Tucked into a sleepier corner of Somerville, the quirky, industrial watering hole feels more like your best friend’s backyard than the award-winning brewery that it is. Brews with whimsical names pack a unique and vibrant taste that truly can’t be found elsewhere. Bring your own food if you’d like, but Carolicious Venezuelan Food cooks up arepas and tequeños that should not be missed.

An indoor-outdoor greenhouse/roof deck with a view of the Boston skyline is the main attraction here, but don’t be fooled into thinking the Dorchester Brewing Co. doesn’t also make some seriously delicious beer. New Moon is the wheat beer you’ll want to drink under the sun, but the must-try brew here is Cobblestone, a Boston dry stout that’s relatively low in alcohol and meant for a relaxed afternoon of kicking back.

Harpoon cofounder Dan Kenary will be the first to tell you about how rough-and-tumble the Seaport was when Harpoon began brewing there in 1986. Much has changed since then: While there are still workers packaging seafood nearby, Harpoon’s beer hall now also bustles with bartenders serving up the brewery’s eponymous IPA, as well as hazy, UFO series wheat beers.

Lamplighter’s original, light-filled location on Broadway in Cambridge is part coffee shop (called Pepita Coffee Co.) and part brewery where you can, theoretically, make the switch from hot cortado to cold beer at 11 a.m. Rabbit Rabbit double IPA is the go-to here, but the brewery’s creative stylings also include a mix of sours, stouts, and saisons.

Long Live, a place with highly-rated IPAs for the hopheads, and plenty of distractions for those who’d rather be anywhere but a brewery. It’s a comforting spot with excellent food (rotating trucks, as well as in-house pre-packaged picnic snacks, such as cured meats and cheese), and stouts that taste so much like chocolate, even a non-beer lover will be sated.

Fans of Czech, German, and Polish beers will love Notch, which features several offerings in the style of each country, poured properly and served in the traditional glassware. The brewery in Brighton has the feel of a biergarten, with communal benches and fare including a sausage board, soft pretzels, and tinned fish plate to match, and there’s a second location in Salem.

Did someone say patio beers? Remnant’s small but thoughtful taproom and patio spaces at Bow Market make for an ideal remote work outpost. But if you’re lucky enough to be off the clock, you can focus on the beer, which includes Dream Pop, a pale ale brewed with oats from Hadley’s Valley Malt. Bow Street Session is nicely balanced ale, brewed with Massachusetts-grown hops.

It may say something about Boston that more than one brewery here has been started by soccer dads who met on the sidelines of their kids’ games. In this case, Roundhead Brewing co-owners Luis Espinoza and Craig Panzer have been building a community since 2022, serving Peruvian-inspired beer and food in Roundhead’s Hyde Park taproom.

The O.G.s remember lining up outside Trillium’s original, tiny Fort Point location to fill growlers with IPAs including Mettle and Congress Street. Those beers are still being made, and served at additional Trillium locations around the area — in the Fenway, outdoors on the Greenway in the summer (where food trucks visit), and more — where visitors can sip on styles ranging from stouts to wild farmhouse ales inside a modern glass-and-steel structure.

This woman-owned, LGBTQ+ friendly brewery offers a tasty stable of “malt-forward” flagship beers and fun seasonal brews. The taproom has a relaxed atmosphere that gets amped up for women’s sports and RuPaul’s Drag Race. They've got light snacks on hand, but folks are encouraged to order in from local Roxbury and JP eateries. A community mind-set is a big part of Drawdown’s vibe.

Mighty Squirrel’s founders credit much of their success to Cloud Candy, their aptly-named IPA that drinks like a dream. The brewery’s 13,000-square-foot space near Fenway Park has multiple levels to gather and sip that flavor and others. Non-beer drink options at the Fenway taproom lean fruity, while the menu is Latin-inspired.

With a patio space that’s welcoming to both kids and dogs, Portico’s brewery would be inviting even if the beer wasn’t good. That’s not a problem, though, since brews like Previously On, a West Coast IPA, and Tintin, a Belgian witbier, are exceptional. Stay for the tacos, too, from Taqueria El Barrio, located on site.

The Brighton space is more intimate, and churns out the same great brews, including Blue Comet, the flagship IPA bursting with ripe tropical flavors. Don’t sleep on the brewery’s limited-time offerings, like Castle Walls, a Kolsch that’s on tap in the summer months. When the weather turns, so will the beer list.