Samuel Adams Infinium 2010 750 ml

A Collectible, limited-release sparkling ale from Samuel Adams and Germany’s Weihenstephan Brewery. Infinium was created as a champagne-like beer using only malt, hops, water, and yeast under the German Reinheitsgebot purity tradition. Presented in a cork-finished 750 mL bottle, this is a rare collector bottle from one of Samuel Adams’ most unusual collaborations.

Over 1000 years of brewery experience together with American innovation, two years of development and the four ingredients malt, hops, water, and yeast resulted in a new dimension of the art of brewing and in an innovative, ground-breaking beer: Infinium. The sparkling beer is complex, unique in taste and produced strictly according to the German purity law. This sparkling beer is dry and strong in taste despite the more the 10 percent by volume alcohol and unsettles preconceived opinion about the limits of the German purity law. The strong, deep golden beer will enter the market in noble, corked, 0.75 liter bottles. The joint venture of Weihenstephan and Samuel Adams unites a new way of thinking about the world of the American extreme.

Infinium was a high-profile collaboration between Jim Koch / Samuel Adams and Germany’s Weihenstephan Brewery, often described as the world’s oldest brewery. The original 2010 press release described it as a two-year cross-continent collaboration and said it was intended as a new sparkling beer style made under the German Reinheitsgebot purity law using only malt, hops, water, and yeast.

Tasting profile

Original brewery-style profile: deep golden color, fine bubbles, fruity and elegant aroma, crisp acidity, dryness and tartness balanced by smooth malt body. The official 2010 release described it along those lines.

Full product description

Samuel Adams Infinium Ale 2010 is a retired, limited-release collaboration between Samuel Adams / Boston Beer Company and Germany’s Weihenstephan Brewery. Released in December 2010 after a two-year development project, Infinium was designed as a champagne-like sparkling beer made under the strict German Reinheitsgebot purity tradition, using only malt, hops, water, and yeast.

The beer was originally described as deep golden in color with fine bubbles, fruity aromatics, crisp acidity, dryness, tartness, and a smooth malt body. At approximately 10.3% ABV, Infinium sits outside ordinary beer categories and was intended as a celebratory, cork-finished 750 mL bottle.

Now retired, Infinium is best viewed as a collectible and historical Samuel Adams release. Because this is an aged beer, bottle condition and storage history matter. Flavor may show mature fruit, malt, spice, oxidation, or bottle variation.

Tasting notes

Golden color, fine bubbles, fruit-driven aromatics, citrus, malt, spice, crisp acidity, and a dry sparkling finish. With age, bottles may show orange blossom, ripe fruit, bready saison-like notes, marmalade, caramel, or oxidative character.

Product highlights
Retired Samuel Adams limited release
Collaboration with Germany’s Weihenstephan Brewery
Champagne-like sparkling ale
Cork-finished 750 mL bottle
Approx. 10.3% ABV
Made under Reinheitsgebot-style four-ingredient restrictions
Collector-oriented bottle from the 2010 release era
Condition / age disclaimer

This is an aged collectible beer. While the bottle is unopened, aged beer can vary significantly by storage history, carbonation retention, oxidation, and closure condition. Sold as a collectible beverage with no guarantee that the flavor will match its original release profile.