Savor Flowers
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Dogfish Head Craft BrewerySpiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Herbal Special Out of Production
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Barrel one? High gravity flower tinctures? You’ve got some sweet tools in your brewer’s utility belt Jim. As the Joker said of Batman, “Where does he get those wonderful toys!?” Sounds like a great direction from this recipe. I found some yummy rose syrup made with lemon juice and rose pedals in Turin, Italy. I will send some up for you guys to play with in the lab. I think we could add some in the whirl and it will marry-up to your multi-flower tincture in a sexy way down steam. I like what you wrote about the power of the flowers Jim. In fact, I suggest we simply call this beer Savor Flowers. By interweaving the beer and event names we can drive home the point that craft beer and beautiful foods belong together. - Sam
I’m psyched! I love your idea of a collaboration beer for Savor! Can I throw out an idea to the get the process started? We still have some of the original barrels from 1993/94 used for Samuel Adams Triple Bock. I think they were the first oak barrels used for beer with this barrel aging thing was just beginning. I think it would be cool to use those same barrels for our collaboration. We should think of something different to do with them this time around. And maybe some other boundaries of brewing to mess with. Any thoughts? Just brew it! -Jim
Jim Koch, brewer and founder of The Boston Beer Co., and Sam Calagione, founder and president of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, partnered for the first collaboration beer for Savor, the Brewers Association’s annual beer and food pairing dinner. Savor Flowers is designed to be enjoyed by itself or paired with food. Calagione created rosewater through an age-old distillation process as the base of the liquid in the beer. The rosewater inspired the addition of dried lavender, hibiscus, jasmine and rosebuds that are mixed in during the brewing process. The beer also features a hop breed known as No. 369 that is grown for its amped-up floral notes. Savor Flowers is aged in Barrel One — the same bourbon barrel Koch used to age the first batch of his extreme beer, Triple Bock. The beer was available to all attendees of Savor: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience from June 3-4 in Washington, D.C. Attendees had the chance to sample as well as bring a 750-ml. bottle of the collaboration beer home with them.
I’m psyched! I love your idea of a collaboration beer for Savor! Can I throw out an idea to the get the process started? We still have some of the original barrels from 1993/94 used for Samuel Adams Triple Bock. I think they were the first oak barrels used for beer with this barrel aging thing was just beginning. I think it would be cool to use those same barrels for our collaboration. We should think of something different to do with them this time around. And maybe some other boundaries of brewing to mess with. Any thoughts? Just brew it! -Jim
Jim Koch, brewer and founder of The Boston Beer Co., and Sam Calagione, founder and president of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, partnered for the first collaboration beer for Savor, the Brewers Association’s annual beer and food pairing dinner. Savor Flowers is designed to be enjoyed by itself or paired with food. Calagione created rosewater through an age-old distillation process as the base of the liquid in the beer. The rosewater inspired the addition of dried lavender, hibiscus, jasmine and rosebuds that are mixed in during the brewing process. The beer also features a hop breed known as No. 369 that is grown for its amped-up floral notes. Savor Flowers is aged in Barrel One — the same bourbon barrel Koch used to age the first batch of his extreme beer, Triple Bock. The beer was available to all attendees of Savor: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience from June 3-4 in Washington, D.C. Attendees had the chance to sample as well as bring a 750-ml. bottle of the collaboration beer home with them.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Etched glass bottle. Pours orange white head. Nose/taste of herbal notes, rose hips, lavender. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2015
at 22:26
1.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 4
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Pours rather clear amber , with floaties . No head . Smell is like a toilet refresher . Taste is sweet, perfumy , like a toilet refresher again . I get why they call it flowers , its how you cant describe this withoud lying , or getting sick . Yet its REALLY bad ... Aftertaste is sweet , like a toilet refresher once more ...
Tried
from Can
on 25 Feb 2015
at 21:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On 06/18/2011. Clear golden body with a small frothy white head. Sweet rose aroma with caramel and floral hops. Sweet rose, caramel, citrus and toffee flavor with lots of spice. Medium body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2014
at 17:25
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9.5
Slutfest 2013: Ginger and chamomile nose. Cloudy amber, thick yellow head. Lemon, ginger, and honey flavor. Neat, exceptionally well crafted and executed. I’d love to have an entire bottle of this to deconstruct at my leisure. My impression, based on a small sample, is this one damn fine beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2013
at 18:04
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
13th November 2011
Hazy amber beer, short lived off white head. Light palate with crispy fresh minerals. Semi sweet Rose and many other floral things! Light touch of honey and a tiny bit of citrus. Finishes crisp. Initially overwhelming in it’s extreme floralness but once the palate adjusts there are all sorts of nice flowery things to pick out and enjoy! Dandelion, rose, violets and many more - it’s all here!
Hazy amber beer, short lived off white head. Light palate with crispy fresh minerals. Semi sweet Rose and many other floral things! Light touch of honey and a tiny bit of citrus. Finishes crisp. Initially overwhelming in it’s extreme floralness but once the palate adjusts there are all sorts of nice flowery things to pick out and enjoy! Dandelion, rose, violets and many more - it’s all here!
Tried
on 02 Feb 2013
at 10:11
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a bright golden color ale with a medium size foamy white head with good retention and some light lacing. Aroma is a very weird mix between some overly sweet notes with loads of flowers notes (kind alike hibiscus) with some oak and liquorish notes. The aroma was definitely too strong at first and I almost though I would have to drain pour this one. Taste is an interesting mix between some sweet malt notes with light candy like flavours and notes of flowers (not as strong as hibiscus but in the same realm) with light oak and liquor notes. Body is about average with an oily texture with medium carbonation and light warming alcohol notes. Well brewed with good level of complexity, a tad less sweetness would have been welcome and this one would be a good candidate for letting bread a bit before drinking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2012
at 11:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at the 6th annual Richmond Industry Gathering, 11/27/11. WTF is this? Pours a clear amber color with a thin creamy head. Decent head retention. Aroma of honey and flowers. Oh, and more flowers. I feel like I’m standing in a field of flowers smelling this. The taste is honey, flowers, sweet malts and faint hops. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2011
at 19:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Location: 750 ml bottle shared by jcos, 6/12/11
Aroma: Has a very floral nose, so much so its hard to pick out anything else. Feels like you're sitting in a garden every time you take a whiff. Otherwise, maybe a touch of spice, but the rose water dominates.
Appearance: Pours a clear golden-orange color with an inch of lasting white head and sticky lace
Flavor: Taste is also dominated by flowers, but you get some eventual spice and hop notes too
Palate: Medium bodied, tingly mouthfeel, heat is rather well hidden, it doesn't drink close to its abv
Overall Impression: I'm glad I got to try this one, and I'm glad I don't have a rose allergy, because if I did I think this one could have made me break out in hives. I can honestly say that I cannot think of another beer that is anything like this one, it is truly unique, that is for sure. It is kind of difficult to score this one, because of how unique it is, and the mixed feeling that develop while I'm drinking it, but ultimately I found it to be a little more developed in flavor than it is in aroma, and overall, I found it fairly enjoyable. This one may not be for everyone, and it may not be something I'd want to drink everyday, but ultimately, I think it works pretty well.
Aroma: Has a very floral nose, so much so its hard to pick out anything else. Feels like you're sitting in a garden every time you take a whiff. Otherwise, maybe a touch of spice, but the rose water dominates.
Appearance: Pours a clear golden-orange color with an inch of lasting white head and sticky lace
Flavor: Taste is also dominated by flowers, but you get some eventual spice and hop notes too
Palate: Medium bodied, tingly mouthfeel, heat is rather well hidden, it doesn't drink close to its abv
Overall Impression: I'm glad I got to try this one, and I'm glad I don't have a rose allergy, because if I did I think this one could have made me break out in hives. I can honestly say that I cannot think of another beer that is anything like this one, it is truly unique, that is for sure. It is kind of difficult to score this one, because of how unique it is, and the mixed feeling that develop while I'm drinking it, but ultimately I found it to be a little more developed in flavor than it is in aroma, and overall, I found it fairly enjoyable. This one may not be for everyone, and it may not be something I'd want to drink everyday, but ultimately, I think it works pretty well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jun 2011
at 18:15
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
I’m two minds about this. It’s ambitious and a little arrogant to brew this beer the way they did. The choice of using Rose Water is a curious one, and even with that said I wasn’t exactly prepared for the aroma and flavors that the beer produced.
I was lucky enough to have a sample poured from a bottle at the Sam Adams table during SAVOR. The color was a caramel one, with a small, bubbly head that dissipated. Aromas were woody, a touch oak, but it was mostly the floral bouquet that hit me real hard. I kind of described it to a friend like smelling a perfume that you also just happened to get a tad in your mouth. That might not sound pleasant, but the beer intrigued me enough that I really enjoyed it.
I give it an A for originality, and perhaps a B for execution. The 10% ABV was absolutely hidden. I am really curious how this one will mellow out over time, but I suspect it’ll be consumed by the end of the year.
I was lucky enough to have a sample poured from a bottle at the Sam Adams table during SAVOR. The color was a caramel one, with a small, bubbly head that dissipated. Aromas were woody, a touch oak, but it was mostly the floral bouquet that hit me real hard. I kind of described it to a friend like smelling a perfume that you also just happened to get a tad in your mouth. That might not sound pleasant, but the beer intrigued me enough that I really enjoyed it.
I give it an A for originality, and perhaps a B for execution. The 10% ABV was absolutely hidden. I am really curious how this one will mellow out over time, but I suspect it’ll be consumed by the end of the year.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2011
at 00:25