Millennium
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Special Out of Production|
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8.26
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To celebrate the beginning of a new millennium, Samuel Adams Millennium Ale was released in November of 1999, the next “Extreme Beer” following Triple Bock.
Big, caramel, vanilla with notes of fruit and malt. Finishing clean and crisp.
The package is as elegant as the beer it contains: a cobalt blue bottle with platinum lettering, finished with a natural cork and sealing wax, encased in a cherry wood box. There are only 3,000 bottles of Samuel Adams Millennium, and each is signed and numbered by Koch. A bottle of Samuel Adams Millennium costs about two hundred dollars.The #1 bottle was auctioned off at a benefit for Outward Bound and was sold for almost $5,000.
Warm and sweet with a rich malt and wood complexity, Samuel Adams® Millennium is an example of the brewers’ art in its highest form
Big, caramel, vanilla with notes of fruit and malt. Finishing clean and crisp.
The package is as elegant as the beer it contains: a cobalt blue bottle with platinum lettering, finished with a natural cork and sealing wax, encased in a cherry wood box. There are only 3,000 bottles of Samuel Adams Millennium, and each is signed and numbered by Koch. A bottle of Samuel Adams Millennium costs about two hundred dollars.The #1 bottle was auctioned off at a benefit for Outward Bound and was sold for almost $5,000.
Warm and sweet with a rich malt and wood complexity, Samuel Adams® Millennium is an example of the brewers’ art in its highest form
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7.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Courtesy of 3fourths @ CBC. Hazy amber with no head. Aroma is malt, fruit, toffee, caramel and hops. Flaovur is malt, fruit, toffee, dried fruits, hops, medium sweet, little bitter with notes of alcohol.
Tried
on 26 May 2012
at 11:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Courtesy of 3fourths @ CBC. Thanks a lot! Hazy amber without head. Aroma is sweet, malty, dried fruit, port and alcohol. Flavor is very sweet. Very sweet finish with warming alcohol. Very full bodied. 110512
Tried
on 24 May 2012
at 06:28
7.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration, courtesy of 3Fourths, Thanks! Pours hazy brown, no head. Aroma of big malts, caramel, oak, vanilla, port, light booze. Taste is sweet big malts, caramel, some dried fruit, oak, vanilla, dried fruit, port. Medium body, soft carbonation. 110512
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 May 2012
at 08:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of 3fourths, thank you sir! Murky maroon brown color. Aroma of sherry and maple syrup. Taste is cloying sweetness. Thank you Michael!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2012
at 05:36
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle cracked by Marc at the LCBS 10. Holy Toledo, I am privileged to be hear!! This beer is nuts. Big maple, toffee, and alcohol aromas. The pour was deep brown with no head. The taste is so freakin’ smooth. Loaded with carmel, maple, toffee, brown sugar, and just enough of that alcohol burn to keep you honest. This beer is unbelievably smooth, is it really 20%????
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2010
at 04:39
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle #745/3000. Thanks to Andreas and Fredrik for this one. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with no head. Has a strong malty dark fruit aroma with hints of caramel and molasses. Smooth warming malty molasses toffee and dark fruit flavor with some hints of vanilla. Has a long warming very malty molasses finish with some hints of dark fruit in the aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2009
at 10:57
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle # 2209/3000. Pours with no head with a viscous, layered brown body with nice alcohol legs, okay, really nice legs! Aroma of maple, port, Madeira, vanilla, cherry wood, medium alcohol, raisin, and yeast. Taste is raisins, maderia, butter,port sweetness, [unreadable], plums and fig. syrupy and viscous, very well hidden alcohol, but some heat on the stomach. Not too shabby, not too shabby at all (understatement, this shit rocks!), in the words of swalden28, "Good Shit!"
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2009
at 01:30
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
thanks yespr for letting me sample the last of the bottle. aroma mustve been better. i get cellary woody notes, yeast. raisins, plum. appears muddy brown with no head. probably bc its near the last in the bottle. flavor is fantastic. raisins, grapes, cherry?, sweet notes could be from faint syrup, tastes like a real good liqeur. well balanced. im sure if this was out of the fresh bottle few yrs ago it would get 4+ from me
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2008
at 15:35
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle 750ml. [ As Samuel Adams Millennium ].[ Thx to yespr ]. Clear medium amber brown color with virtually no head, no carbonation. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, raisin, plum, alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long long duration. Body is full, texture is syrupy, carbonation is flat flat. [20080905] 8-4-8-5-17 Bottle 750ml. shared at [ A Day To Sink All Sea Shepards tasting. ], Brussels, Belgium. [ As Samuel Adams Millennium ].Unclear medium to dark amber brown color with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark malt, caramel, dried fruit, figs, maple syrup, alcohol - buzzy. Flavor is light heavy sweet with a long duration, vanilla, chocolate, dried fruit, raisin, figs, plum, alcohol, buzzy, fudge. Body is medium, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20160917] 8-2-9-4-16
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2008
at 02:55
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
[What a treat – thanks yespr!] Dark amber with no head. Aroma has strong alcohol, fruits, oak and port. Flavor is sweet and strong with port, grapes oak. Very soft, complex and full bodied. Although strong it is very balanced. Fantastic!
Tried
on 18 Jan 2008
at 14:08