That according to Funkytown CEO and co founder Rich Bloomfield. He made that statement to axios during a kickoff party at sheffields in Lakeview last week. The name comes from the year that Samuel Adams was founded and the year the three oak park raised Funkytown founders were born. The beer has a nice, smoother, sessionable taste. Lower alcohol some 5% by experience, and the 1984 pale lager will be available through May at select taps in Boston and Chicago, including Sheffield's Bitter Pops and Pilot project