Is Sam Adams on their way?

[Joesf35]

To the OP, unless you mean something else than what it appears, everyone here is under the impression that you believe Sam Adams has been a pauper company for a long time.

The intent was to see who thought they had a chance to make it into the big three in America (ignoring the fact that Busch is a subsidiary now) and push one of the other guys out of the way. They had been making money but their revenue has more than doubled in the last two years. So now they are making "you can't stop my climb" kind of money.

 

[Weizenwerks]

Nothing is for certain. Things happen fast in business and you always fall faster than you climb.

Craft beer has a long way to go if a company wants to oust one of the big production breweries.

 

[Hoppin_Mad]

I take it you haven't had the Sam Adams Stoney Brook Red Ale?

Grossest beer I've had. Sour Cherry-infused. No thank you.


Is Sam in every state yet? Living in Boston, its been on tap for years here, but what's it like on the West Coast?

Nah, have only tried the boston lager and the ocktoberfest. Seems like alot of places around me (dallas) do not carry a whole lot of their line.

I just think it is funny how much hate gets directed toward the cherry wheat on here! Seems like you can't screw up a nice fruity wheat beer that bad, but I have not tried it...

I pass on most of their beers when I see them because the boston lager and ocktoberfest didn't really impress me, but compared to BMC I would still take a SA any day.

The cranberry lambic might be a little scary though....

 

[scrambledegg81]

Think I'm one of the remote few that hates their Noble Pils but actually enjoys the cherry wheat...



And no, I wasn't dropped on the head as a child, nor am I a poofter.

 

[Special Hops]

Sam Adams started in '93 right? So 18 years ago they began as the first recognized craft brewery in the country (I'm assuming... I was 12 in '93).

Not sure when but I think way before then. I want to say mid-80's.

 

[RMitch]

1985.