Utopias
(has 6 batches)
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Special|
Score
8.09
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Truly the epitome of brewing's two thousand year evolution, Samuel Adams Utopias® offers a flavor not just unlike any other beer but unlike any other beverage in the world. Each release is a blend of batches, some having been aged up to 16 years in the barrel room of our Boston Brewery, in a variety of woods. We aged a portion of the beer in hand-selected, single-use bourbon casks from the award-winning Buffalo Trace Distillery. Some of the latest batches also spent time in Portuguese muscatel finishing casks, as well as sherry, brandy and Cognac casks. This flavorful, slightly fruity brew has a sweet, malty flavor that is reminiscent of a deep, rich vintage port, fine cognac or aged sherry.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Re-rate 9/22: Bottle sample at a Yana's tasting at troubles' place. 2005 bottle. Brown. Lots of vanilla, wood, bourbon, wine, caramel, a bit of chocolate, dark fruits, alcohol, sweet and a bit umami, boozy, rounded. Very nice. 7/4/7/4/14=3.6 Re-rate 5/9/12: Bottle sample at Mikkeller Bar in Copenhagen. Liqueur-y. fruity, malty, cookie-ish. 7/3/7/3/14=3.4 Re-rate 3/17/12: Bottle sample at a Samuel Adams tasting at kerenmk’s place. Thanks Oren. 2007 bottle. Deep reddish amber color. Concentrated aroma of dark fruits, malt and alcohol. Very sweet and alcoholic malty flavor with plums. Thick and oily mouthfeel. Too sweet and alcoholic but not bad as a liqueur. 7/3/6/4/13=3.3 Bottle sample at a Samuel Adams tasting at kerenmk’s place. Thanks beerandbeyond. 2003 bottle. Hazy dark amber-brown color. Aroma of malt, caramel, cookie dough, some dark fruits and alcohol. Sweet malty flavor with caramel, chocolate, plums, a bit of raisins, cookies and alcohol. Thick. 8/3/7/4/14=3.6 [9/25/11] Mahleket Hanikot Shotrim ’11 tour. Bottle at Sorbon in Bromma. 3cl sample. Clear burgundy color. Aroma of malt, lots of dark fruits (raisins, plums, cherries), cognac, some cake-like hints, light chocolate hints, some wood and alcohol. Sweet alcoholic flavor with malt, caramel, raisins, plums, figs, cherries, grape notes, wood and warming and slightly burning alcohol. Not very beer-like, but an interesting experience and I quite like it. 8/4/7/4/15=3.8
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2011
at 04:30
8.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
En fantastisk dryck. Jättedoft av vanilj, söta gula russin och ekfat. Smaken liknar muscatel eller sherry, massor av vanilj, ek, russin, läder och toffee. De 32% är riktigt beskedliga. Hade nog gissat på runt 20 om jag inte visste. Mycket bra alternativ till söt dessertvin eller snäll whiskey. Men för 1150.- får man ju ganska mycket av den varan. Så en 5 som öl och en 2 i prisvärdhet. Men en stor upplevelse var det.
Tried
on 02 Oct 2011
at 06:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Denver Rare Beer Tasting. Cloudy, dark orange appearance with no head. Rich caramel, toffee, leather, fig aroma. Super flavorful, rich, and boozy- caramel, toffee, fig, dark fruits, leather, a touch syrupy flavor with booziness on the finish. Interesting sipper.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2011
at 12:28
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
2009 bottle sample courtesy of a friend. The beer is a rich amber color with a minimal head and decent legs. Aroma like caramel liqueur with some vinous qualities in the background. Rich, syrupy body with notes of caramel, brandy, tawny port wine and brown sugar. The finish is warming even with a 2oz sample and leaves a resonant sweet molasses and caramel aftertaste. Overall I am glad to finally try this beer, very enjoyable all around.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2011
at 18:51
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Small sample provided at R.F.D. in DC. Poured a clear light copper color with no head whatsoever. This did not look like beer at all.
Aroma is surprisingly not as alcoholic as I expected, it’s not harsh at all like I find in beers with far less ABV. Flavor is smooth, almost butterscotch, with notes of toffee, caramel, touch of really bitter-sweet chocolate. It’s a bit reminiscent of something like Skor or Heath.
Aroma is surprisingly not as alcoholic as I expected, it’s not harsh at all like I find in beers with far less ABV. Flavor is smooth, almost butterscotch, with notes of toffee, caramel, touch of really bitter-sweet chocolate. It’s a bit reminiscent of something like Skor or Heath.
Tried
on 14 Aug 2011
at 22:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Wee sample from HenrikSoegaard cons 2011-07-27 Ölrepubliken AR: vionos, alcholic, red beeries AP: reddish murkey brown, no head F: vinos - maderia, wee chrismtas spices, oily, sticky, it’s a nice beer buut a medium maderia
Tried
on 29 Jul 2011
at 20:13
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. 2 cl sample at Ölrepublikken, Göteborg. No head. Dark amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy fantastic complex vinius aroma. More like sherry/port than beer. Light sweet powerfull flavor. Not that alcoholic. Long great complex finish. creamy palate. Fantastic experience but too expensive (120Skr).
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jul 2011
at 14:28
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried 2011 and 2007 versions. Vanilla, sherry, caramel, toffee and some booze make up the aroma. There are also notes of raisins, grapes and brandy. Lots of molasses. It’s complex and layered. Tons of barrel flavor. Very smooth feel. Little booze in the taste. Deep amber color and still. The ’11 had a better aroma and the ’07 the better taste, but they were fairly similar and it could have been bottle variation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jul 2011
at 23:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
72 cl bottle (well, not all of it). #07662, 2009 vintage
Sweet, cognag-like aroma has alcohol and raisins. Palate is sharp due to alcohol, but it is not unpleasant. Flavour has alcohol and sweet, malty raisins and some oak notes. Rather difficult to rate this as a beer, but I enjoy drinking this anyway. Drinking this from Utopias-like Riedel glass makes a big difference to a basic snifter; the alcohol is a lot less burning.
Sweet, cognag-like aroma has alcohol and raisins. Palate is sharp due to alcohol, but it is not unpleasant. Flavour has alcohol and sweet, malty raisins and some oak notes. Rather difficult to rate this as a beer, but I enjoy drinking this anyway. Drinking this from Utopias-like Riedel glass makes a big difference to a basic snifter; the alcohol is a lot less burning.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jul 2011
at 11:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Passed onto me by Craig at Mes & Sims excellent wedding 18.06.11 Pours hazy brown and with a big waft of sherry and then further sherry flavours in the mouth. Quite nutty but in a almond biscuit dipped in sherry kind of way, reminding me of Cantucci’s dipped in Amerreto. Plenty of dried fruits, remarkably smooth. A very decent drop. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jun 2011
at 22:58