It was called Samuel Adams Boston Lager, and came from a recipe first brewed in 1870 by the great-great-grandfather of management consultant turned brewing entrepreneur Jim Koch.

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Here comes the next wave in what Bluecoat Gin partner Andrew Auwerda calls "the gourmet-fication of America": talented, local micro-distillers with dreams of doing for bourbon, gin and rum what Robert Mondavi did for Cabernet Sauvignon or the Boston Beer Company's Samuel Adams did for lager.

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