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- Name
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- Brewery
- Boston Beer Company
- Style
- Vienna-style lager
- ABV
- 5.0%
- Origin neighborhood
- Jamaica Plain, Boston
- Go-to pour spot
- Sam Adams Boston Brewery taproom or any random pub with decent glassware
- Price tier
- $$
- Flavor notes
- Caramel malt, spicy noble hops, clean finish
- Ideal situation
- Explaining to out-of-towners that we drink more than just hazies now
- My take
- The gateway beer that turned half my friend group into hop nerds. Still holds up — like rewatching an old Celtics championship run and realizing the defense was actually that good.