PRODUCT: Sam Adams Utopias 10th Anniversary

It’s rare, it’s expensive, it’s exciting: Samuel Adams Utopias. Photo courtesy Boston Brewing Company.   Boston Beer Company has launched its 10th anniversary batch of Samuel Adams Utopias, a barrel-aged, limited edition, limited release brew. Only 15,000 bottles have been made. At a suggested retail price of $160, you probably can’t give it as a…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Throw An Oktoberfest Celebration

Oktoberfest beer with a spicy cheese dip. Photo courtesy Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.   Each year, many people look forward to Oktoberfest, an annual 16-day beer festival held since 1810 in Munich, Germany—the country’s renowned Bavaria region, comprising southeast Germany. Oktoberfest is said to be the world’s largest fair, with more than 6 million people…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Pumpkin Beer & Other Fall Craft Beers

Invite Fat Jack and Oktoberfest to a fall beer tasting. Photo by Elvira Kalviste | THE NIBBLE.   We received an email from Innis & Gunn, an Edinburgh brewer that ages beer in oak bourbon barrels, announcing that their Spiced Rum Aged beer has arrived in the U.S. It was a reminder that it’s time…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Serve Hard Cider

For Memorial Day festivities, we cut our beer purchases in half and substituted hard cider—specifically, the Crisp Apple variety of Angry Orchard Cider. Think of an elegant apple cider, made from a very complex blend of both culinary (eating) apples and bittersweet “angry” apples. Then, add a lengthy fermentation process, including oak aging for complexity…
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