Besides beans and the Red Sox, one of Bah-ston’s better known products is Samuel Adams beer. More here. It’s named after a real person who was part of the Revolution.
This sign directs you to the Brewery. Big enough?
There’s not much to say about Samuel Adams except that they brew VERY GOOD beer. And there’s several kinds to choose from, such as seasonal brews or varieties that get rotated around. Although their major breweries are in the midwest, the Boston Brewery is where Sam Adams began and is where they still make keg beer for local consumption.
This is where the magic started!! Buuuuurp.
The Boston Brewery has tours. Most of it is a video presentation followed by a walkthrough around the big tanks and some education on what and how the beer is made and its history.
Take the contents of these barrels, combine with a lot of water and process. Voila, beer!
Ever say a beer is “hoppy”? Well, this is what makes it “hoppy”. Hops! But not just ANY hops. Noble Hops!
Beeeeeg beeeeeer taaaaaank
After the “educational” part of the tour, we got to “taste” several brews. Which was what probably, oh say, EVERYONE was there for. There are two bars for the tour groups.
Like most popular pubs, there’s a queue and someone checking IDs…
We were the last tour of the day and because of that, they didn’t shoo us out after 20 minutes so the next tour could go through. So that’s a good tip. Take the last tour on a Friday! I was there for an hour drunking a LOT of beer. Thank goodness I took the T out there.
This is where beer REALLY comes from; it comes from the bar!
The staff would have us all try each brew they had on tap, like a big wine tasting. Fill up the pitchers, pass them around and then have a “taste”. Some of us “tasted” a lot…!
Full of Boston Lager (original Sam Adams brew)
All tasted out! This happened about 9 times before they kicked us out!
We had Boston Original Lager, Summer Ale and Black Lager. When about 2/3 of the crowd left, they opened up the Honey Wheat taps for us. A great time and the tasting was FREE!!! Waaaah!
Musings of a Food and Travel Addict