The Boston Beer Trail

Six breweries across Boston and beyond, from the pilot brewery that named the city's best-known beer to a democratically run brewpub downtown

You learn more about a city from what it eats than from what it builds. Boston has fed a lot of people. Six stops over 13.3 miles, about 53 minutes of driving. Every stop narrates itself when you get there, at whatever pace you feel like walking.

It is one of 50 tours in Boston, each taking a different line through the city. Nothing is booked and nothing expires, so you can start it on a whim and finish it whenever you like.