Re: Jim Koch's daughter's name on Sam Adam's bottles?

> I took a tour of the Boston Beer Company's (maker of Sam Adams Lager)

>> brewery in Jamaica Plain (section of Beantown) a few years back, and I >> can >> swear that the tour guide said that Jom Koch's daughter's name is >> 'hidden' >> on every bottle of Sam Adams - not sure in what form, or if he was >> kidding, >> or what. >> >> Anyone ever hear of this, and if so, is it true? And if true, where the >> hell is it? > > When I met Jim Koch about five years ago at an appearance in Santa > Monica, I had a chance to sit and chat with him over a brew before the > festivities started. (He also paid for my beer for the night after I won > a bet that I could name at least ten of SA's varieties. Too bad I had a > 15-mile drive home and had to serve on a jury the next day, or I would > have taken more advantage of that!) Jim told me about the aborted attempt > at making a Sam Adams light beer, called "Lightship." His two kids' names > were on the ship which was on the label of the bottle. > > The beer was such a failure that he said he would never again put his > kids names on the label, for fear it would tank, and he did not want > their names on a failed venture. > > He also told me that he had learned his lesson and that there would > never again be a Sam Adams light beer, either. > > Liar. > > -Ed >
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AndyH
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Someone gave me a bottle, haven't worked up the ambition to try it when there are other things available.

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Bill Davidsen

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