I love Samuel Adams for many reasons. The biggest and most important is their amazing beer. A close second, would be the fact that they are always doing new and exciting things — for example, the recent launch of their limited release 26.2 brew to commemorate the Boston Marathon. Samuel Adams has partnered with the Boston Athletic Association for the first time as the official beer sponsor of this year’s race — a perfect pairing if you ask me. Did you know that Jim Koch released his first batch of Samuel Adams Boston Lager to the public on Patriots’ Day in 1985? (The same day as the marathon). He said,
“I faced a lot of challenges getting that first brew packaged and distributed in time, but I had set Patriots’ Day as my deadline. About half of our first 25 accounts were within three blocks of the finish line. So, the Marathon’s finish line was my starting line.”
This special beer is a Gose style ale, which is both rare (these have become scarcely available over the last century) and exceptional. Do you know what that means? It means that it is the most refreshing beverage one could possibly consume immediately after running twenty-six miles. Just kidding — please have some water first, then move onto the beer. But, for those folks like myself — non-Boston Marathon runners — please feel free to drink this beer whenever you’d like. Wherever you’d like? Not so fast! This special beer doesn’t just get into every bar’s tap. See where you can find it below, and I urge you to do just that, because this beer isn’t going to be around forever. So get it while the gettin’s good!
Colin and I just tried it tonight, and it is DELICIOUS.
Atlantic Beer Garden
Back Bay Hotel
Bill’s Pizza (Hopkinton)
British Beer Company (Framingham)
Cactus Club
Cambridge Commons
Champions at the Copley Marriott
Cigar Masters
Chicken Bone
Cityside (Brighton)
Clery’s
Conor Larkin’s
Coolidge Corner Club House
Cornell’s Pub (Hopkinton)
Cornwalls
Davio’s
Dillon’s
Ducali’s
Forum
Jacob Wirth
Jerry Remy’s Waterfront
Jerry Remys (Fenway)
Jimmy’s Bar and Oven
Jimmy’s (Brookline)
John Stone’s Inn (Ashland)
LIR
McCormick and Schmick
McGreevy’s
MJ’s Park Square
MJ’s Westin
Morse Tavern (Natick)
O’Connell’s Pub (Framingham)
O’Leary’s
Pepperoncini’s (Framingham)
Post 390
Railroad 6 (Framingham)
Solas
Stoddard’s
Sweet Caroline’s
Sweet Cheeks
The Corner Pub (Ashland)
TJ’s Spirits (Ashland)
Union St Bar and Grill (Newton)
Uno’s Chicago Grill (Boylston)
Uno Chicago Grill (Kenmore)
Whiskey Priest
See more info over at the Samuel Adams blog. 
