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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Dec. 27, 2014
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Unrecognized tax benefits 400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits $ 400,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Accrued interest and penalties 300,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued 300,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued
Income tax receivable 8,996,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxesReceivable 21,321,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxesReceivable
2014 Federal Corporate Income Tax, Accelerated Tax Depreciation Applied    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Income tax receivable 17,200,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxesReceivable
/ us-gaap_TaxPeriodAxis
= sam_IncomeTaxRefundMember
 
State and Local Jurisdiction    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Income tax return examination The Company's state income tax returns remain subject to examination for three or four years depending on the state's statute of limitations.  
State and Local Jurisdiction | Minimum    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Income tax return examination period 3 years  
State and Local Jurisdiction | Maximum    
Income Taxes [Line Items]    
Income tax return examination period 4 years