Boston Beer Co. (Samuel Adams)
Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Est. 1984
Tally's Take
Why this matters
A founding pillar of American craft beer, though their modern volume is heavily driven by hard tea and seltzer.
The People
Behind the beer
Brewed the first Boston Lager from a recipe found in his father's attic.
The Beer Library
Beers
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Year-RoundVienna Lager
Brewed from a recipe Jim Koch found in his father's attic, dating to his great-great-grandfather. It launched in 1985 and gave American craft beer its first genuinely national brand.
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