Sam Adams to honor David Ortiz with a “Big Hapi” beer

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Samuel Adams is raising a glass to Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, also known as “Big Papi,” with a limited release beer. The Boston-based brewery is specifically issuing 541 bottles of “Big Hapi,” an 8% ABV mango-infused double-IPA, this Friday to pay homage to each home run Ortiz slammed out of the park during his 19-year career.

For one day only, this beer will be for sale at the Samuel Adams Boston brewery, with all proceeds from the beer sales will go toward the David Ortiz Children’s Fund.

In the press release, Jim Koch, founder and brewer of Samuel Adams stated, “We’re thrilled to honor our hometown baseball hero by doing what we do best, brewing beer, and giving craft beer and baseball fans a commemorative brew to honor an extraordinary legend.”