Cambridge Brewing Company

Brewpub in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Castle Island Brewing Company
Associated Venue: Cambridge Brewing Company - Out of business

Established in 1989

Contact
1 Kendall Square Bldg 100, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
Description
Est. in 1989, Cambridge Brewing Co. is the oldest brewpub in the greater Boston area serving fresh handcrafted beer and food made with local ingredients.

1 Kendall Square brewpub's last day of service was December 20, 2024, as Phil Bannatyne (owner) retired. Brand was sold to Castle Island Brewing (Norwood, MA) who will produce the brewery's more iconic beers.

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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From tap. Pours hazy yellow. Small white head. Aroma is mild estery and citrusy. Grassy. Bitter and grassy. Slight herbal hoppy finish.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jun 2018 at 19:59


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From tap. Pours hazy orange, small white head. Aroma is grapefruity, peach hoppy. Sweet, solid hops fruity. Bitter. Crisp hoppy. Bitter and mellow fruity. Lingering hops fruity. Mellow and fruity finish.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jun 2018 at 19:35


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

From tap. Pours clear and golden orange. Small white head. Aroma is floral. Toasted. Slight soapy. Medium dry, slight sourish. Fruity to floral, soapy finish.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jun 2018 at 19:33


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

From tap. Pours hazy deep amber. Small off white head. Aroma is fruity, slight wooden, sourish. Mellow, citric. Smooth fruity. Lingering fruity and slight sourish. Crisp fruity finish.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jun 2018 at 19:04


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From tap. Pours hazy orange. Small white head. Aroma is fruity, light sourish. Mellow, slight fruity. Sourish. Mixed sweet, fruity and slight sourish finish.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jun 2018 at 18:35


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

From tap. Pours cloudy orange, small white head. Aroma is grainy and slight sourish. Estery. Medium dry, slight fruity. Medium dry and slight bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jun 2018 at 18:33


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

From tap. Pours murky orange. Small white head. Aroma is peach and grapefruity hoppy. Solid hoppy, peach juicy. Bitter, crisp hoppy. Mellow and lingering fruity finish.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jun 2018 at 18:31


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

From tap. Pours hazy orange, small white head. Aroma is wineius, fruity. Funky, sour, fruity. Crisp fruity and sour. Slight sweetness. Funky and fruity finish.

Tried from Draft on 24 Jun 2018 at 18:27


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On tap at City Tap Room Boston. Cloudy pale gold colour lasting white head. Good citrus fruit juice flavour.. Decent carbonation in mouth. I mean it just tastes of lemon and orange and grapefruit and is lovely. Light bitterness on the finish.

Tried from Draft on 24 May 2018 at 22:29


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught at the brewery, 1/19/18.
Dark copper-chestnut, good clarity and a small, dark beige head that recedes quickly to nothing.
Malty and oaky with not too much residual honey character though certainly lightly spicy phenols and other fermentation biproducts. Sourdough and some light cereal-like grain character perk up on the finish, adding a bit of an acidic character as red fruit esters maybe stem from the malt? Not massively aromatic but rich and clean with little/no alcohol.
In the mouth it's quite toasty with tons of honey-drenched sourdough, vanilla and other oak notes. Pretty nice attenuation, certainly malty enough and soft with fruity melanoidins and moderate residual honey sweetness. What it is severely lacking is carbonation. Not that it's flat, but still much too loose creating wateriness and a somewhat syrupy character at times where there needn't be one had there been tighter, or even just more, carbonation.

Tried on 24 May 2018 at 18:22