Samuel Adams, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Samuel Adams comes up
Advice Line with Bill Creelman of Spindrift
Athletic Brewing Company: Bill Shufelt
- ▶ 2:25 Guy Raz Beer back in the 19 eighties when he launched Samuel Adams lager.
- ▶ 20:16 Guy Raz I mean, it's interesting because, you know, we've done beer companies, Dogfish and Samuel Adams and Sierra Nevada, and, and in virtually every case, the way the story starts is, I went to my basement, I got some, you know, equipment from…
Advice Line with Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield
- ▶ 30:18 Gary Hirshberg Guy was interviewing my friend Jim Cook, you know, Sam Adams, and Jim was really emphasizing the personal stories, and, you know, he used his story, uh, your story is your unique asset, and I think you've got a really unique story, and the…
Advice Line with Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company
- ▶ 1:04 Guy Raz My guest today is Jim Cook, founder of Boston Beer Company, the American brewery best known for Samuel Adams beer. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 9:19 Guy Raz Jim, I want to start with this idea, and you might have some questions for Kim even before you answer it, but I mean, obviously the Sam Adams brand is in the story, just even in the label, even in the name, even in, in, in looking at Sam… 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:16 Jim Koch I mean, with my beer, you know, Samuel Adams, the historical figure, the patriot, had a passion for American independence, and I wanted, with my beer, to create beer independence for the United States.
- ▶ 41:04 Guy Raz I mean, Sam Adams beer was going to cost more money
SmartSweets: Tara Bosch
- ▶ 53:25 Zach Rolland My favorite episode of How I Built This is with Jim Cook, founder of Samuel Adams. 2 times in the scene
Advice Line with Brett Schulman of CAVA
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey: Fawn Weaver (2021)
Brewing creativity with Jim Koch of Boston Beer Company
- ▶ 0:06 Guy Raz So back in 2016, one of our very earliest episodes was on the founding of the Boston Beer Company, makers of Sam Adams Beer.
- ▶ 3:26 Jim Koch You know, when I started Sam Adams, it'll be 40 years ago, that was kind of what we dreamed about, that someday everybody was, you know, 10 minutes away from a craft brewer, and that there would be great beer everywhere. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 6:42 Jim Koch It's called Samuel Adams Utopias.
- ▶ 28:01 Jim Koch And, um, for 35 years, people would say, you know, I've used up my quota, uh, but I loved Sam Adams, you know, when I was still drinking, can you make a non-alcoholic beer?
- ▶ 30:55 Jim Koch Well, uh, there was Sam Adams nitro.
- ▶ 35:02 Guy Raz Sam Adams is a product that will, I have no doubt, will be around in 50, a hundred years, maybe beyond. 2 times in the scene
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Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Sam and Mariah Calagione
- ▶ 11:26 Guy Raz I mean, Sam Adams was around, but it, it, most bars served probably, you know, Budweiser, Coors, Miller Lite, et cetera.
- ▶ 25:26 Guy Raz Um, because, right, I mean, like, Sam Adams, for example, prided itself on the Reinheitsgebot, that it was a beer that could be sold in Germany, because it did adhere to those standards.
- ▶ 38:18 Guy Raz I mean, most people's palates at that time was like, you know, your standard Coors and Miller Lite, and maybe Sam Adams, um, which is a great beer, but was not as radical as what you were, you guys were doing.
- ▶ 1:10:10 Guy Raz You're being acquired as described as a merger with the Boston Beer Company, makers of Sam Adams, that you would become part of this bigger company. 4 times in the scene
Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey: Fawn Weaver
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company: Ken Grossman
- ▶ 1:02:01 Guy Raz Because today Sierra Nevada is the number three craft brewery after, uh, Sam's Boston Lager, uh, Boston Beer Company that makes Sam Adams and Yanling, um, based in Pennsylvania.
- ▶ 1:02:01 Guy Raz Because today Sierra Nevada is the number three craft brewery after, uh, Sam's Boston Lager, uh, Boston Beer Company that makes Sam Adams and Yanling, um, based in Pennsylvania.
Live Episode! New Belgium Brewing Company: Kim Jordan
Samuel Adams: Jim Koch (2017)
- ▶ 1:29 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on today's show, how Jim Cook started brewing an old family beer recipe, called it Samuel Adams, bottled it up, and then helped kickstart the craft beer movement in America.
- ▶ 3:04 Jim Koch 36 years later, when I started Sam Adams, that thousand had dwindled down to 50.
- ▶ 14:26 Guy Raz By the way, how did you come up with a name, Sam Adams, for the beer?
- ▶ 14:34 Jim Koch When she taught the revolution, she highlighted the role of Samuel Adams. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 19:02 Jim Koch I'm gonna call it, it's called Sam Adams, and my real, uh, end point was to get them to try the beer.
- ▶ 20:19 Jim Koch Six weeks after Sam Adams came out. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:49 Jim Koch One of my first accounts, and I was talking to Brendan, the current owner, but his dad put Sam Adams in there almost 30 years ago. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:03 Guy Raz So, so earlier you said that you want Sam Adams to be the largest and most respected of the quote-unquote high-end beers in the U.S.
- ▶ 29:14 Guy Raz How you built the company, and, and, and Sam Adams, and, and like, how, how much of it do you think was, like, your skills, and your intelligence, and talent, and how much of it was just luck? 2 times in the scene
Samuel Adams: Jim Koch
- ▶ 1:04 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on today's show, how Jim Cook started brewing an old family beer recipe, called it Samuel Adams, bottled it up, and then helped kickstart the craft beer movement in America.
- ▶ 2:39 Jim Koch 36 years later, when I started Sam Adams, that thousand
- ▶ 14:00 Guy Raz By the way, how did you come up with a name, Sam Adams, for the beer?
- ▶ 14:09 Jim Koch When she taught the revolution, she highlighted the role of Samuel Adams. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 18:33 Jim Koch I'm gonna call it, it's called Sam Adams, and my real, uh, end point was to get them to try the beer.
- ▶ 19:50 Jim Koch Six weeks after Sam Adams came out. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 22:20 Jim Koch One of my first accounts, and I was talking to Brendan, the current owner, but his dad put Sam Adams in there almost 30 years ago. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:34 Guy Raz So, so earlier you said that you want Sam Adams to be the largest and most respected of the quote unquote high end beers in the US.
- ▶ 28:45 Guy Raz How you built the company, and, and, and Sam Adams, and, and like, how, how much of it do you think was, like, your skills, and your intelligence, and talent, and how much of it was just luck? 2 times in the scene