Sam Adams is an imported beer??
 

I am at the Marriott Winston Salem right now and after getting back last night had a few beers at the bar with a friend.
They had Sam Adams listed as import (instead of as domestic) which also meant they charged $5 for it, not $4.

When I asked the bartender before ordering why this was he said he had no clue. I was too tired to argue my point when the bill came but probably should have propped out my phone and shown him Wikipedia. :D

Is there anything to warrant listing Sam Adams as an import at all?

I would classify Sam Adam's as a Domestic premium.

I don't expect to pay the same price for a Sierra Nevada or Sam Adam's versus the MCBrewery brands.

Imported from Boston?:confused:

It's from New England. Maybe somebody lost track of the "New" part? LOL But, at only $1 more, it's probably worth it anyway.

I run into this ALL the time in my travels.

Sammy, Sierra Nevada, many different microbrews listed as imports or referred to as imports by establishments and bartenders with little to no knowledge about beer.

As a major consumer (and financial supporter) :D of brewpubs and microbreweries, it always irks me.

Methinks if one is in the hospitality business, one should know their product.

Translation: the bar/restaurant/hotel thinks American beers cannot possibly be good.

They're anti-American.:)

Suggest you hire an attorney. This has got to be one of the most blatant cases of consumer fraud since that movie "The Neverending Story".!

Its listed as an import so they don't have to create a third subheading of "Premium Domestic". They figure its gonna cost you the same, so why not put it under the import heading, and be able to fit everything on the card in a larger font size.

Perhaps some compensation is in order? :D C'MON, FT'ers!!! I'm a relative newbie and I was the first to suggest it? ;)

if you're a UA flyer i think you're entitled to a few SWU's and 10,000 MP miles

I smell a class-action lawsuit.

Any lawyers here want to take this case on? :D

Nah, seriously - the explanation of Sam Adams being a premium beer makes total sense, but they sure could have printed a "Imported / Premium" heading instead..

A SWU makes totally sense by the way - upgrade your domestic beer to a premium imported one any time. ;)

I hate it when "premium" beers are listed as imports, but I've seen more places listing, "imports/premium" or some variation on menus.

I typically ask about what's on draft, and will say, "Not the macro-swill," to get just the better beers. Almost always, the server still lists everything.

Maybe Not Even From Out Of State
 

Actually, it's very possible the Samuel Adams beer served in a Winston-Salem hotel may have been made by Boston Beer Co.'s contract brewing partner in Eden, N.C. That's less than 50 miles away, so it's not only not an import, it could be pretty darn local.

(Boston Beer has its administrative offices and a small pilot brewery in Boston, but the majority of Samuel Adams beers are made in either Ohio or Pennsylvania.)

Now THAT's the stuff you need to know when argueing with that barkeeper..:D