Beer at 27% ABV!

[unclebunk]

Anyone ever have Sam Adams Triple Bock from 1996/1997? It came in a little cobalt blue bottle and was supposed to improve with age. I bought a bunch of them, waited a few years and cracked one open. It tasted like fuc*%#g soy sauce!

[Special Reserve]

Anyone ever have Sam Adams Triple Bock from 1996/1997? It came in a little cobalt blue bottle and was supposed to improve with age. I bought a bunch of them, waited a few years and cracked one open. It tasted like fuc*%#g soy sauce!

Yes! I had a couple of bottle of that stuff. The bottle was very nice but its contents was terrible. Perhaps the second worst beer I've every tasted.

[spun_cookie]

Anyone ever have Sam Adams Triple Bock from 1996/1997? It came in a little cobalt blue bottle and was supposed to improve with age. I bought a bunch of them, waited a few years and cracked one open. It tasted like fuc*%#g soy sauce!

I had it as well. It was bad then and it did not get better... It actually turned me off of SA for a while.

[MrB]

For $150 I am definitely out of luck for this beer. I am a Sam Adams fan and love most all of there output.

[whskylvr]

MrB,

Have you had the Stingo. I really like this one.

[ErichPryde]

I've seen and held this some time ago. $150 for a bottle of beer is beyond my means.

By the way, I'd vote Sam Adams Winter Lager as the best mass produced beer on the market.

i'd second that. The winter lager is excellent. I used to really like their cream stout, but I haven't had it in quite a while and would have to revisit it.

[unclebunk]

By the way, I'd vote Sam Adams Winter Lager as the best mass produced beer on the market.

I have to agree that SA's Winter Lager is right up there with the best of the mass produced beers. You know, for a once small micro that has grown into a behemoth, Sam Adams has managed to consistently produce a wide range of truly excellent beers, with only the occasional misstep--Triple Bock.

i'd second that. The winter lager is excellent. I used to really like their cream stout, but I haven't had it in quite a while and would have to revisit it.

The SA Winter Lager really is terrific. Erich, see if you can find their twelve pack sampler which I believe has both the cream stout and the winter lager among others.

[smokinjoe]

I have to agree that SA's Winter Lager is right up there with the best of the mass produced beers. You know, for a once small micro that has grown into a behemoth, Sam Adams has managed to consistently produce a wide range of truly excellent beers, with only the occasional misstep--Triple Bock.

The SA Winter Lager really is terrific. Erich, see if you can find their twelve pack sampler which I believe has both the cream stout and the winter lager among others.

Yep, it's good. For the 3rd consecutive year I have purchased my Holiday Case Pack of SA beers from Costco. Regular Sam Adams (good), Winter Lager (Very Good), Old Fezziwigs Ale (Pretty Good), Holiday Porter (Dang Good), Coastal Wheat (Pretty Good), and....Cranberry Lambic () I really wish they'd quit putting the Cranberry Crap in the pack. I really can't get to liking this one.

[ErichPryde]

yeah, the cranberry lambic was terrible. I wasn't a huge fan of the blackberry whitbier either...

[funknik]

Cranberry Lambic () I really wish they'd quit putting the Cranberry Crap in the pack. I really can't get to liking this one.

I never liked fruity beers when I was younger, but I love the Cranberry Lambic -- it's my favorite out of the Sam holiday pack -- so bready and zesty -- there's really nothing else like it. The Holiday Porter is a close second -- a great porter. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.