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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7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Crags brought out big guns for me to sample this was first of 3 heavy hitters. Pours dark amber. Nose is alcohol and dried fruit. Tastes of sherry, rum, dried fruits, toffee, and leather. Very sweet but very enjoyable. Alcohol burn on finish.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2014
at 16:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tasted at Craig’s 12/08 tasting for Jow. Pours clear dark brown, no head, nice legs though. Big sherry aromas, almond too, toffee, dried fruit. Taste is rich and sweet, light alcohol burn. Sweet finish. Interesting stuff.
Tried
on 13 Aug 2014
at 10:54
10/10
Tried
on 27 Jun 2014
at 11:05
10/10
Tried
on 27 Jun 2014
at 11:05
10/10
Tried
on 27 Jun 2014
at 11:05
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
2cl@Man in the Moon. Rödbrun vätska med total avsaknad av skum. Tror skumkronan sade upp bekanskapen för en tre, fyra år sedan. Massivt, mitt i skrevet, kraftiga aromer av maderia, ekfat och salt lakrits. Här handlar munfyllnad inte om hel eller halvfyllig. Blåslampa laddad med chilinapalm ligger närmare sanningen. God, nää. Värd pengarna, jo tjena. Men den är one of a kind!
Tried
on 09 May 2014
at 10:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Two different vintages tasted after judging a commercial competition in Sacramento. Thanks to Sammy for providing. Aroma is herbaceous and peaty, with massive hot alcohol. Clear copper with no head. Taste is earthy, cloyingly rich and the alcohol is present throughout. Very good.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2014
at 12:20
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, at Patricks. An unclear, reddish brown drink, flat as a pancake. Pretty awsome aroma, very vinous and boozy, in a nice way. Raisins, cellar, prunes, toffee, notes of coffee, chocolate and some dark berries. It’s full-bodied, non-carbonated and warming on the palate, not remotely as sticky sweet as one could imagine judging from the aroma. There’s not much bitterness going on, it’s the malts that run the show. Some hints of coffee, cellar and old barrels, with quite a lot of raisins, prunes and toffee. Dark berries chime in, just like in the aroma, present, but far from taking a leading role. It’s probably a bit too warming in the end, but it’s in the same nice way like in a very fine cognac, aquavit or similar. A wonderful and complex beer. One day I’ll crack open the bottle I have in my cellar, almost can’t wait. In the meantime, I can enjoy it at the local pub. 140412
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2014
at 03:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from a bottle at Mikkeller Viktoriagade, cost about £10, 02/03/14. Murky dark mahogony brown with no head. Nose is big booze, rich fruit, herbal tones, light smoke, dark fruit rinds, tobacco, leafy, earthy. Taste comprises rich fruit cake, sherry tones, sweet demerera sugar, booze, dark fruit peel, dates, leather. Full full bodiment, fine carbonation, warming alcohol in the close. Solid stuff for the ABV which doesn’t come across anything like 27%!
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Mar 2014
at 13:33
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Dark coppery colour without head. Aroma has notes of sherry, caramel, toffee woth a strong alcoholic sensation in the nose. Flavor is sweet, but not cloying, slightly caramel and notes of sherry, barrel notes and with a alcoholic sensation on palate that his hidden by sweet and sherry notes. The final is caramelish with a good integrated hidden alcohol.
Tried
on 18 Dec 2013
at 10:32