Best of Boston
Best Beer
Craft Beer Cellar
Much to the delight of local hopheads, this shop—opened in Belmont four years ago by Cambridge Common alums Suzanne Schalow and Kate Baker—is now spreading [...] read more»
2013 Best Beer, Shop
Craft Beer Cellar
Belmont
Beer nerds and brewmasters, unite! This suburban shop, which lines its shelves with everything from Rock Art Jasmine pale ale (Vermont) to Hofbräu Dunkel (Germany), [...] read more»
2011 Best Beer, Locally Made
Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project
Talk about microbrewing: This Somerville-based enterprise was founded by husband-and-wife team Dann and Martha Paquette, and now employs all of four people to meet an [...] read more»
2002 Best Beer, Locally Made
Tremont IPA
Enough with the fruit-and-berry recipes made by all those microbreweries that are (not coincidentally) going out of business left and right. Enough, too, with the [...] read more»
2001 Best Beer
Grampus Trippel, North East Brewing Company
Allston
North East brewmeister Dan Paquette is one to watch, mainly because his Grampus Trippel is one to drink. Served up in a 10-ounce brandy snifter [...] read more»
2000 Best Beer
Back Bay IPA, Boston Beer Works
Boston
A hoppy, aromatic, high-octane India Pale Ale, the Back Bay IPA gets its character from the dry hops added in the aging process. The copper-colored [...] read more»
2000 Best Beer, Surprise
Grape Ale
West Concord
Concord Junction Brewing Company's Grape Ale is proof that just because it sounds icky, it doesn't have to taste that way. We don't know how [...] read more»
2000 Best Beer, Most Improved
Tremont Summer Ale
After three years of winning Best Beer honors (Tremont Ale, Tremont IPA, and our favorite, Tremont's cask-conditioned Best Bitter), the Charlestown brewery introduced its seasonal [...] read more»
1999 Best Beer
Tremont Bitter
After years of waffling, we're finally calling a bitter the beer. The Tremont brewers distribute their bitter at only a handful of pubs, including Doyle's [...] read more»
1999 Best Beer, Selection
The Sunset Grill & Tap
Allston
Is anyone even competing with these guys? With some 600 beers in stock, including 112 on top and three beer engines for those hard-to-find cask-conditioned [...] read more»
1998 Best Beer
Tremont India Pale Ale
Used to be this hophead's delight was available only on the occasional tap at, say, F.J.Doyle's in Jamaica Plan. As of April, though, the good [...] read more»