Posted in miscellany, Boston Brewery, brown ale on October 20th, 2007 No Comments »
This one had been sitting in the back of the fridge for awhile, just biding its time until I got around to sampling it. The label says it’s made from a blend of malts and with Noble Spalt hops from Bavaria and Goldings from a single source in East Kent. Well goody.
One of the things […]
Posted in ale, seasonal beer, Samuel Adams, Boston Brewery on July 3rd, 2007 No Comments »
I’m continuing on in my summer beers series because well, it’s summer. I need to start out with a warning here. Mom, if you’re reading this, stop now. Don’t ask why, just stop. I mean it.
Sam Adams’ beers are like sexual positions. Some are really good, and others not as good; but even the ones […]
Posted in seasonal beer, lambic, Samuel Adams, Boston Brewery on November 23rd, 2006 1 Comment »
This is the last beer left from my Sam Adams Winter Classics Mix Pack. And what better day than Thanksgiving to sample a cranberry lambic. If you’re not familiar with the lambic style, it originated in Belgium and its most notable characteristic is that rather than fermenting with a specific strain of yeast, the wort […]
Posted in seasonal beer, porter, Samuel Adams, Boston Brewery on November 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
There is a bit of folklore surrounding porters. The story goes that in victorian-era London, there was a beverage called “three threads” which was a mixture of three styles: ale, beer, and two-penny. Three threads was very popular with London’s baggage carriers, and a when brewers started making a single brew that replicated the flavor […]
Posted in ale, seasonal beer, Samuel Adams, Boston Brewery on November 23rd, 2006 No Comments »
This is another beer from the Sam Adams Winter Classics Mix pack. It’s named after some character from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. I’ve never read A Christmas Carol, but I’ve seen the Muppet version a few times. In that take on the story Fezziwig is played by Fozzie the Bear (Fozziewig), and Fozzie always […]
Posted in lager, wheat beer, bock, Samuel Adams, Boston Brewery on November 22nd, 2006 No Comments »
This is the first of the actual seasonal beers that I’ve sampled from the Sam Adams Winter Classics Mix Pack. It is described as a dark wheat bock brewed with winter spices. I was really interested in tasting this beer because I’ve had many, many wheat beers over the years, but they are usually not […]
