Boston Beer pushes higher alcohol content

Sometimes you do things because they need doing. Sometimes you do them simply because you can.

In the case of the Boston Beer Co., maker of the Samuel Adams brand ... well, you make the call.

The brewer has released an updated version of its biennial beer Utopias, at $150 a bottle and 27% alcohol. It is the highest-alcohol beer on the market, and is banned in 13 states.

Go here for the Associated Press report on the controversy.

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