June 24, 2005
stronger booze, sam! (link)
http://villagevoice.com/nyclife/0526,zappia1,65316,15.html
His latest contribution is the 2005 reissue of Sam Adams Utopias, a 50-proof beverage the Guinness World Records deems the strongest beer in existence. It is grouped under the realm of extreme beers, a movement Koch himself started that indulges in the "lunatic fringe"—brews characterized not only by their high-alcohol content, but also by their ability to test the boundaries of what is considered beer.