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Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: Brewski ()
Date: January 14, 2014 11:32PM

The industry defines it as a company with production below 6,000,000 barrels annually and they brewed 2.5M barrels last year but, I've never seen another craft beer brewery advertise as often as Sam Adams...

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: Rockhound ()
Date: January 14, 2014 11:38PM

I don't think it is... Sam Adams is okay, but for the cost you could do much better. I think the way they keep the numbers so low is because they have several different types of their beers. There is the original, the summer lager, the fall harvest, the winter medley and more.

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: Who cares ()
Date: January 14, 2014 11:57PM

Why does anyone care what made-up marketing category it falls in unless you're a competitor or have some financial interest?

Like it, drink it. Don't like it, don't.

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: Da squirts ()
Date: January 15, 2014 05:24AM

Samm Adams gives me Diareah

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: Brett Davenport's Dick ()
Date: January 15, 2014 07:19AM

It's pretty good, though like most imports and crafts it's gotten very expensive. Something feels wrong when I'm asked to pay nearly $10 for a six pack. Granted, that's still way cheaper per beer than in a bar, but still, it's not cheap.

My only real complaint about Sam Adam's has been that if after you open it you set it down any more than super soft it starts to fizz out of the bottle. Very temperamental beer.

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: Enrico Palazzo ()
Date: January 15, 2014 07:42AM

Brett Davenport's Dick Wrote:
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> My only real complaint about Sam Adam's has been
> that if after you open it you set it down any more
> than super soft it starts to fizz out of the
> bottle. Very temperamental beer.


First world problems.

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: Brett Davenport's Dick ()
Date: January 15, 2014 07:48AM

Indeed. I'll take those over third world problems any day.

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: Jumbo Crab ()
Date: January 15, 2014 07:54AM

Haha - I thought it said "is Sam Adams beer a crap beer". To which I would reply, "yes, it's crap."

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: Dogfish IPA 90 ()
Date: January 15, 2014 08:28AM

Dogfish IPA 90, nuff said

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: Brett Davenport's Dick ()
Date: January 15, 2014 09:27AM

Yeah, had that Dogfish IPA 90. It's pretty strong stuff. In fact, you can only get it as a 4-pack.

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: The 90's are calling ()
Date: January 15, 2014 11:55AM

Craft beer is just another term for micro brew. Those were popular back in the mid 90's. Of course you could just grab some Fat Tire, turn on DC101 and it be like 1996 all over again.

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: Brewski ()
Date: January 15, 2014 01:36PM

Who cares Wrote:
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> Why does anyone care what made-up marketing
> category it falls in unless you're a competitor or
> have some financial interest?
>
> Like it, drink it. Don't like it, don't.

Because as a consumer, I find it totally offensive that a company like Sam Adams is trying to market themselves as a craft brewery when they are not. That's like Toyota telling me the Camry is a hand-crafted "grounded to the ground" sports car...

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: 0tter ()
Date: January 15, 2014 08:55PM

In 2010, the Brewer's Association increased the threshold for "craft" from 2 mil to 6 mil so that Sam Adams and Yuengling could continue to call themselves craft breweries. Kinda dumb.

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Re: Is Sam Adams beer a craft beer?
Posted by: Sergeant Hulka ()
Date: January 15, 2014 09:17PM

Brewski Wrote:
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> Who cares Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Why does anyone care what made-up marketing
> > category it falls in unless you're a competitor
> or
> > have some financial interest?
> >
> > Like it, drink it. Don't like it, don't.
>
> Because as a consumer, I find it totally offensive
> that a company like Sam Adams is trying to market
> themselves as a craft brewery when they are not.
> That's like Toyota telling me the Camry is a
> hand-crafted "grounded to the ground" sports
> car...


It's fucking beer.

You should have a few and lighten the fuck up Francis.

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