Boston Beer Guide

The following is a list of the best places to find craft beer in around Boston. With exception, each bar's name links to its web site, and where possible, directly to its current beer list. The idea here is that this is a listing of bars who serve great beer and have an online presence.

North of the Charles

• The Asgard: 350 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
• Atwood's Tavern: 877 Cambridge St, Cambridge
• Bukowski Tavern: 1281 Cambridge St, Cambridge
• Cambridge Common: 1667 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
• Christopher's: 1920 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
• Green Street Grill: 280 Green St, Cambridge, Cambridge
• Grendel's Den: 89 Winthrop St, Cambridge
• Highland Kitchen: 150 Highland Avenue, Somerville
• Lord Hobo: 92 Hampshire St, Cambridge
• Olde Magoun's Saloon: 518 Medford St, Somerville
• Plough & Stars: 912 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge
• Redbone's BBQ: 55 Chester St, Somerville, Cambridge
• Tavern at the End of the World: 108 Cambridge St, Charlestown
• Toad: 1912 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge

South of the Charles

• Bella Luna/Milky Way: 284 Amory St, Jamaica Plain
• Big City: 138 Brighton Ave, Allston
• Brighton Beer Garden: 386 Market St, Brighton
• Bukowski Tavern: 50 Dalton St, Boston
• Champions:  110 Huntington Ave, Boston
• Common Ground Bar & Grill: 83 Harvard Ave, Allston
• Deep Ellum: 477 Cambridge St, Allston
• Eastern Standard: 528 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
• The Kinsale: 2 Center Plaza, Boston
• Jacob Wirth: 31-37 Stuart St, Boston
• Lower Depths: 476 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
• Poe's Kitchen at the Rattlesnake: 384 Boylston St, Boston
• The Publick House: 1648 Beacon St, Brookline
• Stoddard's Pub: 48 Temple Place, Boston
• Sunset Grill & Tap: 130 Brighton Ave, Allston

Suburbs

• Bison County Smokehouse: 275 Moody St, Waltham
• The Fat Cat: 24 Chestnut Street, Quincy
• Gulu-Gulu Cafe: 247 Essex St, Salem
• Stars: 2-4 Otis Street (Route 3A), Hingham
• Union Brewhouse: 550 Washington St, Weymouth
• Union Street: 107R Union St, Newton Centre

Brew Pubs

• Beer Works (Canal St): 112 Canal St, Boston
• Beer Works (Fenway): 61 Brookline Ave, Boston
• Beer Works (Hingham): 18 Shipyard Dr, Hingham
• Beer Works (Lowell):  203 Cabot St, Lowell
• Beer Works (Salem): 278 Derby St, Salem
• Cambridge Brewing Company: 1 Kendall Square, Cambridge
• Deadwood Cafe & Brewery: 820 Morrissey Blvd, Boston
• John Harvard's (Harvard): 33 Dunster St, Cambridge
• John Harvard's (Framingham): 1 Worcester Rd, Framingham
• Martha's Exchange: 185 Main St, Nashua NH
• Mayflower Brewing Company: 12 Resnik Rd, Plymouth
• Rock Bottom: 115 Stuart Street, Boston
• Sea Dog Brew Pub: 2 A Street, Hull
• Sea Dog Brew Pub: 230 Mishawum Rd, Woburn
• The Tap: 100 Washington St, Haverhill
• Watch City Brewing Company:  256 Moody St, Waltham

You can find most of these locations, and more, on the map below, provided courtesy of The Beer Mapping Project. Due to space constraints, the map is not all encompassing, but you can use the arrows in the upper left corner to explore areas outside the geographic area displayed. If you have any suggestions and/or corrections, please leave a comment or email me directly at csimone67@yahoo.com.