According Aaron, if you go to their website, you can enter the number and they will send you a special tasting glass for that year. Interestingly enough, under the chunky, screw on lid on top, there’s a crimped-on, metal cap, much like you’d find on a normal bottle of Samuel Adams beer.Įach bottle is numbered on the bottom, and there are roughly 14,000 produced for each release. The bottle comes in a heavy, cardboard box, so the gold and blue bottle makes quite a dramatic entrance when it’s first revealed. On the side is a small, metal sliding door about and inch and a half square that slides into the bottle to the right, revealing a portrait of Samuel Adams himself. It’s oddly shaped, starting at the bottom that’s about 9 inches in diameter, and it quickly tapers up to a vertical spout with a chunky, screw-on lid.
And that’s okay because, at 28 percent ABV, and 9 dollars and ounce, you’ll want it in small amounts. When you buy a bottle of Utopias, it comes in a CERAMIC, bluish gold bottle that’s 25.4 ounces, so you’ll at least get more than a pint out of it. Which is exactly what I did the next day. There was no way anyone would be into this crazy idea, right? But 21 minutes later, there was a private message from Aaron, who was ready to PayPal me some money to go buy it and hold onto it. But I snapped a photo and posted it to Frank About Beer’s Facebook page with the caption, “You buy it, let me try some, and we’ll be legends of the interwebs.” This bottle, dust and all, had a 1-year-old, yellowed price tag of $235, which was still well beyond what I wanted to spend. While perusing a local liquor store, I happened to notice a bottle of Utopias, tucked in the back of a locked cabinet among thousand dollar bottles of Remi Martin cognacs. Yes, FIVE different vintages of Samuel Adams Utopias. Courtesy of Aaron, an avid beer collector in Maryland who follows me on social media. Here’s how it happened: One night last year, I got to do a vertical flight of five. To be offered a taste is a cherished opportunity. Most people might come across a bottle here and there. So what’s so special about Utopias? As Sam Adams’ website describes it, “It’s an extreme barrel aged beer that pushes the limits of barrel aging.” It comes in a bottle that looks like, if you rubbed it, a genie would come out. That beer is Utiopias by Samuel Adams Boston Brewing company. Today we’ll be talking about one of the most unique, but legendary beers available.
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