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<body>SEC Form 4 
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<span class="FormTitle">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</span><br><span class="MedSmallFormText">Washington, D.C. 20549</span><br><br><span class="FormTitle">STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP</span><br><br><span class="MedSmallFormText">Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</span><br><span class="MedSmallFormText">or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940</span>
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<td class="SmallFormText" colspan="3">OMB Number:</td>
<td class="SmallFormTextR">3235-0287</td>
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<tr><td class="SmallFormText" colspan="4">Estimated average burden</td></tr>
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<td class="SmallFormText" colspan="3">hours per response:</td>
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<td class="SmallFormText">Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. 
         <i>See</i>

         Instruction 1(b).</td>
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<td class="SmallFormText">Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10. </td>
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<span class="MedSmallFormText">1. Name and Address of Reporting Person<sup>*</sup></span><table border="0" width="100%"><tr><td><a href="/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&amp;CIK=0001680130">HEATH TARA L.</a></td></tr></table>
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<td width="33%" class="MedSmallFormText">(Last)</td>
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<tr><td><span class="FormData">C/O THE BOSTON BEER COMPANY, INC.</span></td></tr>
<tr><td><span class="FormData">1 DESIGN CENTER PLACE, STE. 850</span></td></tr>
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<span class="MedSmallFormText">(Street)</span><table border="0" width="100%"><tr>
<td width="33%"><span class="FormData">BOSTON</span></td>
<td width="33%"><span class="FormData">MA</span></td>
<td width="33%"><span class="FormData">02210</span></td>
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<td width="33%" class="MedSmallFormText">(City)</td>
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<td width="33%" class="MedSmallFormText">(Zip)</td>
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<span class="MedSmallFormText">2. Issuer Name <b>and</b> Ticker or Trading Symbol
      </span><br><a href="/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&amp;CIK=0000949870">BOSTON BEER CO INC</a>
     [ <span class="FormData">SAM</span> ]
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<span class="MedSmallFormText">5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
      </span><br><span class="MedSmallFormText">(Check all applicable)</span><table border="0" width="100%">
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<td width="35%" class="MedSmallFormText">Director</td>
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<td width="35%" class="MedSmallFormText">10% Owner</td>
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<td align="center"><span class="FormData">X</span></td>
<td class="MedSmallFormText">Officer (give title below)</td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td class="MedSmallFormText">Other (specify below)</td>
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<td width="35%" align="left" style="color: blue">Chief Legal Officer</td>
<td width="15%" align="center"></td>
<td width="35%" align="left" style="color: blue"></td>
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<span class="MedSmallFormText">3. Date of Earliest Transaction
         (Month/Day/Year)</span><br><span class="FormData">03/01/2026</span>
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<span class="MedSmallFormText">4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
         (Month/Day/Year)</span><br>
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<span class="MedSmallFormText">6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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<td width="15%" align="center"><span class="FormData">X</span></td>
<td width="85%" class="MedSmallFormText">Form filed by One Reporting Person</td>
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<td width="15%" align="center"></td>
<td width="85%" class="MedSmallFormText">Form filed by More than One Reporting Person</td>
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<tr><th width="100%" valign="top" colspan="11" align="center" class="FormTextC"><b>Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned</b></th></tr>
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<th width="36%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="MedSmallFormText">1. Title of Security (Instr. 
      3)
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<th width="6%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">2. Transaction Date
      (Month/Day/Year)</th>
<th width="5%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
      (Month/Day/Year)</th>
<th width="7%" valign="top" colspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">3. Transaction Code (Instr. 
      8)
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<th width="19%" valign="top" colspan="3" align="left" class="SmallFormText">4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 
      3, 4 and 5)
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<th width="11%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">5. 
      Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 
      3 and 4)
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<th width="9%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 
      4)
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<th width="8%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 
      4)
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<th width="4%" align="center" class="SmallFormText">Code</th>
<th width="3%" align="center" class="SmallFormText">V</th>
<th width="8%" align="center" class="SmallFormText">Amount</th>
<th width="5%" align="center" class="SmallFormText">(A) or (D)</th>
<th width="6%" align="center" class="SmallFormText">Price</th>
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<td align="left"><span class="FormData">Class A Common</span></td>
<td align="center"><span class="FormData">03/01/2026</span></td>
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<span class="SmallFormData">F</span><span class="FootnoteData"><sup>(1)</sup></span>
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<td align="center"><span class="FormData">297</span></td>
<td align="center"><span class="FormData">D</span></td>
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<span class="FormText">$</span><span class="FormData">226.78</span>
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<td align="center"><span class="FormData">11,793</span></td>
<td align="center"><span class="FormData">D</span></td>
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<td align="left"><span class="FormData">Class A Common</span></td>
<td align="center"><span class="FormData">03/01/2026</span></td>
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<span class="SmallFormData">A</span><span class="FootnoteData"><sup>(2)</sup></span>
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<td align="center"><span class="FormData">2,206</span></td>
<td align="center"><span class="FormData">A</span></td>
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<span class="FormText">$</span><span class="FormData">0.00</span>
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<span class="FormData">13,999</span><span class="FootnoteData"><sup>(3)</sup></span>
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<td align="center"><span class="FormData">D</span></td>
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<b>Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned</b><br><b>(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)</b>
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<th width="13%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 
      3)
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<th width="5%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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<th width="5%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">3. Transaction Date
      (Month/Day/Year)</th>
<th width="5%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
      (Month/Day/Year)</th>
<th width="9%" valign="top" colspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">4. Transaction Code (Instr. 
      8)
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<th width="10%" valign="top" colspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">5. 
      Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 
      3, 4 and 5)
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<th width="9%" valign="top" colspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date 
      (Month/Day/Year)</th>
<th width="17%" valign="top" colspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 
      3 and 4)
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<th width="6%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 
      5)
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<th width="6%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">9. 
      Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 
      4)
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<th width="6%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 
      4)
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<th width="7%" valign="top" rowspan="2" align="left" class="SmallFormText">11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 
      4)
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<th width="4%" valign="bottom" align="center" class="SmallFormText">Code</th>
<th width="4%" valign="bottom" align="center" class="SmallFormText">V</th>
<th width="5%" valign="bottom" align="center" class="SmallFormText">(A)</th>
<th width="5%" valign="bottom" align="center" class="SmallFormText">(D)</th>
<th width="5%" valign="bottom" align="center" class="SmallFormText">Date Exercisable</th>
<th width="4%" valign="bottom" align="center" class="SmallFormText">Expiration Date</th>
<th width="10%" valign="bottom" align="center" class="SmallFormText">Title</th>
<th width="7%" valign="bottom" align="center" class="SmallFormText">Amount or Number of Shares</th>
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<td align="left"><span class="SmallFormData">March 1, 2023 Stock Option</span></td>
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<span class="SmallFormText">$</span><span class="SmallFormData">323.8</span>
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<td align="center"><span class="SmallFormData">03/01/2026</span></td>
<td align="center"><span class="SmallFormData"></span></td>
<td align="center"><span class="SmallFormData">A</span></td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="center"><span class="SmallFormData">360</span></td>
<td align="center"></td>
<td align="center">
<span class="SmallFormData">03/01/2025</span><span class="FootnoteData"><sup>(4)</sup></span>
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<td align="center"><span class="SmallFormData">02/28/2033</span></td>
<td align="center"><span class="SmallFormData">Class A Common</span></td>
<td align="center"><span class="FormData">1,080</span></td>
<td align="center">
<span class="SmallFormText">$</span><span class="SmallFormData">0.00</span>
</td>
<td align="center"><span class="SmallFormData">720</span></td>
<td align="center"><span class="SmallFormData">D</span></td>
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<tr><td class="MedSmallFormText"><b>Explanation of Responses:</b></td></tr>
<tr><td class="FootnoteData">1. The Issuer "net withheld" the vesting of a percentage of shares to satisfy the tax obligations of the Reporting Person flowing from the vesting of Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs"). The Reporting Person had a total of 1,006 RSUs vest on March 1, 2026.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="FootnoteData">2. Represents grants of Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") under the Issuer's Restated Employee Equity Incentive Plan ("EEIP"). The details of these grants were disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Issuer on February 17, 2026.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="FootnoteData">3. The shares reported include 11,012 shares of restricted stock subject to vesting conditions.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="FootnoteData">4. The Performance-Based Stock Options were granted pursuant to the Issuer's EEIP on March 1, 2023. In February 2025, the Compensation Committee determined that the performance criteria had been achieved. The options vest in three equal installments on March 1 in the years 2025-2027, provided that the Reporting Person remains employed by the Company on the applicable vesting dates, and subject to accelerated vesting in certain situations.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="FormText"><b>Remarks:</b></td></tr>
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<td width="20%"><u><span class="FormData">Michael G. Andrews under POA for Tara L. Heath</span></u></td>
<td width="20%"><u><span class="FormData">03/02/2026</span></u></td>
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<td class="MedSmallFormText">** Signature of Reporting Person</td>
<td class="MedSmallFormText">Date</td>
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<tr><td colspan="3" class="MedSmallFormText">Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="3" class="MedSmallFormText">* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, 
                  <i>see</i>

                  Instruction 
                  4

                  (b)(v).</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="3" class="MedSmallFormText">** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations 
                  <i>See</i>

                  18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="3" class="MedSmallFormText">Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, 
                  <i>see</i>

                  Instruction 6 for procedure.</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="3" class="MedSmallFormText"><b>Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.</b></td></tr>
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