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City Tap House Is Coming to Fort Point

There are a slew of things you can do to celebrate New Year’s Eve: Go out for a celebratory drink, dine out at one of Boston’s many […]

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Drink This Now: Fort Hill Brewery

New England’s burgeoning beer scene covers a lot of bases. We’ve seen saisons brewed with live lobsters, beers made with Charles River water, and Berliner weisses aged to […]

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Jack’s Abby Offshoot Springdale Barrel Room Starts Pouring This Week

Give your Jack’s Abby growlers a rinse, because the Framingham brewery is about ready to introduce a brand new lineup of beers. The Springdale Barrel […]

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Breweries and Distilleries Take the First Step Toward Farmers’ Markets

If 2016 sunk your mood, here’s something that might bring it back up: We could see beer and spirits popping up at local farmers’ markets in 2017. A bill that […]

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Drink This Now: An Aged Barleywine by Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project

It was just about a year ago that Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project left the Boston beer scene. Since then, the quirky beers from co-owners Dann and […]

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Louie Berceli on Modernism, Mystic Brewery’s Beer Labels, and the Endless Knot

As liquor store shelves brim with more beer choices than ever before, original artwork and branding have become a key way breweries make an impression. To keep things eye-catching, companies like […]

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[UPDATE] Car Slams into Craft Beer Cellar in Braintree

UPDATE, Thursday, December 8, 10 a.m.: Craft Beer Cellar has reopened. “We couldn’t have done this without the help of the Town of Braintree and […]

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Trillium Tests the Waters for an Estate Brewery in Connecticut

Don’t fill the gas tank just yet, but Trillium Brewing Company could someday have a destination to visit near the Connecticut coast. A craft beer […]

Greasy Luck Brewery during its soft opening before Thanksgiving
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Greasy Luck Brewery Opens in Downtown New Bedford in Early December

With a curious reference to New Bedford’s historic whaling industry, Greasy Luck Brewery is making a name for itself in downtown New Bedford. The historic […]

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Iron Heart Canning Has Your Favorite Craft Breweries In the Can

It was just after 8:30 a.m., but workers at Aeronaut Brewing Co. were already sloshing around puddles of sterilized water in the taproom, packing up branded, cardboard trays in […]

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Hopsters Unveils Plans for Nationwide Expansion

Hopsters is selling its million-dollar idea. Not to beer conglomerates or large corporations, but to fans of the Newton-based brewpub. Owner Lee Cooper is offering customers a stake […]

City Life

See This Pilgrim Beer Tankard in Plymouth

Pay tribute to our Puritanical ancestors by raising a tankard of ale.

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Drink This Now: Two Lanterns by Berkshire Mountain Distillers

Berkshire Mountain Distillers is known for its small-batch gin and barrel-aged spirits, but the Sheffield company is now bridging boozy worlds with beer-distilled whiskeys. The latest release is Two Lanterns, […]

Glass of beer and beer taps in a bar
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U.S. Regulators Make an Example of Craft Brewers Guild Over ‘Pay-to-Play’

Decision makers at the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau have settled with the local beer distribution company accused of violating anti-competition laws, […]

The taproom at Lamplighter Brewing Co.
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Manoa Poke, Parlor Ice Cream, and More at Lamplighter Brewing This Week

With a full espresso menu, nitro iced coffee, and Union Square Donuts doughies by day, and unique beers, addictive ranch pretzels and spicy peanuts on […]