Daily Curiosities/Obscure Facts

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Is that Samuel Adams as in the beer? My friend Carlos got me drinking that when I was in Detroit, but as a Brit I might have to forgo it now ;-)

Same guy Barq.  The patriot and founding father of the revolution, Adams was a hands-on guy, a fire brand and instigator who led the Boston tea party.  He had inherited a "malting", i.e., beer brewing company from his father and for a time made a stout malt for retail sale.
The founder of the Sam Adams beer of modern day is an admirer of the revolutionary, and led the move to craft beers in the U.S.





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