Tuesday, October 09, 2012

Beer Works - Boston

Waiting for our tour of Fenway Park, we saw and notices a big sign at one of the places just outside our gate that had the word "Beer".  On a hot sunny day, that caught our attention, so we went over to check it out.  Sure enough, it was a craft brewery local to Massachusetts.

When we went in, our server was very knowledgeable and friendly.  We told him we were on a timeline, and he had no issues to make sure we were going to make our tour in time.  He also knew his beers on tap.  We each explained to him what beers we liked, and ask advice on what beers would be unique to this location.  They had on tap a couple different fruit beers.  There was two blueberry beers, which is apparently the beer they are most known for.  One of those blueberry beers was the original one they made, back by special request.(I can see why, this one was the better of the two)  There was also a watermelon beer that came with a big wedge of watermelon.  This was also a very light and excellent for a hot summer beer.  There was also a good selection of reds, browns, stouts, and pilsners.  All of the beers were excellent in flavour and each had its own identity and balance of flavours.

We did not have time to eat any meals, but we did get some quick munchies of pretzel balls, spicy peanuts, and potato sticks (Home made hickory sticks).  It was a good addition in having something salty with the beer.  The menu itself looked good if we had more time, with lots of selection of your typical pub fare.

The restaurant itself was open and spacious.  There was plenty of TVs with baseball on (it was next to Fenway), and had a "steel mill"/industrial vibe to it.  In the entry way were the big vats of beer they were brewing. 

The prices were a little high.  But that was expected due to the location by the stadium.  If we get a chance to be back in that area, I expect to be back to sample more beers and the menu!



Review (out of 5):
Food: N/A
Value: * * * 1/2
Atmosphere: * * * *
Service: * * * *
Price (dinner): $7 - $20
Website: http://www.beerworks.net/

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