April 28, 2021

148/3498) Home:  Sam Adams' Utopias (2015) by Boston Beer Company of Massachusetts, U.S.A.:  *****; 28%, 25 ibu; bottle number 10750; this is a blend of ales brewed with maple syrup, aged in Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels, ruby port, sweet madeira, white carcavelos, cognac and Armagnac barrels; brewed with two row pale malt, cherry wood and peat smoked Briess Extra Special, Munich, Caramel 60 malts, three varieties of Noble hops: Spalt Spalter, Hallertau Mittel Freuh and Tettnang Tettnanger as well as English Goldings hops and a variety of strains of yeast, including champagne yeast; pours the colour of port; boozy nose with oak and dried fruit; sweet, boozy, port-like notes, sherry, raisins, oak;  no carbonation; 

The batches that make up this blend are up to 22 years old which takes us back to 1993 when the Toronto blue Jays were World Series champions.  I have seen this going for as much as C$620.