Who has tried the new Long Shot beers from Sam Adams? Three styles brewed from the winning recipes of their annual home brew compitition, which includes an old ale, German alt and boysenberry wheat. I believe all of these are incredible brews and the old ale, which weighs in at 10.1%, in my opinion, is better than the Bell's Third Coast Old Ale at 10.2%. The Long Shot Old Ale has a great malty sweetness back up by a firm but certainly not overpowering hop presence. Excellent ballance in all. Buy all you can while it lasts.
I just found a six pack this afternoon. I had the Dortmunder and the Old Ale. I didnt realize that it was 10%+... that explains the nap afterwards. They were both great beers. I will try the wheat later.
So far I've only seen them in six packs. I live in the Dallas area and found them at specialty grocer called Central Market. They have a great beer selection, but still don't come close to the midwest in beer availability. The midwest is pumping out some great micros, unfortunately, the limited production volumes prohibit the availabillity of them in the south. I was lucky to have worked in a liquor store in a Big Ten city when I was in college. We carried over 300 domestic and imported beers.
The maker of the Old Ale ,Don Oliver. He is a member of the Modesto Mashers HBC. We got to try his beer before it was announced and we had samples of the beer from SA. All I can say is that they treated Don like the good person he is. A super friendly cool all around guy!
The samples we had according to Don were spot on what he had done.
BTW We had nothing to do with his sucess except encouragment and we drank his beer.
I saw the 12 pk sampler at the store tonight, ended up going with the Rock Art Brewery sampler instead (not bad overall, really good porter) but I guess the Sam will have to be next.....
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