Dorchester Brewing

Year: 2018

By in Brew Blog Comments Off on Find Dorchester Brewing Co. Beer in Boston and Beyond

Find Dorchester Brewing Co. Beer in Boston and Beyond

You asked. We answered!

We are so excited to announce our own Dorchester Brewing Co. beer available in cans for the very first time ever! We have 4-packs of our Clapp’s Cream Ale and V1 Double IPA available for purchase in the Tap Room  at 1250 Massachusetts Ave. in Boston for a limited time.

We’re also making these cans available to restaurants and retailers around the Boston area for a limited time. The full list of where you can find our beer can be found below.

224 Boston: 224 Boston Street, Dorchester, MA 02125

Abby Park: 550 Adams St, Milton, MA 02186

Ashmont Grill: 555 Talbot Ave. Boston MA 02124

 American Provisions: 613 E Broadway, South Boston, MA 02127

American Provisions Dorchester: 1971 Dorchester Ave. Boston MA 02124

Assembly: 425 Hancock St, Quincy, MA 02171

Atlantic Market Liquors: 243 Atlantic St 247 Unit 1, Quincy, MA 02171

Bin Ends: 236 Wood Road,  Braintree, MA 021841310

Blend: Dorchester Ave, Dorchester MA, 02122

Boston Bowl: 820 William T Morrissey Blvd Boston, MA 02122 

Cape Verdean Liquors: 690 Columbia Rd, Dorchester, MA 02125

Craft and Cru: 25 Central Ave, Milton, MA 02186

Craft Beer Cellar – Fenway: 98 Van Ness Street, Boston, MA, 02215

Craft Beer Cellar – Fort Point: 34 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210

Craft Beer Cellar – Roslindale: 4228 Washington St. Roslindale, MA 02131

Dbar: 1236 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester, MA 02125

Five Star Liquors: 197 Worcester St. North Grafton, Ma 01536

Fruit Center: 10 Bassett St, Milton, MA 02186

The Gallows Boston: 1395 Washington Street, Boston MA 02118

Gaslight Brasserie: 50 Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02118

Harborpoint Liquors; 45 William T. Morrissey Blvd. Dorchester MA, 02125

Home.stead Bakery & Cafe: 1448 Dorchester Ave Boston, MA 02122

Liquor Land: 1033 Massachusetts Ave. Boston, MA 02118

Lower Mills Tavern: 2269 Dorchester Ave, Boston, MA 02124

Marina Bay Market: 532 Victory Rd, Quincy, MA 02171

Merchant’s Liquor Mart: 88 High St. Danvers, MA 01923

Novara: 556 Adams St, Milton, MA 02186

Reunion Tap and Table: 198 Worcester Street, North Grafton, Massachusetts 01536

Polish American Club: 82 Boston St.  Boston Ma, 02125

Savin Hill Wine & Spirits: 1051 Dorchester Ave Boston, MA 02151

Southside Tavern: 73 Liberty St Quincy, MA 02169

Tavolo: 1918 Dorchester Ave. Dorchester, Ma, 02124

The Adams Pub: 29 Hancock St, Quincy, MA 02171

The Industry: 750 Adams St, Dorchester, MA 02122

Victory Point, Bar & Grill: 332 Victory Rd, Quincy, MA 02171

 

To talk about getting our beer in your establishment, contact us today.

By in Brew Blog Comments Off on 2018 Boston Tap Room Holiday Events and Hours

2018 Boston Tap Room Holiday Events and Hours

Holiday season is upon us! Besides planning some awesome events, we wanted to share our updated business hours during the holidays, so that you can plan accordingly!
Holiday Hours
  • Christmas Eve: 12/24/18- 11:30am-5:30pm
  • Christmas Day: 12/25/18- CLOSED
  • Vacation Week: Regular Business Hours 12/26-12/29/18: 11:30am-11pm; 12/30/18: 11:30am-9pm
  • New Year’s Eve: 12/31/18- 11:30am-11pm* Extended business hours for New Years Eve Pre-Game Party!
  • New Year’s Day: Open Regular Business Hours 11:30am-11pm
Upcoming Holiday Events
  • Mondays in December: Holiday Movie Nights in the Tap Room
    • Monday, December 3rd: Die Hard
      Monday, December 10th: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
      Monday, December 17th: Home Alone
  • Saturday, December 22nd: Festivus for the Rest of Us 
    • Melt Food Truck
    • Air your grievances
    • Beer Release
  • Saturday, December 31st: New Years Eve Pre-Game Party
    • Fat Boyfriend Food Pop Up
    • Resident DJ, Dialogues
    • Beer Release

Holiday Shopping Made Easy

Give the gift of beer! We are offering up Gift Cards for sale in our Tap Room and for purchase online. Through 12/24/18, we are offering you a BONUS $10 when you buy $50 worth of gift cards, you get an extra $10. Buy a $60 DBco gift card for just $50. SO, if you buy $100, you get a $20 BONUS. Shop now!

By in Meet Our Team Comments Off on Meet the Team: Levi Berggren, Lead Bartender

Meet the Team: Levi Berggren, Lead Bartender

You probably recognize so many of the friendly faces behind our Tap Room bar and if you’re lucky, even spent quite a lot of time chatting about all things beer and what we do here at the brewery. If you haven’t been so lucky to get close and personal with our amazing staff, we are happy to share some fun facts in our “Meet the Team” blog series. If you want to check out more of our awesome team, find the blog posts here.

Today we are happy to introduce you to one of our Lead Bartenders, Levi, who helps the whole Tap Room run smoothly and make sure you are having a great experience drinking and learning about our beer! He is a perfect person to ask about all things craft beer and brewing thanks to his beer-centric background, as you’ll soon learn.

Levi grew up hunting, fishing, camping, skiing, and mountain biking after living all over the Midwest and East Coast, ultimately landing in Wisconsin, which was where he was introduced to the craft beer scene and culture in college by his dad.  “Wisconsin has an amazing beer culture. Wisconsin never lost the tiny micro brews,” said Levi. “There were and still are small breweries around my moms in Madison. My college had a bar on campus and was in walking distance was Fox Tails Brew Pub. Fitgerz Brewery by my dads opened 1884 and is still cranking out beer.”

On top of just drinking the good stuff, Levi was lucky enough to have an Uncle who home brewed and whenever possible Levi would pop in and help, which quickly turned from hobby into passion. After moving out East and entering the restaurant scene, Levi decided that he wanted to hone his skills to become a better and more education bartender and brewer. “I started working on my cicerone certification. I’ve scene passed my level one and am studying for my level two,” said Levi. “With each level, I want to use the knowledge not only for my own personal gain, but to help guests who come in to be able to find the beer they love. Or if they have questions on a style I am able to accurately inform them.”

Today Levi enjoys working in an industry focused on brewing and serving up fresh suds. His favorite thing about his job and the industry itself? “I love the fact that we’ve taken the rule book for brewing and thrown it out the window. We respect the old styles but we aren’t afraid to push the boundaries,” said Levi. “Also, I love the smells of brewing. The sweet smell of mash steeping, the bitter hop aromas, and the whiff of fruit from the yeast.”

So, what can you find Levi drinking these days? “I’m really into Pilsners and slightly hoppy lagers. Salmon Pants by Warpigs is a favorite of mine,” said Levi. “The DBco Clapp’s Cream Ale is very light and refreshing. Definitely my desert island beer.”

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Meet the Team: Joe Carani, Packaging Manager

You may know all about our folks up front that serve the beer in our Boston brewery..and a little bit about those folks that actually brew the beer. But, there are a bunch of other vital areas of the production process which helps to bring you the freshest craft beer to your bellies. For example, we could not do what we do everyday without our Packaging Team! They are the real heros that manage the process of taking the sweet nectar from product to package so you can drink it up. So, today, we’re excited to introduce you to Joe Carani, our Packaging Manager here at Dorchester Brewing Company.

So, how exactly did a finance guy with a college degree in Political Science/Religion working at a bank in Portland, Oregon trade in his suit for rubber boots in Boston? Joe bought a home brew kit on a whim and basically went crazy getting into it with a buddy of his and his side hobby snowballed from there. Still working in finance, he moved to Illinois and took a side gig as a bartender at a local brewery to continue being around beer as much as possible. He hopped in to help the brewery with some brewing needs and ended up with an actual job in the back of the brewery, working his way up from job to job. He’s done pretty much every position from Racker, Cellar Manager, Brewer, Packaging Manager, which led him to us at DBco!

So, what exactly does Joe do at DBco every day?

  • To start the morning every day, Joe prepares the canning line for production. That means sanitizing it and setting it up to run cans for the day.
  • Next, is actually running the cans. We can run anywhere from 15-20K cans per day with up to two different beers.
  • Some days also involve kegging and racking.
  • At the end of the day, we clean, sanitize, get some more cleaning in and then get prepped and ready for the next morning.
  • Set to repeat!

Where does Joe’s passion lie?

Joe initially thought he wanted to be a brewer when he first got into beer, but he actually found his passion elsewhere in the process…by looking at challenges and fixing problems that arise with his quick-thinking problem solving skills. For example, he’s always looking to create efficiencies to make processes better and faster. Which is a great fit as a Packaging Manager!

Lastly, and most importantly, what beer does Joe like to drink?

His favorites styles to sip on are Kolsch, ESB or Oktoberfest depending on the season of course, but his absolute favorite DBco made beer would have to be our German lager, Zwickelbier.