"Step into Harpoon in the Seaport for all of five minutes, and someone will proudly tell you that it was they - not Sam Adams - who hold the first brewer’s license issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. So it’s been around awhile, it’s become one of the biggest breweries in America, and, as you’d expect, it doesn’t feel nearly as personal or local as most other breweries and the beer is nothing exceptional. But the tap room is a big beer hall with communal tables, views of the seaport, and soft pretzels that you will end up double-fisting - and we love all of those things." - dan secatore