Utopias
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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8/10
Pedro ximenez taki. Fajne cialo. Fajny aromat jak pooddycha. Rodzynki, susz. Alko niestety mocno pali usto w posmakach. Wiec niby sups „ale”
Tried
at
Mikkeller Bar Warsaw
on 09 Mar 2018
at 12:58
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Shared bottle at Mi2 at Cardinal 11.12.17. 2011-vintage. Dark brown. No head or lacing. Superb aroma of old tawny port. Similar and excellent taste, with dates, calvados, dried berries, rasins and a hint of fine alcohol. Superb!!!
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2017
at 14:30
9.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Shared bottle (2011 ed.) at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours hazy copper without any head. Aroma of cherries, grapes, raisins, calvados. cognac, marsipan, alcohol. Taste sweet, but balanced by fruitiness. Extremely complex, one of the best beers ever!
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Dec 2017
at 14:23
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Taster courtesy of Toby. Muddy brown color, pours flat. Aroma is very boozy, turpentine. Taste for a brief second, chocolate, raisins, prunes, then obliterated by the alcohol burn. Sip very, very slowly.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2017
at 21:10
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Samuel Adam’s utopías 10 th anniversary Ed 2012 botella 9443.
Botella cerámica 75 cl cortesía locura Fombe!!! tomada en Cimmeria 20..07..2017.
(r1000)
Color cobrizo caoba oscuro sin nada de espuma. Aromas intensos penetrantes alcoholicos que recuerdan más bien a un cognac brandy o Jerez. Sabores también intensos con notas potentes dulces y maderas envejecidas en vinos anejos. Dulces tostados que recuerdan a rones y ligeros quemados de bourbon. Notas de especias, vainilla y algo de cacao amargo. Cuerpo intenso con gran sensación alcohólica desde el principio. Increíble cerveza que se asemeja más a un licor entre cognac y bourbon. Impresionante, para repetir sin duda alguna........
Botella cerámica 75 cl cortesía locura Fombe!!! tomada en Cimmeria 20..07..2017.
(r1000)
Color cobrizo caoba oscuro sin nada de espuma. Aromas intensos penetrantes alcoholicos que recuerdan más bien a un cognac brandy o Jerez. Sabores también intensos con notas potentes dulces y maderas envejecidas en vinos anejos. Dulces tostados que recuerdan a rones y ligeros quemados de bourbon. Notas de especias, vainilla y algo de cacao amargo. Cuerpo intenso con gran sensación alcohólica desde el principio. Increíble cerveza que se asemeja más a un licor entre cognac y bourbon. Impresionante, para repetir sin duda alguna........
Tried
on 24 Jul 2017
at 09:23
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Botella. of @Señor Lupulo, Gijon. 20/07/2017
Edición 10 Aniversario. Color ambarino- caoba espuma bastante escasa, aromas a madera con notas licorosas el sabor es licoroso con ligeras dosis de malta, acabando con notas a madera, cuerpo sedoso, agradable de beber. muy buena.
Edición 10 Aniversario. Color ambarino- caoba espuma bastante escasa, aromas a madera con notas licorosas el sabor es licoroso con ligeras dosis de malta, acabando con notas a madera, cuerpo sedoso, agradable de beber. muy buena.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2017
at 16:12
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at home in Hackney - shared during the 20k tasting. Pours clear amber-brown with almost no head. Awesome aroma, pretty huge, with definite alcohol, buckets of dates and figs, some brown sugar, toasted malts. Big sweet flavour with a certain kick of alcohol burn, modest oxidation, some raisins, leather, soft earthy bitterness, dried cranberries, more bread, toffee, liquefied dates. Full bodied, oily and chewy, with soft carbonation. Hot finish, with lots of golden raisins, more toffee, fruitcake, vanilla, raw alcohol, some woody dryness. Overall, this is a crazy beer. And, it is really fun to drink in small amounts. There’s not much like it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jun 2017
at 18:12
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Leighton’s gaff. Massive thanks to MR 201k himself. It pours oily, dark red - amber with no head. The aroma is rich, oily, varnish, raw alcohol, light oxidised vibe, toffee, vanilla, plum and fruit compote. The taste is rich, slick, oily, plenty of tangy fruit, jammy, marzipan, bakewell tart, warming alcohol, fruit compote, wood, toffee and port wine with a boozy and warming finish. Full body, limited carbonation and slick mouth - feel. I was surprised just how good this was. Great stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2017
at 09:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at the Leighton mega 20k tasting. 1/03/2017. Huge thanks to Leighton for this one. A clear dark brown nutty colourwd pour with a fading off white head. Aroma is boozy, raisin, apple, hot solvent alcohol, grape, rubbing alcohol. Flavour is composed of big sweet vintage port, tawny, apple, raisin, oily, solvent, boost, port, Cognac, dried fruits. Palate is oily, sticky sweet solvent, oak. Drying oak tannin. A little drying woody finiah. Boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2017
at 14:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Leighton’s 20k tasting. Big thanks to Leighton for cracking this whale. Pours red brown with no head. Aroma is really boozy with some red wine and red fruits. Taste is Cherry, dark fruits and a real boozy hit. Not bad at all.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2017
at 14:05