Hall of Beers

Friends, it’s a happy time when a Sam Adams mix pack comes out. As you all know, darker, winter beers are this Captain’s favorite, but summer/spring beers are wondrous too. The most recent mixed 12er I picked up has 2 of each of the following: Boston Lager, Sam Light, Blackberry Wit (finally!), Hefewiezen, Summer Ale [...]

Those daring, beautiful people have done it again: Jim Koch and his Samuel Adams crew have made me scream like a little girl. Here’s an article (ahem) lifted from their newsletter. Why gild the lily, I asked myself. Read on. Oh, the beer of it all!
Pushing Beer’s Boundaries

In 1984 Jim Koch first brewed Samuel Adams [...]

Why, just last Spring I brewed a Blackberry Wheat beer. So either great minds think alike or Jim Koch owes me a sweet piece of this action. No… no… I’m sure it was innocence that created this wonderful (sounding… but I have no doubt) brew.
Take it away, Sam Adams On Tap Newsletter…
2008 Beer Lover’s Choice [...]

And… yet another deep doff of the cap. What… a… beer. I finally spotted a Sam Adams Holiday Pack the other day and leapt onto it, shattering every bottle and injuring a small Navajo boy. I wept at the lost beer for several hours and then, assured the young lad was resting soundly, went out [...]

Well just when I was getting down on my fancy beer brewing… the very same day, in fact… Samuel Adams gave me a shot in the arm! Why, just take a look!

That’s right! Captain and Mrs. Beer’s Maple Porter received a score of “very good” from the professional panel of tasters from the Sam Adams [...]

Yet another solemn nod to The Boston Beer Company and another satisfied palate over here. As we strolled the awful cavernous aisles of a wholesaler, seeking free samples and bulk-size crackers, there like a beacon of light shown a beer brewed near Beacon Hill where once I made a bacon sandwich and beckoned friends with [...]