Last week I had the privilege of attending a debut dinner for Sam Adams Utopias, the most alcoholic beer in the world. Held at Quality Meats in Midtown Manhattan, myself and a handful of others were treated to a three-course dinner with passed hors d'oeuvres, all paired with Sam Adams beers.

For a 5:30 dinner, I was the first to show up at 5:00. After grabbing a few beers at the bar and listening to a cute red-headed waitress tell me everything she knew about folding napkins, people started to shuffle in. I was flying solo on this mission and, keeping an eye out for people my age, I joined a conversation that looked promising. A host led us upstairs to the private dining room and after talking to Sam Adams founder Jim Koch about his famed Utopias, dinner began.  Keep Reading »