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Samuel Adams' new beer is illegal in 28 states. Here's why.
Yahoo ^ | 19 Sept 2021 | Kaitlin Reilly

Posted on 09/19/2021 9:25:03 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

Samuel Adams just created a new beer that’s so strong, it’s illegal — in 28 states, at least.

The brand just released its 12th batch of Utopias beer, according to a press release from the company. Utopias, which is barrel-aged and released every two years, is described by the company as “a spirited blend of multiple batches of our extreme beers.” This particular batch was finished with 2,000 pounds of cherries and offers “subtle notes of honeyed apricot and caramel to the rich layers of flavor.”

The reason it’s illegal in 28 states, however, has to do with its alcohol by volume (ABV), which stands at 28%.

For those who want to get their hands on a bottle (legally, of course) you’ll have to pay a bit more than your average six pack. A bottle of the latest batch of Utopias retails for a suggested price of $240.

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KEYWORDS: oenology; oshkalabelgiumbore; strong; yourcousinfromboston; zymurgy
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To: DUMBGRUNT

$240 for that? I’ll buy Yuengling. Better beer, cheaper and still American owned. Boston Beer went woke.


81 posted on 09/19/2021 2:51:07 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention)
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To: nascarnation

Yuengling has a brewery tour of their brewery here in Tampa. At the end, free samples ..


82 posted on 09/19/2021 3:10:17 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention)
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To: Bigg Red

Leftist causes!! Sam Adams must be rolling in his grave over that..


83 posted on 09/19/2021 3:11:48 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (I'm the one trying to save American Democracy...Donald Trump 6/21 at the NCGOP convention)
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To: hanamizu

A friend and I tried a raspberry lembick at the beer fest on Young Circle in Hollywood Florida 20 odd years back.

We sipped our free sample, shuddered, spit it back in the Dixie
cups and looked for discarded cigar butts, dog droppings, anything to kill the taste!

It wasn’t a bad night except for that, free beer, free food samples, free bands.


84 posted on 09/19/2021 3:21:57 PM PDT by skepsel (A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime. Mark Twain)
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To: Deplorable American1776

Boston Beer is American owned.


85 posted on 09/19/2021 3:40:28 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: Fungi
Beer, lambic, cider; None of the above. Does not meet the Reinheitsgebot (Wasser, maltz, hops). They put fruit into it but controlled the yeast used (Not wild), and aged it, not lambic, but close. Not a cider, since not apple.

So! Fortified beverage it is!

86 posted on 09/19/2021 3:43:03 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

“So! Fortified beverage it is!”

Not fortified.


87 posted on 09/19/2021 3:51:24 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: Deplorable American1776

I toured Guinness in Dublin. It’s become more of a Disney type attraction with a brewery on the side. Quite fun.


88 posted on 09/19/2021 4:04:52 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: slapshot

Buy Yuengling.


89 posted on 09/19/2021 4:09:07 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission

True. The German purity law does not apply to US brewers, but even with that, a 28% alcohol beer is closer to a brandy or other fortified beverage than a beer. Nevertheless, it’s all about marketing and uniqueness, and don’t forget the money.


90 posted on 09/19/2021 4:23:20 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The Man Law ruling: "Don't fruit the beer."

91 posted on 09/19/2021 4:23:29 PM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
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To: Stand Watch Listen

—”Don’t fruit the beer.”

That sounds serious!


92 posted on 09/19/2021 4:28:26 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: TexasGator; Fungi

T.G. Monday now and This was a sport bar discussion.

“Not fortified.” So you would call it...?

They fortify this years brew with last years brew to promote it as unique and having extreme alchol content. (Banned in 28 states!) Otherwise its a discussion about “blended beer “ which I suppose you could also call this but that just sounds funny. Maybe they should just distill it, but I am not certain what the Hops would do to the taste of whiskey?)

I can see Missouri from my back porch, so I sit on the edge of “Malt Beverage” land. Beer brewed with Rice as an Adjunct. In the popular mind it’s still called beer. (Boulevard Brewing here in KC is owned by InBev but does not use Rice.)

(TexasGator; Florida flag, Texan living FL? Sort of Blended!)


93 posted on 09/20/2021 7:25:52 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: Vaduz

One, please. (At a time)


94 posted on 05/22/2022 12:32:49 PM PDT by W. (I hate this effing cellphone! It's constipated!)
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To: W.

Yes the liver yells STOP one is more than some six packs.


95 posted on 05/23/2022 7:32:52 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Going for the Colt 45 market.

The Sicker Quicker Liquor!

96 posted on 05/23/2022 7:35:38 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Richard Axtell

I had a stout that was 11% once. But that’s still less than half of this whatever-it-is.


97 posted on 05/23/2022 7:40:17 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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