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NEW YORK — Samuel Adams today announced that it will host its small business speed coaching and national “Pitch Room” competition in New York City. Designed to provide high-impact advice and personalized mentoring, the events are part of Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, a micro-lending and mentoring program for small business owners working in… Read more »

BOSTON, MA — The brewers at Samuel Adams today announced the 2013 batch of Samuel Adams Utopias, the brewery’s most renowned barrel-aged, extreme beer and one of the year’s most anticipated beer releases. This year marks the first time Samuel Adams brewers have blended Utopias with Samuel Adams Kosmic Mother Funk (KMF), a Belgian-style ale… Read more »

The Boston Beer Company, makers of Samuel Adams, reported record-breaking, third quarter depletions growth of 26 percent on Wednesday, driven by consumer demand for a broad portfolio of offerings that also includes the Twisted Tea and Angry Orchard brands. Core shipment volume grew 29 percent to 993,000 barrels during the quarter.

BOSTON, MA — The Boston Beer Company, Inc. SAM +0.91% reported third quarter 2013 net revenue of $216.4 million, an increase of $50.0 million or 30% over the same period last year, mainly due to core shipment growth of 29%. Net income for the third quarter was $25.7 million, or $1.89 per diluted share, an… Read more »

BOSTON — Today, Samuel Adams is proud to reveal the latest class of LongShot American Homebrew winners at The Great American Beer Festival in Denver — craft beer’s biggest stage. Besting more than 1,000 entries — this year’s winners include Tamarac, Florida residentRuss Brunner’s American Stout, Evanston, Illinois resident Cesar Marron’s Gratzer and Samuel Adams… Read more »

Over the years, the Boston Beer Company founder has dabbled in the space, sure. The company released its first “Boston IPA,” an English style made with the Fuggle and East Kent Golding hop varietals, in the 1990s. It’s played with hops over the years, rolling out offerings like Latitude 48, Whitewater IPA, Third Voyage Double IPA, even a mixed-IPA variety pack.

Would an IPA by any other name still taste as hoppy? And more, if it weren’t labeled as an IPA, would anyone buy it? It’s a question many craft breweries are exploring and some, it seems, are banking on the continued growth of the style and the name, which is a shorter version of India… Read more »

BOSTON — Samuel Adams is partnering with The Greg Hill Foundation to host a Celebrity Stein Hoist at its annual Octoberfest event on Friday, Sept. 13 at the Park Plaza Castle.

With Boston Beer Company shares up ten-fold since 2009, Bloomberg Business reports that Jim Koch, the company’s founder and chairman, has officially joined the billionaire ranks. Koch was 35 when he started Boston Beer in 1984. Now 64, Koch’s net worth is now more than $1 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

LOS ANGELES — Samuel Adams and VEDC (Valley Economic Development Center) today announced they will host small business speed coaching in Los Angeles on Wednesday, August 21st. The event is part of Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream, a program designed to help food, beverage, craft beer and hospitality small business owners through microlending and… Read more »

BOSTON — The Boston Beer Company, Inc. (NYSE: SAM) reported second quarter 2013 net revenue of$181.3 million, an increase of $33.8 million or 23%, over the same period last year, mainly due to core shipment growth of 21%.

It would have been the perfect opportunity to shoot a television commercial, if only Jim Koch could have remembered to hire a film crew. On Tuesday, the founder of Boston Beer Company surprised passengers aboard a JetBlue Airways flight bound for New York with free samples of Boston Lager, poured from the company’s recently introduced… Read more »

It’s hardly a representative sample size, but Consumer Reports recently conducted a blind taste test of 23 ‘craft’ beers, ranking their favorite ales and lagers based on flavor and aroma attributes.

Forget fights for shelf space. The latest craft beer territorial battle is actually taking place on your TV schedule. For years, most of the coverage of the industry has largely been through the business media, most of whom are interested in either craft’s growing share of the market or individual breweries’ willingness to sell to… Read more »