According to PRNewswire, Jim Koch, founder and brewer of Samuel Adams beer, invites drinkers to explore drink their most extreme beer, the 2011 batch of Samuel Adams Utopias, available this May. Meant to be savored like a fine wine or cognac, this strong, rich, un-carbonated dark beer is best served as a two-ounce pour at room temperature in a snifter glass.
Samuel Adams Utopias is brewed in small batches, blended, and aged in the Barrel Room at the Samuel Adams Boston Brewery. Followings its first release in 2002, Utopias received the title of world’s ‘strongest beer commercially available’ in the Guinness Book of World Records. The 2011 offering of Utopias is 27 percent alcohol by volume.
“Each time we begin the process of crafting our next evolution of Samuel Adams Utopias, we strive to make the new vintage more unique than the last, and the 2011 brew is no exception. The brewers and I spent years perfecting it, experimenting with different barrels and aging techniques until we felt it lived up to the long-standing heritage of Samuel Adams Utopias-a quest to push the boundaries of beer,” said Koch. “Since I first brewed Samuel Adams Boston Lager in my kitchen, I’ve made it my life’s work to elevate beer and make people rethink the possibilities of what beer can be.”
The 2011 batch is a blend of liquids that have been aged in a variety of wood casks for up to 18 years. The aging process enhances the beers vanilla, maple, and cocoa notes, and it offers an aroma of ginger and cinnamon. The flavors intensity individually over time, making it a special brew that becomes better with age.
The limited edition Utopias come from 53 barrels, all brewed, blended, and aged at the Samuel Adams Brewery in Boston. The brew is hand-bottled in numbered, ceramin brew kettle-shaped decanters, available at select specialty beer and liquor stores this May in honor of American Craft Beer Week. It will be on shelves just in time for Father’s Day, and is sold at a retail price of $150.00 per bottle. For more information, visit www.samueladams.com.
