Food & Wine names 5 New England beers among the 25 most important craft brews ever
Back in the 1970s and ’80s, innovation and creativity weren’t exactly characteristics of the American beer business. That began to change with the advent of microbreweries like Sam Adams, whose owner Jim Koch has long been considered one of the father figures of the American craft beer movement.
So it’s no wonder that the brewery’s flagship beer, Sam Adams Boston Lager, was named the second-most important craft beer ever by Food & Wine Magazine.
“I’m honored to still be brewing my great-great-great grandfather Louis Koch’s lager recipe today,” Koch told Food & Wine. “During a time when most beer was pale, yellow and fizzy, my goal was to pursue a better beer, one made with high-quality, flavorful ingredients using traditional brewing techniques. Quitting a stable job to brew this beer has changed my life.”
Boston Lager is one of five New England beers featured on the magazine’s ranking, three of which landed in the top five.
Allagash Brewing Company, the Portland, Maine, brewery famed for its Belgian-style suds, landed two beers on the list, with its flagship Allagash White appearing at No. 4 and Allagash Coolship Resurgam at No. 16. The Alchemist’s famed Heady Topper, out of Stowe, Vermont, took the No. 5 spot, and Geary’s Pale Ale, from D.L. Geary Brewing in Portland, Maine, landed at No. 22.
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