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Boston Brewer Pushes New Limits on Extreme Beer

Story from Comcast.net. Written by Russell Contreras, AP

BOSTON — It is banned in 13 states and sure doesn’t come in a six-pack.

The maker of Samuel Adams beer has released an updated version of its biennial beer Utopias — now the highest alcohol content beer on the market. At 27 percent alcohol by volume and $150 a bottle, the limited release of the brandy-colored Utopias comes as more brewers take advantage of improvements in science to boost potency and enhance taste.

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One Reply to “Boston Brewer Pushes New Limits on Extreme Beer”

  1. One hopes this is better than their Triple Bock, which tastes like used motor oil. A brewer I know produced a beer he claimed was 40 something percent and didn’t taste like motor oil, Ohio brewers who tasted it told me it was no 40, but at least 27-28 and it didn’t taste like motor oil. What a compliment. He told me part of the way he got it that high was it was an Eisbock. I suppose if you keep freezing and removing water you might get there, but it would taste terrible. So a small brewpub (at the time) brewer just over the border in KY out did Sam.

    Since beer yeast has it’s limitations there’s not a lot of good options once you get into the high teens.

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