Best brewpub
The difference between a brewpub and a brewery is that the former wants patrons to have a really good time
with their beer, and the latter wants to make a really good beer with its time. No one will accuse Boston
Beer Works of being an epic brewery, but its likable home-brews are a pleasant facet of a pub scene that
is energized and jubilant. Across the street from Fenway Park, the place is packed with believers quaffing
pints and downing sour-cream fries while displaying the traditional pre-game optimism and post-game distress.
On the other side of the river, John Harvard's Brew Pub claims a traditional English pub atmosphere (tell
that to the "Asian crispadilla" on the menu) and lager and ale recipes that were brought to America by John
Harvard himself. Today, Harvard could see his handiwork in 11 locations, perhaps none so beloved as the
original in Cambridge, where six unique brews are available, supplemented by seasonal and specialty
offerings. Always on the menu: 21-year-old Crimson types toasting their long-awaited legal right to soak
up this local tradition for themselves.
Boston Beer Works, 61 Brookline Avenue, Boston, (617) 536-2337; John Harvard's Brew Pub, 33 Dunster Street, Cambridge, (617) 868-3585, and other locations.
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