About
We are a brewery and taproom located in downtown Cambridge. Our focus is on aroma-packed and flavor-driven beers, with an emphasis on New England IPAs, barrel-aged sours, and special seasonals. We brew a variety of one-off batches that allow us to pursue our various whims, and we don’t shy away from funk, twists on tradition, and unique ingredients.
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours hazy purple tinged tea into a willi. No head. Lemon aromas. Sharp with sweet blueberry and lactic lemon front to back. Medium length lemon and marshmallow finish.
Tried
on 06 Jul 2025
at 21:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draught from front porch. Funky yellow pour. Pretty nice sour and strong yeast.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:51
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 9
375mL bottled March 2024, drunk May 7, 2025.
Clear, bronze-tinged brass. Lots of carbonation bolstering a small, but lightly creamy, white head.
Smells fantastic while pouring. Rich brett, super easygoing, mild lacto and no acetic. Mild oak with a rich vanilla, honey and big cherry-like fruitiness. Clean, clear, bright, very aromatic.
Soft, malty, rich with juicy acidity adding fruity cherry and light strawberry. Honey, white bread, mild oak. Wow. This is probably the best bottled beer I've had from Lamplighter and one of their better sours. Just incredibly mellow, balanced, but super flavorful with big malt tones and juicy, fruity acidity.
Clear, bronze-tinged brass. Lots of carbonation bolstering a small, but lightly creamy, white head.
Smells fantastic while pouring. Rich brett, super easygoing, mild lacto and no acetic. Mild oak with a rich vanilla, honey and big cherry-like fruitiness. Clean, clear, bright, very aromatic.
Soft, malty, rich with juicy acidity adding fruity cherry and light strawberry. Honey, white bread, mild oak. Wow. This is probably the best bottled beer I've had from Lamplighter and one of their better sours. Just incredibly mellow, balanced, but super flavorful with big malt tones and juicy, fruity acidity.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2025
at 23:43
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Broadway draught, 2/19/25.
Murky/muddy. No head. Drab chocolate.
Can find zero info about this online, which is weird. Well it smells oaky as shit. Very old school. Dry, crusty malts barely show up and the oak runs wild. But it's not boozey.
More malt in flavor. Juicy barrel gives sherry notes, which I'm really in to. Wow this is a completely different beer in the flavor. Caramel, toffee, fruity green raisin, PX and such complemented and balanced by the sherry. Rich, but not syrupy, just sticky, with good dryness on the finish. Lingering wine, wood, fruity, round malts.
Murky/muddy. No head. Drab chocolate.
Can find zero info about this online, which is weird. Well it smells oaky as shit. Very old school. Dry, crusty malts barely show up and the oak runs wild. But it's not boozey.
More malt in flavor. Juicy barrel gives sherry notes, which I'm really in to. Wow this is a completely different beer in the flavor. Caramel, toffee, fruity green raisin, PX and such complemented and balanced by the sherry. Rich, but not syrupy, just sticky, with good dryness on the finish. Lingering wine, wood, fruity, round malts.
Tried
from Draft
at
Lamplighter Brewing Company - Broadway
on 19 Feb 2025
at 21:25
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Broadway draught, 2/19/25.
Deep golden-brass-maize. Small, white head. Medium haze.
Gentle spice, light floral and herbal notes, all underscored by a lemon-lime-like citrus character. Basic cracker and white bread gently balanced. Clean. No twang.
Spicy with deep fruity and herbal, approaching watermelon-guava-marijuana, notes. Really cool, interesting, innovative take on the most ubiquitous and overdone style on earth. All propelled by great maltiness, attenuation, flavor and balance.
Deep golden-brass-maize. Small, white head. Medium haze.
Gentle spice, light floral and herbal notes, all underscored by a lemon-lime-like citrus character. Basic cracker and white bread gently balanced. Clean. No twang.
Spicy with deep fruity and herbal, approaching watermelon-guava-marijuana, notes. Really cool, interesting, innovative take on the most ubiquitous and overdone style on earth. All propelled by great maltiness, attenuation, flavor and balance.
Tried
from Draft
at
Lamplighter Brewing Company - Broadway
on 19 Feb 2025
at 21:13
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Broadway draught, 2/19/25.
Clear, very dark, with garnet highlights. Tan head steadily to ring.
Roasty, gently sweet with a bit of noticeable cacao but no other adjuncts jumping out at you, thankfully.
Soft, sticky, moderately sweet with chocolatey-fudge lingering nicely on the finish, alongside gentle roast and nutty cacao. Don't get much, of any lactose, which is awesome. Not the most complex, but it's not trying to be and it does it's sweet, chocolatey stout thing well
Clear, very dark, with garnet highlights. Tan head steadily to ring.
Roasty, gently sweet with a bit of noticeable cacao but no other adjuncts jumping out at you, thankfully.
Soft, sticky, moderately sweet with chocolatey-fudge lingering nicely on the finish, alongside gentle roast and nutty cacao. Don't get much, of any lactose, which is awesome. Not the most complex, but it's not trying to be and it does it's sweet, chocolatey stout thing well
Tried
from Draft
at
Lamplighter Brewing Company - Broadway
on 19 Feb 2025
at 21:08
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Brewery draught, 2/19/25.
Moderately-to-heavily hazy, lime-brass-golden. Small, white head.
Sweet and juicy but be coming drier and floral with good, spicy lemongrass-like notes lingering. Good mineral, a bit of chalk and some citrus. Clean, aromatic.
Juicy, sweaty-spicy with tropical fruit skin, white bread and lingering stone fruit mixed with guava and lemon. Cracker and biscuit break up the big malts up front and spice carries on the finish, leaving a refreshing, bitter character lingering. No twang.
Moderately-to-heavily hazy, lime-brass-golden. Small, white head.
Sweet and juicy but be coming drier and floral with good, spicy lemongrass-like notes lingering. Good mineral, a bit of chalk and some citrus. Clean, aromatic.
Juicy, sweaty-spicy with tropical fruit skin, white bread and lingering stone fruit mixed with guava and lemon. Cracker and biscuit break up the big malts up front and spice carries on the finish, leaving a refreshing, bitter character lingering. No twang.
Tried
from Draft
at
Lamplighter Brewing Company - Broadway
on 19 Feb 2025
at 21:03
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 3
Cask at gbbf 2022 day 1. Light hazed pale gold brushed dull gold, halo of white head. Aroma is big mouldy wood balsa, sour, grass, pepper. Flavour is composed of semi sweet sour, sick ble, green, pewper, moulvy balsa, terrible. Really bad.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jan 2025
at 20:47
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
375 ml bottle, thanks to ClarkVV. Aroma is nice rum, and light oak tannins. The tannic oak follows through in the flavor. I guess Barreled Souls has ruined me for a lot of BA brews. This is below average.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2024
at 21:37
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottled Jan 2023, drunk 12/8/24. Clear medium amber. Light beige head to spotty cover. Big rum with spice and floral notes and toffee and caramel. Round red fruits and a hint of vanilla with lingering bread and barrel tannin. Red fruit, floral rum and cane sugar with fruity toffee and almost a tartness. Medium-full body, high attenuation. The rum treatment is well-done. Maybe a bit too much classic bready Barleywine malt character, though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Dec 2024
at 19:34