Members the_big_geez Posted July 19, 2005 Members Posted July 19, 2005 (I know this is old news, but it was news to me...) http://www.realbeer.com/library/beerbreak/archives/beerbreak20020214.php Beer Break Vol. 2, No. 19 The 48 proof beer Feb. 14, 2002 Those wild and crazy guys at Boston Beer Co. have done it again, brewing a beer so strong they label it 48 proof, using terminology usually reserved for spirits. Sam Adams Utopias MMII, which goes on sale this month, is in fact 24% alcohol by volume, making it the strongest commercial beer in the world. The previous strongest was Sam Adams Millennium, a one-time batch brewed in 1999, at 21%. To create the beer, Sam Adams' brewers used two-row, caramel and Vienna malts, then all four types of noble hops, leaving the beer spicy enough that some call it "fiery." The beer was aged in scotch, cognac and port barrels from February 2001 until late last year. The aroma has a "distinctive smell of cinnamon and vanilla with subtle hints of floral, citrus and pine." "At a time when light beers are growing in popularity - we wanted to introduce a rich-tasting and unique beer that would rekindle interest in the other side of the beer spectrum," said Boston Beer founder Jim Koch, whose own brewery recently rolled out Sam Adams Light. Utopias MMII is packaged in a copper-finished brew kettle designed to look like larger kettles used by brewers. The suggested retail for the 3,000 24-ounce bottles available is $100. The Millennium was priced at $200 when it first shipped in 1999, with a few bottles commanding $1,000 in Internet auctions before sanity prevailed. Because we knew you'd ask, here's where Utopias will be available: Chicago, Denver-Boulder, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Detroit, Boston metro area, New York, Hartford (Conn.), Rhode Island, Long Island, Burlington (Vt.), Springfield (Mass.), Monmouth-Ocean City (N.J.), Albany (N.Y.) metro area, New Haven (Conn.), Augusta-Waterville (Me.), Portland (Me.), Stamford-Norwalk (Conn.), Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Sacramento, Washington D.C., and Baltimore. And also because we knew you'd ask: Samichlaus, first brewed in 1980 by Hurlimann in Switzerland, was long the reigning strongest beer at 14% abv. A lager, it was brewed on St. Nicolas Day (Dec. 6) each year and released exactly one year later. Hurlimann raised a major ruckus when it quit brewing Samichlaus, but fortunately the Eggenburg Castle brewery in Austria has taken over production and shipped the beer each of the last two Decembers. Sam Adams surpassed Samichlaus in 1994 with its Triple Bock, which included maple syrup as an ingredient. It was fermented with champagne yeast and finished at a hefty 17.5% abv. For the arrival of the millennium, Sam Adams and Dogfish Head in Delaware both went after the record. Dogfish Head released its World Wide Stout, fermented with seven different yeasts, in December 1999 with a record 18.1% abv. Nothing like a bottle full of bread, I always say!
Members Incubitabus Posted July 19, 2005 Members Posted July 19, 2005 Virginia Forumites! Lets get together and split a Bottle!
Members T. Alan Smith Posted July 19, 2005 Members Posted July 19, 2005 Originally posted by Subsonicbass What HE said!
Members FARGreg Posted July 19, 2005 Members Posted July 19, 2005 Originally posted by T. Alan Smith What HE said! why does this quote show up before the original post?
Members the_big_geez Posted July 19, 2005 Author Members Posted July 19, 2005 Originally posted by FARGreg why does this quote show up before the original post? Just guessing here... Because it's 48 Proof?
Members bassplayer7770 Posted July 19, 2005 Members Posted July 19, 2005 Yum. Just seeing the words "Sam Adams" makes me thirsty.
Members the_big_geez Posted July 19, 2005 Author Members Posted July 19, 2005 Originally posted by bassplayer7770 Yum. Just seeing the words "Sam Adams" makes me thirsty. Well, then. Lookee here! http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=987010
Members s4001 Posted July 19, 2005 Members Posted July 19, 2005 Beeerrr... aag.ggh.ghgh.g.gh..gh..ghg...
Members D Aussie Posted July 19, 2005 Members Posted July 19, 2005 Pfa.. it would just taste like strong barley wine.Whoop de doo. Even Bsch at 13% tastes too winey to really taste like beer.After about 7% everthiong just starts tasting "not like beer"
Members the_big_geez Posted July 19, 2005 Author Members Posted July 19, 2005 Originally posted by D Aussie Pfa.. it would just taste like strong barley wine.Whoop de doo.Even Bsch at 13% tastes too winey to really taste like beer.After about 7% everthiong just starts tasting "not like beer" I know that! Now, STOP being such a wet blanket, you, you, you... You WET BLANKET, you!
Members D Aussie Posted July 20, 2005 Members Posted July 20, 2005 Oh, look, mate, it doesnt mean I wouldnt be keen if someone else is buying, but I recently had this polish {censored} just because someone told me it was the highest alcohol consumable I could get.It was impossible to drink!You had to mix it with coke or juice to get it down ya.It turned out to be 95% alcohol.It was in a small bottle.. bout 300mls.. anyone know what Im talking about?It was bloody horrible... some sort of tripple distilled plum vodka or somethng. If you want more clout from your beers, buy Coopers Extra Stout, running free at 6.8% and drop a pure vodka (like sky or smirnoff) in.
Members bholder Posted July 20, 2005 Members Posted July 20, 2005 Well, I've got to admint, TBG, this time you've posted something useful and that I can agree with! I was a big fan of their "triple bock", I have a couple of batches of homebrew that are similar but stronger (14%) and way hoppier. I wonder how they got this stuff up that high - I don't know of any yeast that'll go that far. I have to wonder if they partially distilled it somehow.
Members T. Alan Smith Posted July 20, 2005 Members Posted July 20, 2005 Originally posted by FARGreg why does this quote show up before the original post? Dunno, but I think it's quite cool.
Members bassguy Posted July 20, 2005 Members Posted July 20, 2005 ugh? didnt it say it costs 100$ a bottle and is going on sale on ebay for around 1k a bottle? or is that the millenium beer?
Members bassplayer7770 Posted July 20, 2005 Members Posted July 20, 2005 Originally posted by the_big_geez Well, then. Lookee here!http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=987010 I already have a gig that night. Sorry, Gav...
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