Question: What state was the namesake of Boston Beer Company's first brand of beer from?
Context: Samuel Adams is the flagship brand of the Boston Beer Company.  The brand name (often shortened to Sam Adams) was chosen in honor of Founding Father Samuel Adams.  Adams inherited his father's brewery on King Street (modern day State Street).  Some histories say he was a brewer, while others describe him as a maltster.  The Samuel Adams brewery is located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, where visitors can take a tour, and shop beers and merchandise.  Samuel Adams beer is brewed by the Boston Beer Company, which was founded by Jim Koch and Rhonda Kallman.  Samuel Adams beer was started using a recipe now known as the Samuel Adams Boston Lager. D. G. Yuengling & Son is the oldest operating brewing company in the United States, established in 1829.  It is one of the largest breweries by volume in the country.  Based on volume sold in 2016, Yuengling was the top craft beer company in the U.S. Based on sales in 2011, Yuengling was tied with the Boston Beer Company, maker of Samuel Adams brands, as the largest American-owned brewery.  Its headquarters are in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.  Yuengling produces about 2.8 million barrels annually, operating two Pennsylvania facilities and a brewery in Tampa, Florida. Angry Orchard is a hard cider company located near Walden, New York, United States, owned by the Boston Beer Company.  It makes hard cider using apples from Europe and the United States.  In its first year, the cider was only available in New England, Colorado, Maryland, and New York.  In 2012, it was introduced nationwide (with its three flagship flavors, Crisp Apple, Traditional Dry, and Apple Ginger) and quickly captured 40% of the United States hard cider market, rising to 50% by 2014 and comprising 20% of the Boston Brewing Company's output. Alpine Beer Company is an American brewery founded in 1999 by Pat McIlhenney in Alpine, California.  Alpine Beer Company produces a variety of beers, many of which have high alcohol content and are strongly hopped beers.  The beers have acquired a following due to the popularity of such beers as Pure Hoppiness and Exponential Hoppiness IPAs.  Alpine Beer Company was ranked as the fifth best brewery in the US in 2006 by Beer Advocate. Free Beer, originally known as Vores øl - An open source beer (Danish for: "Our Beer"), is the first brand of beer with an "open"/"free" brand and recipe.  The recipe and trademark elements are published under the Creative Commons CC BY-SA license. The Boston Beer Company is a brewer founded in 1984.  Boston Beer Company's first brand of beer was named Samuel Adams (often shortened to Sam Adams) after Founding Father Samuel Adams, an American revolutionary patriot.  The company launched Angry Orchard brand hard ciders in 2012. C. James Koch (pronounced , "cook"; born May 27, 1949) is an American entrepreneur, the co-founder and chairman of the Boston Beer Company, the producers of Samuel Adams beer. Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16] 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.  He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States.  He was a second cousin to fellow Founding Father, President John Adams. The New Albion Brewing Company is known as the first American craft beer brewery.  Founded in 1976 by Jack McAuliffe (born 1945) in Sonoma, California, New Albion is acknowledged as the first United States microbrewery of the modern era, as well as a heavy influence on the subsequent microbrewery and craft beer movements of the late 20th century.  New Albion was resurrected in 2012 under the supervision of McAuliffe, himself, and Boston Beer Company.  The current president is McAuliffe's daughter, Renee M. DeLuca. Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. is a private beer company that began production in 1853 in Cincinnati, Ohio by German immigrant Christian Moerlein.  Before closing its doors in 1919 as result of prohibition, Christian Moerlein was among the ten largest American breweries by volume.  In 1981, the brand was revived by the Hudepohl Brewing Company as a "better beer" a precursor to the current craft beer category and is considered a pioneer craft beer of today's craft beer movement.  In 1999, Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing Co. sold out to a group of out-of-town owners, a sale that included the famed Christian Moerlein craft beer brand.  In 2004, Greg Hardman a Cincinnati resident purchased Christian Moerlein, as well as 65 other historic Cincinnati brands, returning local ownership to Cincinnati in a move that included a plan to return Cincinnati's grand brewing traditions.  The four phase plan was, 1) return the local ownership of Cincinnati's great beer brands to Cincinnati; 2) build their base of sales to; 3) open local brewing operations in the heart of Cincinnati's historic Brewery District and; 4) open a World-class Moerlein Lager House on the banks of the Ohio River to act as a signal that beer is back in Cincinnati.
Answer: Massachusetts