certainly not a craft beer.
Yeah I don't know what he is on about. Utopia is a specialty beer that usually goes to collectors or people who like to age beers and is priced accordingly. It's not some swill to chug during a tailgate or rock concert.
Their flagship beer is certainly not a wheat beer!
Also, I recommend trying Boston Ale if you haven't yet, it's kinda hard to find but it's really good IMO.
The problem with so many of Sam Adams' less common and seasonal(ahem) beers, is that you CANNOT find them sadly other than as part of a variety 12 pack. For example I'd GLADLY buy a 6 pack of Old Fezziwig Ale(their special Christmas beer), if they ever did bother to sell that in stores. Heck, I'd even love to try a draft version of Old Fezziwig, if SA/Boston Beer Company could ever make that a reality at least once. Like what Samuel Smith recently did in the United States for the first time ever(I think?), with Oatmeal Stout.
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It's only illegal because of the high alcohol content - to be honest, this is not beer in the traditional sense.
And for the record, if I ever got the chance to buy one, I certainly would.
Yep, ABV cap laws are the problem in certain states like Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, West Virginia, to name a few. These laws setting a maximum alcoholic content for beer that is sold in stores, bars, etc., is totally absurd! I wish all states would abolish those archaic laws, like Ohio recently did.
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Just buy a regular Sam Adams and spike it with Everclear. Same thing and much cheaper and even more alcohol than 28%.
The only person who'd ever say something like this, is someone not really into microbrewed beer. I don't care much for Everclear(or for that matter getting s---faced drunk, I'm more about a tiny buzz being good enough for me at the very most nowadays), but to each their own.
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Brewing company Sam Adams announced the release of a beer that costs $199 per bottle -- and is illegal in 12 states.
The company said Utopias, a beer brewed by Sam Adams every two years, is headed back to stores for its 10th iteration, which boasts an alcohol content of 28 percent.
From some of my beer geek friends on the Untappd app, I know some people hype up the IPAs of the brewery Trillium, based in(I think) the Boston area. Not sure how far beyond Boston and Massachusetts into other states, their beer is distributed to.
Myself, I'm not much of an IPA guy. And usually people have said mixed reactions, when it came(for those more into IPAs) to Sam Adams Rebel IPA, plus its sister Rebel IPA beers. But to each their own, though!
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