Samuel Adams Brew News

Bohemian Hopsidy!
Samuel Adams Noble Pils, our new spring seasonal has met with great reviews. We crafted this beer to pay homage to a classic beer style loved round the world, that has been dumbed down over time. A true classic pilsner, we start with native, floor malted Czech barley which serves as the backbone to this beer which contributes a nice cereal note to the beer. We then add all five Noble Hops: Saaz, Spalt-Spalter, Hersbrucker, Tettnang-Tettnanger, Hallertau-Mittelfreuh. Each of these aroma hops adds different layers of hop complexity to this beer. The aroma as the glass is raised for that first sip makes us feel as though we're back in Bavaria during the hop harvest. Samuel Adams Noble Pils is drinkable in the tradition of the pilsner style, but it has the big flavor characteristics that you would expect from a Samuel Adams.

~Kristyn insert: To heck with seasonal, I want Sam Adams Noble Pils year round! Know it baby! Make it happen! Pretty please with noble hops on top~

LONGSHOT 2010
This year's Samuel Adams Longshot - American Homebrew Competition will be coming soon. Get out your creative recipes as this year's competition will focus on Category 23 - the specialty beer category. Each year two amateur homebrews are selected along with our employee homebrew winner to be featured in a mixed 6 pack and distributed nationally as part of our Longshot competition. The competition is fierce as there are some damn good brews sent in each year. So heat up some wort and wash out your carboy but remember our good friend Charlie Papazian's golden rule: "Relax, have a homebrew.