Who owns Samuel Adams?
Samuel Adams is owned by Boston Beer (the United States, NYSE: SAM).[1]
Evidence: The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24, SEC EDGAR, 24 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- The Boston Beer Company, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Boston, Massachusetts
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Boston, Massachusetts
- Founded
- 1984
- Category
- Beverages › Beer › Ale
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: SAM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams Boston Lager launched in 1984 and is widely credited with starting the American craft beer movement, arriving when almost all American beer was light lager from a handful of brewers. It is named after the revolutionary, whose family were maltsters.
What Boston Beer's annual report says about Samuel Adams
Sentences about Samuel Adams from Boston Beer's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The Samuel Adams brand began in 1984 and the brand is recognized as one of the largest and most respected craft beer brands with a particular focus on lagers and seasonal beers.
The Company offers over twenty styles of beer in the Samuel Adams brand family and the brand is recognized for helping launch the craft beer industry.
How often Boston Beer names Samuel Adams in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Samuel Adams
- Current owner Boston Beer [1] verified
Where Samuel Adams sits in Boston Beer
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Boston Beer
Boston Beer controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in beverages.
Also in beverages
- Angry Orchard (2011)
- Dogfish Head (1995)
- Truly (2016)
- Twisted Tea (2001)
Other brands in ale, and who owns them
The 62 brands in ale on Brandtree belong to 32 owners. The largest is Duvel Moortgat, with 7; Boston Beer has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Birrificio del Ducato | Duvel Moortgat | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Bishops Finger | Shepherd Neame | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Farsons Blue Label | Farsons | 🇲🇹 Malta |
| Lagunitas | Heineken | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Franziskaner | AB InBev | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Avery Brewing Company | Mahou San Miguel | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| Fuller's London Pride | Asahi Group | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Belikin Stout | Bowen & Bowen | 🇧🇿 Belize |
About the owner: Boston Beer
Boston Beer is a publicly listed company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1984. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: SAM.
Boston Beer was founded in 1984 by Jim Koch, who brewed a recipe from his great-great-grandfather in his kitchen and sold it bar to bar. It became the largest American-owned brewer, and since 2016 the majority of its volume has come from hard seltzer and flavoured malt drinks rather than beer.
🇺🇸 Samuel Adams and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,550 brands that began in the United States. 479 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Samuel Adams is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Samuel Adams?
The parent company of Samuel Adams is Boston Beer, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Samuel Adams American?
Yes. Samuel Adams originated in the United States in 1984 and its owner, Boston Beer, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Samuel Adams still owned by Boston Beer?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Samuel Adams is still owned by Boston Beer. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] The Boston Beer Company, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 24 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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