Sam Adams Beer 2 LbNA #49983 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Silver Eagle    |
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| Plant date: | Aug 9, 2009 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Boston |
| County: | Suffolk |
| State: | Massachusetts |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | MuddyBoots |
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| Last found: | Sep 7, 2009 |
| Status: | FFa |
| Last edited: | Aug 9, 2009 |
*** Part of my Beer Series ***
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 400 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: brown & blue
Status: reported missing (06/30/10)
SPECIAL THANKS TO JESS FOR HELP PLACING THIS BOX
For the first 35 years of his life, Jim Koch's family history and future career lay in the attic of his parents' house. Tucked away was an old family recipe from the 1800s for Louis Koch Lager. For five generations, the men in the Koch family were brew masters, but the market for full-flavored beer had diminished and it seemed Jim's father would be the last Koch to carry on the tradition of brewing flavorful beer. However, in the early 1980's Jim became convinced that he could build a niche in the competitive beer market for a high-quality American beer. Using the same recipe and traditional brewing processes that his great-great grandfather used, Jim brewed Samuel Adams Boston Lager® and took beer to a whole new level. Jim chose the name Samuel Adams after the Boston patriot, a revolutionary thinker who fought for American independence. Samuel Adams was also a brewer who had inherited a brewing tradition from his father. The beer made its debut in Boston on Patriot's Day in April 1985, and six weeks later was selected as "The Best Beer in America" in The Great American Beer Festival's Consumer Preference Poll. Since 2000, Samuel Adams® has won more awards in international beer tasting competitions than any other brewery in the world. You can learn more about this great beer by visiting the Samuel Adams Brewery, but to get this minibox you will need to visit Arnold Arboretum located nearby. So come for a tour and a taste, then walk it off looking for this box. This box has a different stamp than the first one that went missing, so consider it a new Find.
Directions:
To get to Arnold Arboretum from downtown Boston, take Storrow Drive west to the Kenmore Square/Fenway Route 1 south exit. Bear left and follow signs for Fenway/Route 1 south. Bear right onto Boylston Street, following signs for Boylston Street Outbound/Riverway Route 1. Continue on Boylston for 0.4 miles at which point it turns into Brookline Avenue. Stay on Brookline Avenue for .5 mile, then take a left onto the Riverway/Jamaicaway. Follow Riverway/Jamaicaway to a rotary at Jamaica Pond (on your right). Follow signs for South Dedham/Providence. Enter the next rotary and take the second exit onto Route 203 east. The Arboretum's main entrance is about 50 yards past the rotary, on the right. Make your way to Bussey Street gate and park.
Clues:
After entering the park take a right and walk along Hemlock Hill Road. Before you reach the next intersection, you will come to a small footbridge on your left that will lead you over a small brook to a section of the park that features many different varieties of Yews. After crossing the bridge, follow the path for about 120 steps until you see a sign on your left that marks Hickory Path. Just to the left of the sign, you will see a Hinoki Cypress which is native to Japan. Reach up into the crook of the tree to find the Minibox. It is a pill container and is permanently attached to the tree, so remove the top by pushing down while turning counter-clockwise. When replacing the top, make sure to screw it on all the way and check to make sure it doesn't come off if you lift up on it.
Terrain Difficulty: Easy (flat, 400 yards RT)
Recommended Ink: brown & blue
Status: reported missing (06/30/10)
SPECIAL THANKS TO JESS FOR HELP PLACING THIS BOX
For the first 35 years of his life, Jim Koch's family history and future career lay in the attic of his parents' house. Tucked away was an old family recipe from the 1800s for Louis Koch Lager. For five generations, the men in the Koch family were brew masters, but the market for full-flavored beer had diminished and it seemed Jim's father would be the last Koch to carry on the tradition of brewing flavorful beer. However, in the early 1980's Jim became convinced that he could build a niche in the competitive beer market for a high-quality American beer. Using the same recipe and traditional brewing processes that his great-great grandfather used, Jim brewed Samuel Adams Boston Lager® and took beer to a whole new level. Jim chose the name Samuel Adams after the Boston patriot, a revolutionary thinker who fought for American independence. Samuel Adams was also a brewer who had inherited a brewing tradition from his father. The beer made its debut in Boston on Patriot's Day in April 1985, and six weeks later was selected as "The Best Beer in America" in The Great American Beer Festival's Consumer Preference Poll. Since 2000, Samuel Adams® has won more awards in international beer tasting competitions than any other brewery in the world. You can learn more about this great beer by visiting the Samuel Adams Brewery, but to get this minibox you will need to visit Arnold Arboretum located nearby. So come for a tour and a taste, then walk it off looking for this box. This box has a different stamp than the first one that went missing, so consider it a new Find.
Directions:
To get to Arnold Arboretum from downtown Boston, take Storrow Drive west to the Kenmore Square/Fenway Route 1 south exit. Bear left and follow signs for Fenway/Route 1 south. Bear right onto Boylston Street, following signs for Boylston Street Outbound/Riverway Route 1. Continue on Boylston for 0.4 miles at which point it turns into Brookline Avenue. Stay on Brookline Avenue for .5 mile, then take a left onto the Riverway/Jamaicaway. Follow Riverway/Jamaicaway to a rotary at Jamaica Pond (on your right). Follow signs for South Dedham/Providence. Enter the next rotary and take the second exit onto Route 203 east. The Arboretum's main entrance is about 50 yards past the rotary, on the right. Make your way to Bussey Street gate and park.
Clues:
After entering the park take a right and walk along Hemlock Hill Road. Before you reach the next intersection, you will come to a small footbridge on your left that will lead you over a small brook to a section of the park that features many different varieties of Yews. After crossing the bridge, follow the path for about 120 steps until you see a sign on your left that marks Hickory Path. Just to the left of the sign, you will see a Hinoki Cypress which is native to Japan. Reach up into the crook of the tree to find the Minibox. It is a pill container and is permanently attached to the tree, so remove the top by pushing down while turning counter-clockwise. When replacing the top, make sure to screw it on all the way and check to make sure it doesn't come off if you lift up on it.