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Tourist Trolleys Begin Boston Brewpub Tours

Originally Published: 04/96

Boston's Old Town Trolley Tours, a favorite of tourists visiting the Hub, began offering twice-a-month tours of three area brewpubs in February.

Pub crawls using a bus and a designated driver have long been a favorite activity for homebrew clubs and other groups of craft beer fans. Now, it appears, there is enough mass appeal for New England craft brew to offer a similar package to mainstream tourists.

The three-hour tour includes stops at John Harvard's Brew House, Commonwealth Brewing Company, and Brew Moon. At each stop passengers will be served two ten-ounce samples of the brewpub's beers, and food--a main course at John Harvard's and Commonwealth, and dessert at Brew Moon.

Once the tourist season hits full swing in summer, Old Town plans on offering a brewpub tour once a week.