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- kingofinternet, on 08/18/2009, -1/+71i remember when there was a hop shortage, sam adams shared their hops with other brewers. that's honorable.
and sam adams boston lager is probably the best nationwide mainstream american beer. - inactive, on 08/18/2009, -2/+38It's a brave new world out there with American Craft Breweries cranking out beers that rival sex in pleasurability. I salute you, Sam, and all the other absolutely glorious craft breweries out there - shout outs:
Stone Brewery http://stonebrew.com (San Diego, CA)
Dogfish Head http://dogfish.com (Milton, DE)
Sweetwater Brewery http://sweetwaterbrew.com (Atlanta, GA)
Great Divide http://greatdivide.com (Denver, CO)
I challenge you drinkers of swill to try any brews from any of the American craft breweries named above and see if you still think American beer is nothing but watery piss.
Move over Germany, Belgium, and the Czech Republic - America is the new beer capital of the world. (Surprisingly) - altgeeky1, on 08/18/2009, -0/+36Seriously, +1.
Sam Adams is trying to compete in the craft beer industry by RAISING the bar, SHARING information, and gaining points by bettering themselves (rather than kneecapping the competition).
Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, and Anchor Brewing are 3 of the oldest leaders in the American beer renaissance. - spiderman0505, on 08/18/2009, -0/+15Got to love a nice glass of Sam Summer during this August heat wave.
- altgeeky1, on 08/18/2009, -1/+14Sam Adams is now the #1 American owned brewery for sure. They're great guys also.
- Gndoab, on 08/18/2009, -0/+11wanted to clarify, the article states that InBev is a Brazilian company, when in fact, it is a Belgium owned company
- Predicament, on 08/18/2009, -1/+11Great beer, but other small micro-breweries make much better beers. In fact, the best beers in the world are not made in other countries contrary to popular belief, they are made in America by small craft breweries like Stone, Dogfish Head, Three Floyd's, Russian River, the list goes on and on.
Westvleteren 12 (brewed by Belgium monks) is consistently considered the single best beer in the world though. - roastedbagel, on 08/18/2009, -0/+9I've been drinking Sam Adams for about 5 years now (after I got over the whole high school/post high school phase of bud light and miller). I never understood that beer can taste good back then. And now, I completely understand the cliche "watered down beer" if I mistakenly sip a Bud or something of the like. God it's gross.
Like the previous poster stated, for me it's either Sam Adams or Sierra Nevada these days when not buying from a micro brewery. - chriswastaken, on 10/27/2009, -2/+10Beer taste is an opinion. Just like *****, everyone has one and thinks everyone else's is *****.
But Sam Adams gets props for selling their main ingredient at basically cost and shipping. - deddiode, on 08/18/2009, -0/+8Damn right the hop shortage hurt. Us homebrewers are still paying $4/oz for most hops, and $7+ for a bomber of many hopped-up brews. We are likely to see a hop surplus within two years, and I cannot wait for it.
- Bukowsky, on 08/18/2009, -2/+9The owner of Sam Adams reminds me of the owner of a local brewery here in Houston called Saint Arnold. It'd be great to sit down and drink a beer with them, you'd probably learn more about making beer than you ever wanted.
- Braxo, on 08/18/2009, -0/+7I love Stone.
Look for an Ommegang anything. Great beer. - deddiode, on 08/18/2009, -1/+8No, but Jim Koch's brilliance allowed them to grow larger than the scope of the word "Microbrewery". I commend the organization for staying true to their roots even as they have become a behemoth in the craft beer industry.
- Kate1240, on 08/18/2009, -2/+9Sam Adams is a great brew, not the best but really good!
- altgeeky1, on 08/18/2009, -0/+6Not only are all of those GREAT brewing companies, but they all also tend to throw historical "styles" out the window... the first genuine innovators since the advent of the Pils and Cream Ale.
I wouldn't have put it as you did, "move over" WRT central European beers... they're still great, classic beers. With the exception of Belgium, Europe is -extremely- regional with breweries and brewing styles.
That's not bad, just different... especially for Americans like us where we are used to "brands".
For those that don't know, Munich and Düsseldorf are not just cities but also regional styles. I couldn't imagine all beers in Boston being the same, all beers in NYC being the same (and different than Boston). Before the advent of water treatment, all you could do was brew certain styles with certain water hardness/mineral levels... - altgeeky1, on 08/18/2009, -2/+8In a lot of ways, the Craft Beer movement shares many of the same characteristics as the Open Source/Free Software movement: the sharing of information, the betterment of the industry as a whole, and a dedication to NOT become #1 if it means the same tradeoffs that the megabreweries did.
It's no surprise that the brands Anheuser-Bush, Miller, Coors are all ex-American brands picked up by mega-investors. They stopped innovating, and focused on short term cost-cutting, like GM motors, and you could see the inevitable decline coming years before their management. - jdryyz, on 08/18/2009, -0/+6Strange. No comments from some guy in Europe slamming this article. Does that mean that Sam Adams is actually good....you know, as far as "American" beers go?!?
- chicagodj, on 08/18/2009, -0/+6hey toolbox... no one likes your ***** digg submission. you've posted it in about 8 unrelated digg submissions.
- altgeeky1, on 08/18/2009, -0/+5You REALLY ought to price yourself a pound of hops from MoreBeer (B3) or North Country Malt... prices have been $20 to $25 a pound.
Join your local homebrew club... where you get free stuff (if your president schmoozes with vendors, and your club helps run events). Or you participate in group buys: base grain @ $35/sack, Marris Otter @ $45, dry malt extract $100 for a 50lb sack. You can get 2007-harvest Saaz hops for $11/pound if your group splits on an 11 lb. bale.
Split some of the less common sacks/specialty malts and you are brewing killer IPAs for $5-$20 per case, style dependent naturally...
It also helps to grow your own damn hops. I'm condo-bound, but I traded landscaping work for garden plots. You'd be surprised how many friends will let you grow hops on their property... AND water it for you... if you clear out a pesky patch of vines or poison ivy.
My 2nd year hops broke the trellis. My first year hops are averaging 18 cones. You can get free hops rhizomes from club members also. - richirwin, on 08/18/2009, -1/+6Two things.
1. Samuel Adams is good beer. Love the Boston Lager, but the White Ale is really great with food.
2. "With Anheuser-Busch's 2008 takeover by Brazilian behemoth InBev, The Boston Beer Company has become the largest American owned brewery in the United States." AMEN. - Kate1240, on 08/18/2009, -0/+5Does anyone know where I can get that glass for my bf? :)
- adamchristopher, on 08/18/2009, -2/+7I just took the tour of the Sam Adams brewery in Boston. Great tour. Koch is a true diehard and it shows in each beer. One of the most interesting parts of the tour for me was the glass they designed (same as in the thumbnail). Specifically designed for their Boston Lager it has, among other things, a laser-etched circle in the bottom so the carbonation bubbles are constantly rising to the top for more aroma. The guy is passionate.
- sunburner, on 08/18/2009, -1/+6Dugg for Sam Adams beer.
- adamchristopher, on 08/18/2009, -2/+7hahaha. did you just turn 21?
- ultimusgt, on 08/18/2009, -0/+5Sam Adams, Sierra Nevada, and New Belgium are doing miracles in beer brewing sooooooo delish :D
- TheWeez, on 08/18/2009, -0/+5Wow, people dugg you down for speaking the truth. Heaven forbid that someone point out that much of Sam Adam's product is brewed by Miller and not in Boston.
- Kate1240, on 08/18/2009, -0/+4They take a lot of pride in their beer and I respect that.
For InBev (AB) they go for quantity over quality. Sam Adams is the other way around. - mkriss5681, on 08/18/2009, -4/+8Best American beer period. Go over to Europe and in pubs it's the only respected American beer by serious beer drinkers.
- TheWeez, on 08/18/2009, -0/+4That's simply untrue. Even if it were, Sam Adam's is a publicly traded company so it's not independently owned. Stock ticket sign: SAM Guess you were also unaware that Sam Adam's is largely contract brewed by Miller.
- morgino, on 08/18/2009, -0/+4Although I know I am going to get shot down quick by the massholes, San Diego (where half of them have moved) has some great beer out here, try Stone next time you get the chance
- DjOverEZ, on 08/18/2009, -3/+74AntiStupid = Dick
- tyme, on 08/18/2009, -1/+5"handcrafted digg whiners", stfu?
- Takfam, on 08/18/2009, -0/+4If you are a beer lover, you owe it to yourself to see Beer Wars. I won't link for fear of being too spammy, but you can google it and pick up the DVD. You'll never look at a grocery store beer display, or Anheuser-Busch the same way again. Also, Dogfish Head and Stone breweries are very prominently featured and they make kickass beer, so support them if nothing else.
- wachris, on 08/19/2009, -0/+4I just found Octoberfest in the store last week. It was a rough weekend. The best of their traditional beers.
- raptor87, on 08/18/2009, -0/+4don't forget Bells in MI
- deddiode, on 08/18/2009, -1/+5This comment string is killing me.
Sam Adams is, for the most part, contract brewed. This makes it no less of a craft brew. Westvleteren is largely considered in all beer communities to be the highest quality beer in the world, and yet it was contract brewed by large Belgian brewery St. Bernardus for 43 years. You won't find a beer snob in the world that will call Westvleteren "hacks" simply for contracting out their recipe to other fully capable brewers.
Also, I need to point out that the term "microbrewery" is a reference to size. "Craft" brewery is a reference to quality.
Carry on. - troymccluresf, on 08/18/2009, -0/+4I wouldn't go that far. It's a highly respectable beer but with now about 1,500 microbreweries and an exploding homebrewer population, I don't think anyone can say with authority that any one is the best. Not a slam on you or Sam Adams (which I do like), and quite frankly, I think it's a fine point of contention to have to make. :)
- jiggawatt, on 08/18/2009, -0/+4I live in KC where we have a well known local craft beer Boulevard Brewery (http://www.blvdbeer.com/). They also do limited large bottle brews called "Smokestacks" named after the iconic smoke stack of the brewary building. It's a well diverse, tasty, regional craft brew.
I will say though that while at Bonnaroo this year I got to try SweetWater's brews for the first time (and the first time I'd heard of them) and I grew quite fond of their beer. For the same price I could get a plastic bottle of Bud Light, or a draft from one of the micro brews. Well the choice was easy and I got quite addicted to SweetWater's 420. ;) - c3rb85, on 08/18/2009, -0/+3I miss having a nice Harpoon UFO from the days of living in Boston. New England is such a good Beer area.
- harpoonhank420, on 08/18/2009, -1/+4***** that ill have a samuel jackson. ITLL GET YOU DRUNK
MMM MMM BITCH - orangefly, on 08/18/2009, -0/+3i made my own beer once....apparently i need practice....i spent a lot of time in the bathroom the next day....
- sibos, on 08/19/2009, -0/+3While I love the Winter and Summer ales, and the regular Boston Lager is great, my favorite is their Octoberfest. It's just an absolutely incredible beer, the real definition of smooth.
If this fall you see that available on tap, you must order it! - richirwin, on 08/18/2009, -0/+3ROGUE!
And Fat Tire. - zagatbuzz, on 08/19/2009, -0/+3Sam Adams does make some delicious beers, Sam Summer is one of my favorites!
- bdbr, on 08/18/2009, -0/+3THANK YOU INBEV! I hate to see American companies get bought out by foreign rivals, but when its one as embarrassing as A-B, I'm kind of glad!
- adamchristopher, on 08/18/2009, -0/+3elaborate.
- inactive, on 08/18/2009, -0/+3here ya go:
http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2007/02/sam_ ...
Lucky guy for having a girl that'll buy him beer stuff! I just so happen to be equally lucky :) - troymccluresf, on 08/18/2009, -0/+3A) Fritz Maytag and Anchor Brewing Co pretty much created the current American microbrewing culture, not Sam Adams.
2) There's plenty of non-jingoistic reasons to want American beer instead of European (the latter of which I don't think anyone is disparaging). Freshness and cost being high among them. Even going to the supermarket, which has no particular fondness for beer, I can get beer that was brewed a couple miles away earlier this week. It's getting pretty good in the States, and hey, I don't think any of us aren't grateful to our beer-brewing ancestors in Europe and the Middle East. - bdbr, on 08/18/2009, -0/+3Its almost unfair to make a short list - there are a lot of really good breweries. Even the ones like Boston Beer and New Belgium that have grown pretty large still keep the focus on quality.
Now that the watery stuff belongs to outside corporations, craft brewing is the new face of American beer. There's no need to get into a dick measuring contest with Europe; they have a lot more history than we do and they should be proud of that. Let's just be glad that we finally have a lot of great beers that we can take pride in as well. - bdbr, on 08/18/2009, -0/+3You won't have a Sam Adams because a couple was found having sex in a cathedral?
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