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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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample from bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Beautiful chestnut colour. No carbonation, and accordingly no head. INTENSE aroma of port wine, dark dried fruits and fusel alcohols. The latter unfortunately detracts from the aroma score. Intense, concentrated and sweet flavour of old madeira, raisins / rum-raisin and oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2010
at 15:58
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Rating number 2800. Bottle thanks to Tran and Chris at Perry’s. Pours with a clear, brandy colored body and legs that just don’t stop. Aroma of maple, fusel alcohol, oak, raisins, caramel, dates and alcohol burn. Taste starts with dryness from the bourbon, sweet raisins from the sherry and all sorts of caramelized notes, flan, maple, toffee. Waves and waves of sweet liquor. Port and noble rot. Ultra syrupy mouthfeel with a nice burn. Excellent
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2009
at 16:06
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
2009 edition; 2 oz. shot at Palmer Place; $20. If you’re a beer geek, this is the one everyone will ask you about, so let’s get my cherry popped here. Bright brown in tiny snifter. Deep alcoholic smell makes my eyes water. It’s 54 proof, after all; should it be considered a beer or a liqueur? Also some vanilla and sour cherry in the nose. Could this be served flambé? I try to hold some on my tongue for tasting. It’s vinous and very strong. Again with cherries, and cassis. I am irresistibly drawn to keep sniffing its sherry and brandy nose. Sherry in taste joined by vanilla, figs, more sherry, pear. A brew transfigured beyond hops and malt. Palmer Place got 6 bottles of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2009
at 21:55
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Thanks to otakuden for sharing this @ hopscotch’s VBN-DCTD. 2009 vintage. Pours still with reddish brown color. Aromas of caramel, sweet dark fruits and lots of alcohol. Sweet raisins, plums, caramel and vanilla flavors. Very boozy but not in a bad way. Similar to a port or sherry. Medium body with a sticky mouthfeel. Very nice. Re-rate 12/27/09.
Big thanks to daknole for sharing this. 2007 vintage. Wow, this smells great. Caramel, raisins, molasses,vanilla and booze. Similar flavors. Very rich and boozy. Very much like a cognac. Zero carbonation. A nice sipper. 9/4/8/3/18 Rated 11/14/09.
Big thanks to daknole for sharing this. 2007 vintage. Wow, this smells great. Caramel, raisins, molasses,vanilla and booze. Similar flavors. Very rich and boozy. Very much like a cognac. Zero carbonation. A nice sipper. 9/4/8/3/18 Rated 11/14/09.
Tried
on 14 Nov 2009
at 10:50
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2007 bottle shared by iowaherkeye. Nose of massive alcohol amounts, maple, caramel, and sherry wine.Clear brown with a few bubbles. Flavor is fairly sweet caramel, maple syrup in the background, and lots of alcohol heat. Almost like a maple syrup and gin concocotion. I guess 27% ABV is hard to hide!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2009
at 16:44
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
@Jimmacks pre BeerWars Gathering-24oz ‘bottle’/kettle–pours with no head and hazy copper color. Aroma as it warms is chocolate/toffee, alcohol. Taste is toffee-sweet medium malt, warming alcohol like rum. This beer sheets on the glass like a wine. Sipping a little. Thanks Eric, joeec5’s friend.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2009
at 11:42
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
(2003 vintage at Pikkulintu, Helsinki, on 2009-01-22, 4 cl portion) Hazy amber colour. No head. Creamy toffee and sherry aromas with burning alcohol. Full bodied, stingy palate, very warming alcohol and low cabronation.Sherry, sweet port wine, creamy toffee, alchohol, light bitterness, vanilla and syrup in taste. Sweetness and syrup in aftertaste with warming alcohol.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2009
at 13:18
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle on 11/30/2008 at the 3rd Annual Richmond Industry Gathering. Clear dark amber body with no head. Big caramel, molassas, alcohol and rum-soaked fruit aroma. Big caramel, vanilla and brown sugar flavor. Very sweet. Full body with low carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2009
at 17:26
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Thanks Greg aka tpd975 for this offering, an end to a great tasting night. 1oz pours in Utopias glass., 2007 bottle Pours clear copper, no head with nice clear viscous lacing. Aroma has tons of malts and sugar, some caramel and hazelnuts, wood. Strong alcohol nose. Taste is just so hard to describe and do any type of justice. This is a beer you can just sip on a 1oz for hours and still get blown away by how rich and smooth the beer is. Notes of caramel, wood oak, barrel, vanilla, butterscotch, extremely smooth, drinkable. Hard to believe it packs 27abv.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jan 2009
at 10:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
courtesy of yespr. thanks a lot mate. aroma : very alcoholic, reminds me of port wine or good cognac. amber no head. flavor is fantastic, lots of syupiy, fruity, floral notes, well balanced, alc. well hidden. nice liqeur. overalll an experience indeed. [6-3-8-3-17] = 3.7 2009 vintage sampled nov 2010 @ ørsted ølbar world strongest beer tasting. clear brown no head. aroma is nutty, caramelly, boozy. flavor is very sweet, caramelly,slightly flowery, alc. well hidden. for a sweet beer this is excellent. [6-2-7-4-15] = 3.4 changed score to 6-2-8-3-16 = 3.5
Tried
on 18 Dec 2008
at 15:26