page_title: Boston Beer Company
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caption_attribution_description: English: A line-up of different Samuel Adams beers. Summer Ale, Blueberry Hill Lager, Belgian Sessions, Boston Lager, Cherry Wheat, Porch Rocker, Little White Rye. More freely usable pictures related to spirits, beer, distilling etc.
context_page_description: The Boston Beer Company is a brewer founded in 1984. Boston Beer Company's first brand of beer was named Samuel Adams after Founding Father Samuel Adams, an American revolutionary patriot. The company launched Angry Orchard brand hard ciders in 2012.
  The Boston Beer Company is the fourth largest brewery in the United States being available in most 50 states.
context_section_description: Samuel Adams Boston Lager
  Following Jim Koch's great-great grandfather's recipe, Samuel Adams continued to use traditional brewing processes, including decoction mash (a four vessel process) and krausening (a secondary fermentation).  Boston Lager is also dry hopped using the Hallertau Mittelfrueh and Tettnang Tettnanger hops.
  Samuel Adams Rebel IPA
  First brewed in 2014, Samuel Adams Rebel IPA is a West Coast style India Pale Ale. The beer is brewed with five American hops - American Cascade, Simcoe, Chinook, Centennial, and Amarillo. In early 2015, Samuel Adams released Rebel Rouser, a double India Pale Ale, and Rebel Rider, a session India Pale Ale.
  Sam Adams Light
  Introduced in 2001, Sam Adams Light was the second light beer the company brewed. There was consideration to name the brew "Turtle Adams" after Sam Adams’ pet turtle.  The company previously sold Boston Lightship, which was introduced in 1993.
  Samuel Adams Barrel Room Collection
  These Belgian style beers are left in large wood barrels to age and pick up some of the flavors of the wood. The beers in this collection are American Kriek, New World, Stony Brook Red, Thirteenth Hour and Tetravis.
  Samuel Adams Utopias
  The company followed this up in 2002 with Utopias; at 24% ABV, it was marketed as the strongest commercial beer in the world (a mark that has since been challenged). The company subsequently released new "vintages" of Utopias annually, increasing the alcoholic content to 27% ABV by 2007.
  Utopias is made with caramel, Vienna, Moravian and Bavarian smoked malts, and four varieties of noble hops: Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, Tettnanger, Spalter, and Saaz hops. The beer is matured in scotch, cognac and port barrels for the better part of a year. A limited number of bottles are released each year; in 2007, only 12,000 bottles were produced, and in 2009, only 9,000 bottles were released. Sold in a ceramic bottle resembling a copper-finished brewing kettle, a single bottle of Utopias cost $100 in 2002, and $150 in 2009.
  Because of legal restrictions, Utopias is not offered in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont, or West Virginia.
  Triple Bock
  Triple Bock was released in 1994, 1995, and 1997. It has a black, opaque color, no carbonation, and at 17.5% ABV it was the strongest beer brewed at the time it was introduced.  Maple syrup was added in the brewing process. Triple Bock was a "forerunner" of later strong beers from Samuel Adams — Millennium (21% ABV released in 1999 only), and Utopias (24–26% ABV first released in 2002).
  Seasonal beers
  In addition to year-round offerings, Samuel Adams also has four seasonal offerings. The spring seasonal beers are Cold Snap, a Witbier and Escape Route, a Kölsch. The spring seasonals are sold from January to March.  The Summer offerings are available from April through August and include  Summer Ale, a wheat ale and Porch Rocker, a radler. The Autumn seasonal beers are available August through October and are Octoberfest, a Marzen and Pumpkin Batch, a saison with pumpkin. The Winter/Holiday seasonal beers are available November through December and are, Winter Lager, a Bock and White Christmas an Ale.
  Samuel Adams also offers seasonal variety packs that include a mix of year-round and seasonal offerings.
  Hard cider
  Samuel Adams began offering ciders in 1995.  The company has both year-round and seasonal cider offerings, which since 2012 have been sold under the Angry Orchard brand name.
  Malt beverages
  Beginning in 2001, Boston Beer began to produce Twisted Tea, a 5% abv malt beverage marketed as a "hard iced tea". Its brand portfolio has since grown to include a number of flavored varieties, including a "half and half" variant designed to mimic an Arnold Palmer, and is primarily marketed in the American southeast.
  Hard seltzer
  Boston Beer Company launched a line of hard seltzers in 2016 under the brand name Truly Spiked & Sparkling.
  Subsidiaries
  Boston Beer operates a number of other sub-brands, including The Traveler Brewing Company (which focuses on shandy vari
caption: A variety of Samuel Adams seasonal beer
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