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Niketown Boston has no official agreement with the Boston Marathon. The Newbury Street store is still planning a series of events to prep runners for the April 18 race. Look for expert training, weekly runs on Wednesdays evenings, free shoe tests, and more before race day. Winning brews in the 2011 Samuel Adams LongShot American Homebrew Contest - Category 23 are being sold in a six-pack. The pack includes two bottles of Richard Roper's Friar Hop Ale, Rodney Kibzey's Blackened Hops, and Caitlin DeClercq's Honey B's Lavender Wheat. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

The Sam Adams Boston Lager you're drinking was likely brewed in Cincinnati, or soon, Latrobe. The tour facility for the Boston Beer Company is within stumbling distance from the Stony Brook stop on the Orange Line – it's a good thing because they're just about to start up the summer season where the free tours happen pretty much every day, not just a few times a week. Today the Boston Beer Company, the parent of... more ›

The Boston Beer Company is headquartered here in Boston. The test brewery is only a few drunken steps from the Stony Brook station in JP, the marketing and admin happens downtown out of the design center on the South Boston waterfront, even if the bulk of the beer is brewed out of state. The flagship is still Sam Adams Boston Lager and the company felt something was missing – their own glass. We've been drinking Sam out of mugs, steins, pint glasses and those 7 oz. taster glasses they give you on the free (!) tour and even a beer boot or two (watch out if you're ever asked to drink from the boot). Today we hear about the new glass they've designed that might make it into a pub near you, and will certainly make it into your cabinet at home if you're willing to shell out $30 for four of them.

Tiax, the world-renowned sensory experts, worked closely with [founder and Chairman] Jim [Koch] to identify and evaluate the functional design features needed in a glass to showcase the key attributes of Samuel Adams Boston Lager. The key requirements for the perfect glass for Samuel Adams Boston Lager included: delivering sweetness from the malt; maximizing the hops aroma and flavor; maintaining the ideal temperature; supporting a rich and creamy head; and sustaining the right amount of carbonation.

The Coke glass was an innovative glass, it seemed to keep the head on a Coke at bay when poured – this new glass design looks similar to the Coke glass design but isn't about the perfect head on the beer it's all about releasing the aroma and flavor. We might not be able to get behind all their claims 100% but these sure would look good in our kitchen next to that pair of Stella glasses we got at a beer promotion last year. more ›

On the heels of the Boston 375 Colonial Ale, brewed in the tradition of beers crafted back when Boston was founded the Boston Beer Company, maker of Samuel Adams beer, will soon launch a new pack of beers called the Brewer Patriot Collection. The four included are the Traditional Ginger Honey Ale, James Madison Dark Wheat Ale (we've also heard described as a red wheat), George Washington Porter, and the 1790 Root Beer Brew. The George Washington Porter is brewed with the same molasses that was used in the Boston 375 but is decidedly darker in color and richer in flavor. more ›

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. more ›