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Harpoon Brewery/Mass Bay Brewing Co.


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #17 of 332 attractions in Boston
Traveler Description: If you've enjoyed the Harpoon Ale products you will want to tour the brewery or join the fun at one of Harpoon's annual beer festivals.
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Attraction type: Brewery
Activities: Beertasting
Address: 306 Northern Ave. Boston, MA
Tel: 617/574-9551

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5 of 5 stars
wantonstoup   264 contributions
Aurora, Colorado
Oct 29, 2009

Lots of beer variety to sample, a fun and interesting tour, and a great location make this an excellent way to spend an hour in Boston! more

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5 of 5 stars
GlennSoxFan   3 contributions
Boston, Mass
Sep 1, 2009
3/3 found this review helpful

Took a tour of Harpoon's Brewery and must confess a more impressive tour than Sam Adams. First of all, they make an incredible amount of there own beer at this location. Even allowed to test an unflitered beer before the last few stages. The tour is an hour and broken up into the tour itself and tasting. They provide tasting... more

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5 of 5 stars
Don61   11 contributions
New Jersey
Jun 8, 2009
4/4 found this review helpful

I was not a beer snob until I took the Harpoon Tour. After the Sam Adams tour I felt jipped because it is not a real brewery but a test bed. It is all for show at the Sam Adams tour. Whereas at the Harpoon tour they are an actual Brewery. The beer you get there is the freshest around.... more

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4 of 5 stars
TravelinMoose   36 contributions
Arlington, Virginia
Oct 21, 2008
2/3 found this review helpful

Who can say no to an hours worth of free beer? OK, how about being allowed to try all the different varieties they have on tap for an hour for FREE? We started the morning off at Sam Adams Brewery, and felt it was our duty to go to Harpoon and sample their brews (to be fair). This did not... more

great time
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5 of 5 stars
michalmm   35 contributions
Buffalo, NY
Aug 24, 2008
2/2 found this review helpful

We picked Harpoon over Sam Adams to do a tour tasting. Instead of an in depth tour of the facilities were were treated to an hour or so tasting right there at the bar. The bartenders took the time to explain what each brew was. Overall, the beer was great and so were the workers. I am reccomending this trip... more

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5 of 5 stars
renkadima   2 contributions
Rushden, Northants, UK
Feb 7, 2006
8/8 found this review helpful

If you've a couple of hours free on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday afternoon, then it would definitely be worth your while to check out a testing session at the Harpoon Brewery. We went expecting the usual tour followed by a freebie, but instead found ourselves sitting at a bar for 45 very enjoyable minutes sampling six of Harpoon's current... more

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Harpoon Brewery/Mass Bay Brewing Co. Address

306 Northern Ave., Boston, MA
Tel: 617/574-9551