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| 1 | 1 | # Boston Beer Company <!--company--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: Boston Beer Company | |
| 5 | 5 | summary: American brewer at Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1984, maker of Samuel Adams and Twisted Tea and brewer of Hard Mountain Dew under licence from PepsiCo. | |
| 6 | 6 | legal_name: The Boston Beer Company, Inc. | |
| 7 | + | ownership_status: no_corporate_parent | |
| 8 | + | ownership_source: ^sam10k | |
| 7 | 9 | registered_address: One Design Center Place, Suite 850, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, United States | |
| 10 | + | wikidata: Q894558 | |
| 8 | 11 | country: US | |
| 9 | 12 | website: https://www.bostonbeer.com | |
| 10 | 13 | register_ids: US-EIN:04-3284048 | |
| 11 | 14 | founded: 1984 | |
| 12 | 15 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 13 | 16 | ||
| 14 | 17 | ## Establishments <!--establishments--> | |
| 15 | 18 | | mark | kind | address | country | source | note | | |
| 16 | 19 | | ---- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 17 | 20 | | | office | One Design Center Place, Suite 850, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, United States | US | ^secsub | Head office: the business address EDGAR records for BOSTON BEER CO INC, CIK 949870 | | |
| 18 | 21 | <!--/establishments--> | |
| 19 | 22 | ||
| 20 | 23 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 21 | 24 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 22 | 25 | | ----------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 23 | 26 | | The Boston Beer Company, Inc. | legal | en | | | | |
| 24 | 27 | | SAM | search | en | | | | |
| 25 | 28 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 26 | 29 | ||
| 27 | 30 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 28 | 31 | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 29 | 32 | | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------- | -------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- | | |
| 30 | − | | sam10k | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000119312526067467/sam-20251227.htm | The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 27 December 2025 | 2026-09-21 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | 2026-02-24 | 0000949870 | | | | | | |
| 31 | − | | secsub | https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0000949870.json | EDGAR submissions record for BOSTON BEER CO INC | 2026-09-21 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | | 0000949870 | | | | | | |
| 33 | + | | sam10k | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000119312526067467/sam-20251227.htm | The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 27 December 2025 | 2026-09-24 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | 2026-02-24 | 0000949870 | | | | | | |
| 34 | + | | secsub | https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0000949870.json | EDGAR submissions record for BOSTON BEER CO INC | 2026-09-24 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | | 0000949870 | | | | | | |
| 32 | 35 | <!--/references--> | |
| 33 | 36 | ||
| 34 | 37 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 35 | − | The Boston Beer Company, Inc. is an American brewer founded in 1984 as a craft brewery, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as SAM and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission from One Design Center Place, Boston, Massachusetts, under EIN 04-3284048 and CIK 949870, incorporated in Massachusetts.[^secsub][^sam10k] Its brands are Samuel Adams, begun in 1984, Twisted Tea, Truly Hard Seltzer, Angry Orchard, Dogfish Head and Sun Cruiser.[^sam10k] In 2021 it entered a licensing agreement with PepsiCo, Inc., and from 2022 it has sold the alcoholic Hard Mountain Dew under that agreement, which its Form 10-K describes as one to develop, market and sell the drink; the brand accounted for about 2% of Boston Beer's net revenue in 2024 and in 2025, and it is the licence that puts this company on the Mountain Dew page here.[^sam10k] | |
| 38 | + | The Boston Beer Company, Inc. is an American maker of beer, hard cider, hard seltzer, flavoured malt beverages and spirits-based ready-to-drink cocktails, founded in 1984 and based at One Design Center Place, Boston, Massachusetts.[^sam10k][^secsub] Its brands are Samuel Adams, begun in 1984, Twisted Tea (2001), Angry Orchard (2011), Truly Hard Seltzer (2016), Dogfish Head and Sun Cruiser (2024).[^sam10k] Under a licensing agreement it entered with PepsiCo, Inc. in 2021, it has since 2022 developed, marketed and sold the alcoholic Hard Mountain Dew, which accounted for about 2% of its net revenue in 2024 and in 2025.[^sam10k] | |
| 39 | + | ||
| 40 | + | The company is incorporated in Massachusetts and files with the Securities and Exchange Commission under CIK 949870 and EIN 04-3284048; its Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange as SAM.[^secsub][^sam10k] No company stands above it. Its unlisted Class B common stock, which elects a majority of the board and decides all other matters requiring stockholder approval, was held in full, as of 20 February 2026, by its founder, chairman and chief executive C. James Koch, a private individual.[^sam10k] | |
| 36 | 41 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# Boston Beer Company <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Boston Beer Company
summary: American brewer at Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 1984, maker of Samuel Adams and Twisted Tea and brewer of Hard Mountain Dew under licence from PepsiCo.
legal_name: The Boston Beer Company, Inc.
registered_address: One Design Center Place, Suite 850, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, United States
country: US
website: https://www.bostonbeer.com
register_ids: US-EIN:04-3284048
founded: 1984
<!--/identity-->
## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind | address | country | source | note |
| ---- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| | office | One Design Center Place, Suite 850, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, United States | US | ^secsub | Head office: the business address EDGAR records for BOSTON BEER CO INC, CIK 949870 |
<!--/establishments-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| The Boston Beer Company, Inc. | legal | en | | |
| SAM | search | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------- | -------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| sam10k | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/949870/000119312526067467/sam-20251227.htm | The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 27 December 2025 | 2026-09-21 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | 2026-02-24 | 0000949870 | | | | |
| secsub | https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0000949870.json | EDGAR submissions record for BOSTON BEER CO INC | 2026-09-21 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | | 0000949870 | | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
The Boston Beer Company, Inc. is an American brewer founded in 1984 as a craft brewery, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as SAM and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission from One Design Center Place, Boston, Massachusetts, under EIN 04-3284048 and CIK 949870, incorporated in Massachusetts.[^secsub][^sam10k] Its brands are Samuel Adams, begun in 1984, Twisted Tea, Truly Hard Seltzer, Angry Orchard, Dogfish Head and Sun Cruiser.[^sam10k] In 2021 it entered a licensing agreement with PepsiCo, Inc., and from 2022 it has sold the alcoholic Hard Mountain Dew under that agreement, which its Form 10-K describes as one to develop, market and sell the drink; the brand accounted for about 2% of Boston Beer's net revenue in 2024 and in 2025, and it is the licence that puts this company on the Mountain Dew page here.[^sam10k]
<!--/about-->