Talk:Samuel Adams (beer)

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I believe another beer they make is "Fezziwig Ale" (delicious!) included in the yearly Christmas 12-pack. - Perl guy 03:55, Jun 13, 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, checked around the web. Sounds really good, I'll have to look for it. Thanks for pointing it out! - Hephaestos|§ 22:12, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)

This year they have something new -- Holiday Porter. Who wants to update the article? --Perl guy 23:10, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)

There's also a horrid Cranberry Ale JD79 18:33, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

What would be the best way of adding that it tastes really strong (the classic Boston Lager) but really good without violating "NPOV"? 207.69.140.23 13:11, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

If this was ten years ago, I'd say something like "unlike many mass-produces American beers, Sam Adams has a strong, bold taste", but with the large upswing in microbrews, this seems extremely POV. JD79 18:33, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 St. Patricks 2 26%? 3 Traitor? 4 Beer infobox 5 Link question 6 spurrious trivia 7 Sam Adams a brewer?

[edit] St. Patricks

Just editing the link so it points in the right direction. Whispering 22:48, 19 December 2005 (UTC)disambiguation link repair (You can help!)

[edit] 26%?

The article claims that certain Adams beers are 26% alcohol. From what I've read, this is an amount of alcohol impossible without distillation. Can someone cite a source for this? If not, I intend to delete all info pertaining to alcohol content in that section.--Hraefen 05:42, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

This seems to be the claim made on the Boston Beer/Sam Adams webpage, so I'd leave it be. Redneb 23:21, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

I was watching a History Channel show on beer and they said they bred a special kind of yeast that can survive a very high level of alcohol in order to getthe high alcohol level.--Blackmagicfish 09:13, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Traitor?

The opening line to this article refers to Sam Adams as a "patriot/traitor (depending on perspective)" I am going to remove the "traitor" reference, it's extremely weird at best. After more than 200 years of American sovereignity it seems odd to take the British colonial perspective when writing about revolutionary war figures. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other founding fathers are not listed as "traitors" in the opening lines of their respective articles. Samuel Adams was a single participant in a popular uprising against British control-- is every soldier who fought in the war for independence also a "traitor"? If someone wants to include a "Torry" take on Sam Adams somewhere else in the article thats fine by me, but it's messed up to call him a traitor in that first line. LearningKnight 15:58, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beer infobox

Where's the brewery infobox? -Acjelen 03:35, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Link question

The first link in the external link section requires the reader to be at least 21 years old to veiw the website. I don't know if its good Wikipedia policy to include links that are descriminate based on the age of the reader. I plan on deleting the link unless someone can convince me not to.

It's definitely pertinent information, despite the age requirement - it's a link to the company's corporate site. I don't think it should go. deciding39 18:37, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] spurrious trivia

I removed the following text that was the "trivia" section:

The man on the label of Sam Adams is actually Paul Revere and not Sam Adams. The reason given for this is that Sam Adams is said to have been very ugly.

I doubt that this is true, and is probably vandalism. Please do not restore it unless some citation is found. --rogerd 19:46, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Actually I have heard a few people say this including a high school history teacher I had. I see no reason why he would have lied about that. Is it impossible for a beer brewing company to be wrong? --Master Cola 06:01, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sam Adams a brewer?

I'll need to dig up a reference, but I remember reading that Samuel Adams was never a brewer, though he was a a grain malster for a time. Vpoko 23:58, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

I can't find any sources to support that Samuel Adams was, himself, a brewer, though it appears that his father (Old Samuel Adams) was. Samuel was a malster for a time. Sources: http://www.bookrags.com/biography/samuel-adams/ & The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food by Garrett Oliver. Removing the claim that he was a brewer from the article. Vpoko 20:31, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Samuel Adams was indeed a brewer by trade before he began his political career. Here is just one reputable source, the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=A000045. I suggest the opening paragraph be changed to reflect this. deciding39 18:30, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

I don't mean to be a jerk, but Samuel Adams really is an independant brewery? I mean when you look at all the St. Patty's day t.v. advertising you notice that the so-called chefs make a three second statement and have only their illegible signature as their only i.d. I mean when Lowenbrau ran their ads as an "imported beer" they were owned by the Miller brewing company. Lowenbrau was brewed and bottled in the United States. The whole thing was a fake. I would not be suprised if Sam Adams is nothing but a Hollywood created gimmick paid for by Miller or Budwieser.