Dorchester Brewing Company is Boston’s hottest Tap Room filled with fresh craft beer located right on Mass Ave in Dorchester! Visit our beautiful taproom, featuring our four-season Rooftop Greenhouse and outdoor roof deck, as well as in-house barbecue from our friends at M&M Barbecue, Game Room (with skeeball, pinball, arcade games, pop-a-shot, and tabletop shuffleboard) and so much more.
We offer more than your typical tasting room in a brewery – and have options for all drinkers including 20 tap lines with great, fresh beer, hard cider, hard slushies, seltzers, wine, cider, and non-alcoholic options. Sample a tasting flight or grab a full pour and take some fresh beer to go! Along with fresh craft beer, we also serve cider and 4 different wine varieties!
Our Boston Tap Room has plenty for all – games (Skee-ball or Pinball, anyone?), wi-fi, a 4-season Rooftop Hopservatory overlooking the Boston skyline with a beautiful seasonal outdoor patio both on the rooftop and the first floor, food from M&M BBQ, fresh beer to-go and of course plenty of fresh merch to wear out the door and rep your favorite brewery around town. And, we’ve also got a few great private event spaces if you’re thinking about hosting an event like a birthday party, small group meeting or even a wedding, contact us today!
Whether you’re a beer nerd, beer novice, have your kids or your computer in tow, we’ve got a great space for you to enjoy and hang out. We look forward to sharing our love of beer with you!
Getting here & parking: We are located at 1250 Mass Ave. in Dorchester. There is typically plenty of on-street parking (no meters). If you are planning to take public transportation, we are located on the red line between Andrew and JFK/UMass stops and also close to several bus stops. Please visit //www.mbta.com/ to find your best route. We have plenty of FREE on-street parking, so there is typically plenty of room for everyone nearby!
There is additional parking available at South Bay Shopping Center (a quick walk up the block from the taproom), and there are regular shuttles offered by the Newmarket Business Improvement District running from the Andrew T stop and our taproom.
Taproom Policies and FAQs:
Pets: As of June 1, 2023, we’ll be welcoming dogs back to our front patio! In accordance with newly updated policies from the City of Boston, we’ll once again be allowing dogs on our first floor front patio. Click here to learn more
IDs: We check IDs for everyone. You must show a valid 21+ ID to be sold beer. Valid forms of ID include: US Driver’s License, Liquor ID Card or State Issued ID Card, Military ID, US Passport or Passport Card and International Passport and Foreign driver’s license with a photo of a corresponding passport. We invite those under 21, such as families, kids and babies to visit our taproom with parents or guardians and enjoy games, our non-alcoholic beverages (soda and seltzer) and food any day of the week.
Brewery Tours: We do not offer regular brewery tours.
Food: M&M BBQ is on-site daily. We do not allow outside food to be brought in.
Fresh Beer To-Go: We sell Crowlers (32 ounce cans) to go as well as 4-Packs of select Dorchester Brewing beers and hard seltzers. Unfortunately, by law we cannot fill growlers. Additionally, due to tax law, you can not consume Crowlers on premise. No external alcoholic beverages may be brought in and consumed on site.
Private Events: We are excited to host your next private event whether it be a small group meeting, fundraiser, birthday party or wedding! To learn more about hosting your private event with us, please send us a note through our contact us page.