needs to out more during the fall, great beer

I'm getting a Pony Keg for the Bar...

wheel,

Great stuff ,love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

As far as good beer goes, Sam Adams Octoberfest only rates a meh.

Guys, check out what you locals are brewing. You'll find they have beers that are just as good, or better than most of what Sam Adams sells.

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yup.

BTW, it's Scam Adams, not Sam Adams. Getting everyone to believe the hype about their beer.

I thought you were talking about Portlan Oregon's JACK ASS Mayor!!!! LOL

being from Ma., its kinda weird to hear the hatin on sam. ive always loved the stuff...all except for the summer ale......not a big fruit beer fan.....

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Not really hate, more like apathy. It's one of the better mass produced and distributed American breweries, but it's still a hugely mass produced beer, meant for the masses and it's really just kind of a minor upgrade from the big three.

Mmm - one of our locals, Highland Brewing Company puts out a great Oktoberfest (Highland Clawhammer Oktoberfest). Another local, Big Boss Brewing Co. has a pretty good Harvest Ale as well...man I love local breweries. Duck Rabbit has a Wee-Heavy Scotch Ale that is killer too...

Sam Adams basically same as miller/bud/coors? Wow.

They definitely make a lot of it though and mass-distribute. Is that what makes it bad?

Bowling, I agree Oktoberfest es gut. Also very much like the winter lager and cream stout.

I like it.................

and much prefer the boston lager over bud, coors, miller, or some of the other bear piss out there

fact is I drink mostly boston lager unless a botl brings over sumptin new to try

I'm a BIG fan of local brews.

But to say that Sams is simply another mass produced beer??

I hear that and realize that the person saying it truly doesn't know beer.

I'm not saying you have to like it. Taste is subjective.

Downplaying the importance of the original nationally available full flavored beer, however, is borderline slander.

No other beer is so good and so consistent in so many places nation wide.

Yes, there are better beers.

Much better.

But their existence can not diminish how good a Sam Adams Boston Lager truly is, and how it changed the landscape of this liquid love that many of us share.

And for the record, I find the Octoberfest a tad too sweet on the palate.

I brought a 12 pack to the Pats game at the Meadowlands, and now I remember why it's been two years since I purchased it.

Want my take on this? No? Too bad here it is.

Sam Adams is alright. I'll take it over the Miller/Bud and the other garbage out there. Sam is on the cusp of a mega brew but rides the "micro brew" vibe. They are neither, somewhere in the middle.

I'm in central MA and enjoy what Wachusett Brewery has to offer (love the Black Shack Porter) but they are also a "local mega" brewery. Small brewery but can be found in every store and on every tap around here.

I don't drink much but I like trying different stuff from local brew pubs when I get the chance. Small batch runs that last a few weeks. I'll grab a growler or two when I find one that I like.

When I pick up some beer from the store, it's usually a Wachussett brew of some sort.

Well... that and I also have to get some Cornoa Light and a couple of limes for the wife. (rolling eyes). If only I could get it through to her. On the up side, she dosen't drink mine and I don't drink hers.

Sam Adams was better last year IMHO

this year Dundee's octoberfest is much better

I'll drink a Sam Adams any day of the week.

The guy was a homebrewer and wants his employees to be homebrewers too.

I always liked their Hefe and Scotch Ale. The regular Boston Lager is good too. Yeah, it's massed produced. I don't hold it against them. It has good taste and the bottles work great for homebrew that I make.

Rock out, damn its beer not women! Like you've ever had a bad beer in the morning?

Mass produced for Texas.......SHINER.What Sam Adams wants to be.....but they just got too big.I find Sam's brews to be only slightly better than your average mass produced swill.

One of the best small batches I've found lately.......MOOSE DROOL(a very tasty brown ale from Montana).

Ron

Sam Adams, Pete's, and Sierra Nevada all make great beer, but Stone Brewing is in a league all by themselves.

Hating on Sammies? Seriously?

Sam Adams makes a good beer, not great, but good. It IS mass-produced, but that isn't a positive or negative - it only explains why it doesn't really push the envelope like most beers I consider to be great actually do - they want to make a lot of beer for a lot of people, and a lot of $.

I'd still prefer a Sierra over a Sam any day of the week, but to say Sam is a notch above swill is disingenous at best (the Cranberry Lambic is a notch BELOW swill though).

My local microbrew (Coastal Extreme Brewing aka Newport Storm) makes a decent beer, but none of them are my favorites. I prefer the IPA they do as a summer seasonal (because I hate summer wheat beers and I'm a hops addict) and their small-batch runs are always fun to try, as well as their free beer every friday.