Beer
Braintree’s Popular Widowmaker Brewing Will Expand to Brighton in 2023
A new brewery headed to Brighton later this year hopes to help keep the historically grungy, but quickly developing, neighborhood “a little punk rock.” Widowmaker […]
13 New Boston Bars We Loved in 2022
Was 2022 the Year of the Cocktail? It really has been a strong year for dramatically presented, intricately constructed cocktails—and intimate, high-end cocktail bars with […]
Providence’s Popular Long Live Beerworks Is Expanding to Boston
UPDATE (MAY 11, 2023): Here’s a sneak peek inside the Long Live Beerworks taproom, opening imminently in Roxbury. ORIGINAL STORY (SEPTEMBER 22, 2022): One of […]
Look Inside Common Craft, Bringing Four (Very Different) Bars to Burlington Mall
Over at Burlington Mall, what was once Sears now looks a little different. A large-scale renovation project recently turned the sprawling department store into an […]
Six New England Beer Festivals You Shouldn’t Miss in 2022
Remember beer festivals? A social activity of the beforetimes, these were events during which drinkers crowded convention centers clamoring for tastes of—well, whatever they were […]
The Top Beers in Boston
Whirlpool Night Shift Brewing Company New England Pale Ale ABV: 4.5% Availability: Year-round Format: Cans, Draft Taproom: Yes Hazy, juicy, and extensively hopped, New England-style […]
16 Boston Beer Gardens to Visit This Summer
Fast fact: You have not done “summer” correctly in Boston unless you have lifted a glass at one of the many sun- and suds-soaked beer […]
First Look: Trillium Brewing Company’s Brand-New Taproom and Restaurant Opens in Canton
The sprawling green lawn and lush new landscaping says it all: one of the Boston area’s most decorated breweries is growing yet again. On Thursday, […]
Inside the Fight over a Billion-Dollar South Shore Beer Empire
There is a mysterious building along Route 3 in Kingston that just about everyone in Boston has seen when driving home from the Cape but […]
Bars, Breweries, Night Clubs, Saunas, Ball Pits: How to Make the Most of Reopening Weekend
What will you do with your first day in post-COVID-restriction Boston? On May 29, the last of the city’s pandemic-era rules will expire, and all […]
Beer Gardens Are Coming Back to the Greenway
For those who spent the winter missing the experience of sipping a cold drink accompanied by the sunshine and a warm outdoor breeze (also known […]
Your Ultimate Guide to the Boston Area’s 21 Best Breweries Right Now
Massachusetts is now home to more than 200 breweries, quadruple the number it had back in 2011. The remarkable figure comes from industry bloggers Mass. […]
Five Ways Massachusetts Ditched the Nanny State during the Pandemic
On the one hand, city and state government decisions have never played a more jarringly intrusive role in our day-to-day activities, with sweeping curfews, strictly […]
The Coolest Ways to Drink Socially from a Social Distance
There is no shortage of booze to be drunk during this time of isolation: Essential businesses like liquor stores and breweries are keeping their inventories […]
2020 Malt Madness Winner Definitive Brewing Co. Has Plans for a Kittery Taproom
UPDATE, Thursday, May 21: Just in time for the unofficial kickoff of summer, Kittery has a new brewery: Definitive Brewing Co. opens its Route 1 […]