Boston Lager Remastered

I like your list. Boston Ale was great and Noble Pils was one of the better beers I was searching for in my craft beer infant years (before I would just drink whatever). Irish Red was also great and yes the old school version of winter lager and Fezzi is definitely missed this year.

 

If I am wrong I apologize! I got what I thought was the new one out of a new mixed pack. I've always liked the Boston Lager and have drank my share but this one had a different taste to me. Take care!

 

Another one I like is the Triple Bock. Have not seen this in a while. Take care!

 

There were only 3 years for Triple Bock - 1994, 1995, and 1997 (tho' it did hang around in some stores much longer due to price and taste ) - although apparently the brewery still has some around since they've used it as one the beers blended to create some years' of Utopias.

 

I thought maybe BBC might be expanding their trial areas -- or maybe you were trading. The "reformulated" Sam is pretty well marked.

 

At least in my area the Irish Red is available in red cans, and it’s called “Boston Brick Red”. I think it may be a spring seasonal?

It’s actually a fairly hoppy beer when very fresh, it’s just that most people don’t ever see it really fresh.

 

What is very fresh? I just bought some four months prior to its enjoy by date. It seems pretty fresh to me.

A high quality bottling line and a good cap gasket helps a lot in my experience.

 

That's a month from bottling, that would qualify as very fresh to me!

However fresh from the brewery in Jamaica Plain in MA during a tour many years ago was a whole other level (or maybe it's my memory embellishing things...).

 

BBC's "Enjoy before month" notching isn't very specific - it's based on a five month suggested shelf life - but their packaging (printed 12 pks and cases and stamped on the bottle below the neck label) includes the "day of the year" of bottling, as well.

Above - bottled on Dec. 24 (354th day of year)
Below - bottled on Feb. 23 (54th day of the year)

Just bought a six of SA Alpine Lager, which I will "enjoy before May" (likely much, much sooner ), and bottles are stamped beginning with "P366" - Dec. 31.

 

I had Red Brick at Cheers in BAHHSTIN back in 2015, it was a pretty decent beer.

 

I always identified it as having a floral hop flavor and aroma with a balanced malt backing...

In recent years it seems to malt forward and not in a good way...almost buttery...haven't tried the new one yet but I did just get the sampler with Alpine Spring so I will soon.

 

That's probably not the Remastered version, though. It was only being test marketed in NY the last I heard.

 

From the Paste article:

“The “remastered” Boston Lager is currently being tested in New York markets, and online tasters seem to suggest it comes off as a bit less sweet, and more hop forward.”

I must confess I am disappointed in Paste magazine. Why didn’t they obtain some of the remastered Boston Lager and provide their insight here?

Cheers!

 

Isn't that just a rehash of this whole thread?

I like how they say the packaging is unclear on whether a consumer is getting the reformulated beer.

Guess they aren't reading BeerBuzz. Or BA.

 

If it is not an exact recreation of the 1984 recipe, I am not that interested. Shrugs.

 

Do you have a perspective on what defines "recipe"? It seems like when it comes to brewing beer lots of folks (both breweries and beer consumers) relate recipe with a list of ingredients. If we accept that 'assumption' the reformulated Boston Lager may be the same as how the beer was brewed in 1984. If instead we view the definition more broadly then:

• Over the years since 1984 Boston Beer Company have worked with their hop providers in Germany to make some changes. One change being to request they harvest the hops later in the season. Technically they are the 'same' hops but from a beer production perspective the late harvest hops will provide a differing hop aroma/flavor.
• Is a change in brewing process a change in recipe? My answer would be yes but perhaps you (and others?) may think differently here.
• Etc.

I am hoping that someday I will have the ability to try this reformulated Boston Lager. If I am ever able to travel to New York without restrictions (e.g., quarantining) I will make an effort to purchase a six-pack of reformulated Boston Lager and try this beer for myself.

Cheers!

 

Yeah, you'd think Boston Beer would have sent Paste a sample, given that the article does have quotes from the company that weren't available online (at least, back when this thread started) unless those are simply copied from an industry pay-site, like the CBD article mentioned early in this thread https://craftbusinessdaily.com/boston-tweaks-iconic-boston-lager-recipe/

Seems clear to me...

 

I find the naming as Remastered “now brighter and easier drinking” a bit curious. It says we made a mistake with the original this one is far better. The one that made you a multimillionaire, but maybe it’s just me.

 

While I agree with you in theory, somewhere up the thread there's talk of how Boston Lager has morphed from that original recipe over the years, so I'm with @Bitterbill and @TongoRad on this -- bring back the true original.