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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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
ours a deep caramel brown with no head. Aroma is big roasted malts, caramel, molasses syrup, sugar, dark fruits and booze. Taste is big caramel, sweet roasted malt and candied fruit. Full bodied great dessert beer. Drinks very smooth for ABV. Quite exceptional.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Dec 2013
at 03:52
8.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Yay - thanks to Homer321 for the small hand bottle of 2009 Utopias in our last trade. Pours a murky brown with no head and no lacing. Aroma is rich malty, dried fruits, fig, molasses, toffee, oak, whiskey, fruitcake. Flavor is the same, highly sweet, super hot, rich and decadent. Reminds me of HOTD FTW variants actually. Full body, creamy, almost chalky in the mouth. Holy hell this is a tasty sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2013
at 19:42
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle at GABF 2013. Poured a rich chesnut brown with a rich a oily consistency and no head and no life. The aroma is super rich red berry fruit. The flavour is medium sweet with a rich red berry fruit syrup boozy alcohol palate. Boy did the alcohol burn but boy was it worth it!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 10:14
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
10th Anniversary bottle thanks to Tom. Pours a dark amber with no head. The aroma is oak, figs, booze, and dark fruits. Thick mouthfeel with very complex flavors, vanilla, oak, figs, nuts, sugary malt. Alcohol is present but not much of a burn. Really enjoyed this special treat.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2013
at 16:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A shot shared from Adam’s 2011 vintage. Mini snifter shows a dark brown color. The aroma reminds me of Brandy. Butterscotch, maybe syrup and rye. The flavor has a few different nuances. The Brandy barrel comes out a lot with traces of dark fruit. The booze is noticeable in the flavor but not harsh at all, very smooth mouthfeel. Very unique but the really is more like an aged liquor and not a beer. However, I tip my hat for the creativity of Mr. Koch.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2013
at 09:19
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
BIG thanx to belgbeergeek for the taster ! pours dark brown, no foam or sign of carbo ( as its ment to be ) smell is extremely boozy. thick, sticky, buttery, maximum sweetness possible ( in a grainy sweetness way ) .. waaw; actualy it is pretty good , yeah!
Tried
on 03 Jul 2013
at 14:36
9.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
En utrolig herlig lukt rødvin og kanel og kirsebær. En skarp nesten sherry lignende smak. En utrolig god øl som desert øl. Et øl man bør drikke vann mellom hver munnfull for å få frem den fulle smaken. Minus er pris.
Tried
on 22 May 2013
at 12:52
10/10
Tried
on 21 May 2013
at 21:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Line share at DLD: 10th Anniversary 29% copper/brown....no discernible head. Boozy bourbon,caramel, wine aroma. Flavour of dark wine, fruits, caramel... Almost a chocolate/sugary, molasses feel... Amazingly smooth for the ABV...though it does sting and kick a bit. Impressive. Many thanks to the generous folks who wanted to share a taste!
Tried
on 28 Apr 2013
at 19:22
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle (shared by a great guy at DLD13). Orange, cherry alcohol aroma. Dark amber color. Very sweet vinous plum malt flavor. Cinnamon in the finish. Very pleasant sipper (obviously) - surprisingly smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2013
at 16:46