Favorite Sam Adams beer besides Utopias regardless of BA ratings

I dig most of SA's line up except for the fruitier beers (Cherry Wheat, Cranberry Lambic, etc.) and a few of my favorites are Noble Pils, Alpine Spring, Boston Ale and Boston Lager (not as tasty to me as it once was [my palate seems to have changed a lot over the years] but it is still a solid choice and great in a pinch).

I never quite got the hype found with Old Fezziwig and while I can enjoy it, I find it to be a bit boring (for lack of a better term).

 

Old fezziweg (wish I could get that in sixer around Christmas )
Tasman red
Octoberfest
Third voyage

 

Noble Pils
Boston Lager
Cream Stout

 

Noble Pils is awesome, Winter Lager, Old Fezziwig, Boston Lager. I like most of there stuff, but not all.

 

Not a favorite of mine either, but my girl friend loves it!

 

1) Old Fezziwig
2) Cream Stout
3) Boston Lager

I haven't gotten to their Hopology or Spring thaw but plan on picking it up...

 

Noble Pils
Old Fezziwig
Kind of off topic but I really enjoyed the 2010 Longshot winners:
Lemon Pepper Saison
Mile High Barleywine
Old Ben Ale

 

Octoberfest
Imperial Stout

 

48 deconstructed simcoe, old fezzyiwig, and octoberfest, except for the cherry wheat i dont think they make a bad beer

 

I want to say around the Fall of 2007. You'd think with a 91 rating and their 5th highest rated beer they might want to brew it again, #'s 2,3,4 only have 1 or two ratings and not to discredit those reviews, they're not enough to give an unbiased rating. Hallertau was an amazingly bitter and cloudy when it was cold, when it warmed up it became more clear and lost some of it's edge - weird, but it was amazing (and I'm not a big SA fan at all). I Had the chance to meet Jim Koch and asked him about that beer and he just laughed because they had to use a ridiculous amount of hops in the batch and that was the end of the conversation. ('Guess that answered my question whether or not they're going to brew it again.) IMO, the next best hoppy thing from them is the IPL.

 

My favorite is the Cream Stout , its a great beer and still one of my favorites , I have a soft spot for it because it was one of my first ventures into craft beer

 

Holiday Porter (if you can find singles) the cranberry lambic is the worst beer coincidentally in the same winter variety pack.

If anyone remembers, years back for 4th of July they released 4 packs of beer using old fashioned ingredients. The root beer was gross but the Thomas Jefferson double wheat was awesome.

 

Double Agent IPL
New World Tripel
Noble Pils

I like many Sammy's though and always grab their variety packs.

 

Plain old Boston Lager. Because you go to a wedding or reunion and they have Bud, Bud Light, Heiny, and then the "special/craft" offering of boston lager. And you are so thankful that they at least have that.
(Or you find a bar with liquor)

 

I guess times are tough over at SA and they can't spring for the extra hops.

 

in order...
1. Tasman Red
2. Hazel Brown
3. Old Fezziwig

 

Ha! This probably sounds crazy, but I'm viewing that Hallertau Pils as a VW Phaeton. A high quality product that painted itself into a corner because the price tag didn't appeal to the VW buyers, likewise, for the avid SA drinkers it was too hoppy and too expensive. *sigh*...(I wish they'd bring that beer back...)

 

Old school winter lager... Yum.

 

Alpine Spring, with Merry Mischief and Double Agent IPL close behind

 

Even though it's crap: summer ale because i have fond memories of thinking about its consumption.

 

Tasman Red and Boston Ale

 

Fezziwig. Nothing else comes close

 

Summer Ale, hands down.

 

Old Fezziwig
Boston Ale
Octoberfest

I miss the old Winter Lager recipe and Vienna Lager. Pretty much got me into craft beer.

 

Havent tried the Bonfire yet, but I have been looking for it. Eventually gonna brew a Rauchbier myself when I get into lagering. Still doing ales till I get good at it.

 

Cream stout hands down
Then Tasman red

 

Red Brick Ale
Cherry Wheat
Imperial White
**I do miss the old Lambic though (it was a nice addition to the xmas pack)

 

Cherry chocolate bock is pretty awesome.

 

Honey Porter, Fezziwg

 

dark depths, noble pils, 3rd voyage, old fezziwig, winter lager, IPL.

 

Hallertau Imperial Pilsner and Whitewater IPA

 

Scotch Ale-The ever elusive & still top of my SA heap just wishin I could find it in a sixer again.
Longshot's Dark Night in Munich-An amazing Dunkel that should have seen it's own release.
Dark Depths-Very solid baltic porter
HOF-Quad bock in cobalt blue bottle

 

East-West Kolsch, Tasman Red, and Chocolate Bock

 

I wish Sam Adams had a petitioning page on their website that would allow us to try and get certain beers into sixers and so forth. That's one of the few craft breweries that can afford to meet the customers requests

 

cream stout
Double agent
American kriek
porch rocker (for summer sessions only)

 

Double Agent IPL is sooo Good!!

 

It doesn't get much love (only a 73 rating) but I really enjoyed the Blackberry Witbier.

 

I'd have to say double agent IPL for sure.

 

Octoberfest
Winter Lager
Third Voyage.

When I just want to kill a cold beer and not think about it- Boston Lager does the trick

 

I had an Old Fezziwig last Christmas and it was so much better than I had anticipated. I wish that they sold it on it's own and not just in the holiday assortment.