re: New England beer trip planning rec request

I live in Boston and go to Portland and Vermont a decent amount. There are honestly so many options it can be overwhelming, so my first advice is to select the “must visits” and figure out any others from there.

Boston spots include:
Trillium (go to the Seaport location)
Harpoon (walkable from trillium - get the pretzel)
Lamplighter (Cambridge)
Aeronaut (Somerville)
Night Shift (Everett or by the North End)
Lord Hobo (Southie)
Dorchester Brewing (Dorchester)
DO NOT waste your time with Sam Adams

Boston beer bars: Bukowskis and Five Horses

For treehouse - be strategic about which one you go to. There’s on on the Cape, one in Western Mass (the flagship), one in Deerfield, and one in the Boston suburb of Tewksbury. Select one that you can make a detour and hit during your drives.

Portland:
Bissell Brothers
Rising Tide
Maine Beer Company (Freeport)
Austin Street
Allagash
Battery Steele
Lone Pine
Oxbow
Blythe & Burrows (for a cocktail to mix things up if you want)

Vermont (Burlington):
Foam
Burlington Beer Co
Zero Gravity

Vermont (Stowe):
Alchemist
Idletyme
Von Trapp
Stowe Cider (seriously don’t sleep on it because it’s a cidery)
Hill Farmstead (very out of the way but worth the drive if you can make it)
Lawsons Finest (also a little outside Stowe but closer than Hill Farmstead)