Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout!

Already?  I'm on a drunken roll!  Sat down to watch the Pat's pre-season opener and had to enjoy a drink while doing so! Definitely wanted to try one of the Samuel Smith's and have only heard people talk about the Oatmeal Stout...so why not be a follower and just go with the flow!

Recent Additions and the Samuel Adams Brewery

Yes...it's hard to believe, I had never been to the Sam Adams Brewery until this past week.  I plan on making it a monthly pilgrimage!!  30 minutes of free beer?!  (yes, the tour's free, the beer's free, even a 7oz glass is free!  just an optional donation to local charities at the end) There's no thinking involved in that decision.  Simply amazing.
They give you the standard background of the ingredients of beer and what each does, tell you about the fermentation process, nothing fancy.  What's surprising is the size of the place...probably not much bigger than your standard CVS.  And this is one part of the largest American-owned American brewery???   I mean, yeah, there are 2 others (PA and OH), but you must imagine that the Boston one supplies at least most of Massachusetts.  Incredible.
After the quick tour, they bring you into a pub-style tasting room and give you almost free reign over pitchers of Sam Adams for 30 minutes.  We had Boston Lager, Summer Ale and the Boston Brick Red.