Samuel Adams Utopias

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Barley Wine
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Pours a dark flat super thick brown with nice legs in the glass. No head, no fizz, nothing...if it did though it would be weird. Aroma is dark fruits raisins figs malt and TONS of alcohol. Smells like a cognac, looks like a cognac....even tastes a little like one. Only a little in taste though at first its a sweet wallop of malt, syrup like palate with a cigar middle flavor. The aftertaste is nothing but an alcohol burn. And I mean BURN. I sipped a bit with a bit of water to get a flavor of the aftertaste and man what a great idea. Really opens up and displays caramel and vanilla notes when you can taste it beyond the burn. This is fantastic...albeit way over the top. I would never have thought to make something like this, so mad props to the sick bastards that did!

Bottle 2009. Ölrepubliken, Göteborg. Ruby/brown colour. Malty, sweet, boozy, vinous, syrupy, raisins, dark fruit, caramel, port wine, earthy, mushrooms, sour cherries, light oak. Full mouthfeel. No carbonation. Very tasty, but I wouldn´t pay for a whole bottle.

Strong alcoholy-syrupy, almost brandy-like. Amber in color, like maple syrup. The flavor is like a brandy with maple and walnut. Very warming with an alcohol finish, also a bit of vanilla. It is uniquely complex; smooth and sticky mouth fell. Overall it’s like an abusive relationship...I keep wanting more. Notes: 2009 Release served at the Rare Beer tasting (pints for prostates) held at the Wynkoop Brewing Co in Denver as part of Beer Week/GABF

this was a treat to sample. Strong doesn’t begin to cover this beer. It’s clearly meant to be treated like drinking scotch. the taste is very unique, its strong but it mellows into something very warm and almost candy like. anyone who’s into beer has to give it a sip if it’s around bottom line

Bottle 9434 of the 2007 bottling. Pours a clear deep copper color with zero head or carbonation. Tons of caramel, sweet toffee and booze on the nose. Very heavy on the palate with toffee, caramel, candied dark fruits and booze being dominate. Glad I finally opened this beer, Would rather spend $40 on a 2o year tawny port than the $170 price tag for this again.

A one ounce pour at hop devil grille with Thor, Luis, Kara and others. Amazing aroma of figs, funky doughy bateria, molasses... Literally stings the nostrels. Intense mouth unlike any other.. Brutal sting and sweet malt scotch and port. Has a delicious side taste like deisel fuel. I had this as an appetizer and only wish I could everyday.

Rating number 2800. Bottle thanks to Tran and Chris at Perry’s. Pours with a clear, brandy colored body and legs that just don’t stop. Aroma of maple, fusel alcohol, oak, raisins, caramel, dates and alcohol burn. Taste starts with dryness from the bourbon, sweet raisins from the sherry and all sorts of caramelized notes, flan, maple, toffee. Waves and waves of sweet liquor. Port and noble rot. Ultra syrupy mouthfeel with a nice burn. Excellent

On Tap at the Denver Rare Beer Tasting, Wynkoop Brewery 25/09/2009 (2009 Vintage) Big whisky aroma. Mid brown coloured very strong in alcohol and sweet on the palate with a warming smooth chocolate coffee and malt finish.