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Bostonist made it to the Night of the Funk at this year's Belgian Beer Fest.

Sam Adams is the flagship beer of the Boston Beer Company. On the tour of the brewery in JP, they'll tell you that there are a couple of reasons they call themselves "The Boston Beer Company" – the two most compelling – the name was available when Jim Koch started the company and they're located in Boston. A deal was announced today that will put the Boston Beer Company in a position to purchase a...

Samuel Adams is introducing a new beer to its family. Celebrating Boston's 375, Sam Adams released for "draft only" a Colonial Ale at the BeerSummit Octoberfest, on tap at the Tour Center in JP. What followed was an advertising campaign wishing Boston a Happy Birthday and conincidentally placing the beer on tap at a lot of Boston's beer friendly local bars. The much publicized Boston 375 Colonial Ale was a hit in the limited locations it was served and a second round was released. Bostonist has found it over near Faneiul Hall (where a statue of Sam Adams stands and the yearly Jim Koch dunk occurs), at the Thirsty Scholar in Somerville (we had a heated debate at the tour center about which side of the line T.S. was on) and recently down at the Joshua Tree in Davis Square. 375 was told by Northeastern Co-op intern at Sam Adams that the brewmasters tried to brew it “more like Sam Adams would have brewed beer,” it uses more molasses in fermentation that sugary malt like modern beer.

Bostonist got a thirst for a cold one at 8 a.m. this morning, the article on cans vs. bottles in the Boston Globe didn’t help. Though they mentioned Jim Koch's "Beer Drinkers' Bill of Rights," they failed to mention that Sam Adams only uses bottles but they claim to only use pop tops, no screw off caps (Bostonist swears we’ve had a screw off Sam before). After a slow go at the rest of the Boston Globe this morning with other headlines like "Filene’s Brand Will be Gone," we’ve known that for months, and "Mosquitoes Found to Carry Diseases," new cases of West Nile notwithstanding, we’ll never forget about Malaria and Dengue; Bostonist picked up a Metro at Downtown Crossing on the morning commute. We’d sworn off the Metro over a month ago, but every now and again a copy makes its way into our hands. It’s Friday after all, and we spied a picture of one of our favorite man among men, Jim Koch, to the right of the Imbiber's column. Apparently Bostonist missed out on the Faneuil Hall event yesterday when Sam Adams, err, the Boston Beer Company, empties out all the old beer they’ve collected in the past year into a dunk tank and makes founder Jim Koch sit on the bar waiting for a bath. Koch was guaranteed at least one trip into the tank yesterday as Tim Wakefield took aim at the target. Celebrity appearances aside, Bostonist missed the drinking more.