How many different beers does Samuel Adams make?!
How many different beers does Samuel Adams make?
how many different beers does Samuel Adams make? -- just wondering
Answers:
Twenty-three, including the limited stuff.
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I was recently at a tasting of all the SA beers. Spoke to Sam, himself. Nice guy.
11 year round, 5 seasonal
As of 2006, the company produces eleven varieties of beer year-round: Boston Lager, Sam Adams Light, Boston Ale, Pale Ale, Cherry Wheat, Cream Stout, Brown Ale, Hefeweizen, Scotch Ale, Black Lager, and Utopias. The Sam Adams Boston Lager contains 4.9% ABV, roughly average for its style. Other styles have pushed the physical limits of alcohol content for the brewing process--in 2003 one batch of Utopias contained 25.6% ABV, beating the records that Samuel Adams Triple Bock and Samuel Adams Millennium had set before it.
Additionally, the company brews five seasonal beers per year, as follows:
* Double Bock (January - March)
* White Ale (January - March)
* Summer Ale (April - August)
* Octoberfest (August - November)
* Winter Lager (November - January)
Samuel Adams also runs a "Winter Classics Mix Pack" near the Christmas Season, including Old Fezziwig Ale, a spiced ale introduced in 1995, Holiday Porter, which is very dark but smooth, introduced in 2004, and Cranberry Lambic, which tastes like cranberries, but is not actually a Lambic-style beer.
The company has also produced several limited-run "Extreme Beers", which are meant to be enjoyed more in the manner of an aperitif or cordial rather than a beer. These include Millennium, Utopias, Triple Bock, and Chocolate Bock. Due to the extremely high alcohol volume in these brews (as high as 25% for the Utopias), their sale is restricted by several states. In November 2005, the brewery continued extreme brewing innovation by releasing a limited release (60,000 units) "Imperial Pilsner Harvest '05" brew.
As of 2006, the Sam Adams brand had 18 award-winning styles of beer available in 12oz bottles - Boston Lager, Light, Double Bock, White Ale, Summer Ale, Octoberfest, Winter Lager, Old Fezziwig Ale, Cranberry Lambic, Holiday Porter, Boston Ale, Cherry Wheat, Cream Stout, Scotch Ale, Black Lager, Brown Ale, Hefeweizen, and Pale Ale. The most recent of these is Samuel Adams Brown Ale (2005). This beer was voted on by consumers around the country to replace Sam Adams Light in the Brewmasters' Mix 12 pack in 2005. The winner of the 2006 Beer Lover's Choice Award, Honey Porter, has replaced the Hefeweizen in the Brewmasters' Collection as of early 2007.
Five Samuel Adams products are available on draft towers across the country. Boston Lager, with its trademark blue-flame tap handle, is the most widely distributed Samuel Adams draft. However, the seasonal draft line up of White Ale, Summer Ale, Octoberfest and Winter Lager, grows in popularity each year. Also available from the keg in select locations (mostly airports) are Boston Ale, Hefeweizen, Cherry Wheat and Black Lager.
In summer 2006, Sam Adams released a Brewer Patriot collection that includes four beers that "honor the fine American Brewing Tradition of our founding fathers."
The Brewer Patriot collection includes:
* Traditional Ginger Honey Ale
* James Madison Dark Wheat Ale
* George Washington Porter
* 1790 Root Beer Brew
The Boston Beer Company also produces Twisted Tea hard iced tea and HardCore hard apple cider, which are intentionally separate from the Samuel Adams brand.
i think its 11
i think it was either 21 or 23
21 I use to bartend. Havent u seen the Sam Adams commercial. Some are seasonal though.
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