Boston Beer Co., maker of Sam Adams brew, says it won't participate in the St. Patrick's Day parade. MassEquality, the statewide gay rights group that has been pushing for a group of gay veterans to be allowed in the parade, published a statement from .... Sam Adams beer brewer nixes St. Patrick's parade that won't allow gaysWashington Times Beer makers drop out of St. Patrick's parades that ban openly gay marchersChicago Tribune Sam Adams Beer pulls out of South Boston St. Patrick's Day ParadeBoston.com (blog) BuzzFeed -WBUR -Yahoo News Canada (blog) all 285 news articles »