{"id":3087,"date":"2026-06-19T13:05:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3087"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:05:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:05:41","slug":"were-gonna-have-about-10-more-scots-and-world-cup-tourists-discover-that-american-craft-beer-isnt-so-bad-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3087","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re gonna have about 10 more\u2019: Scots and World Cup tourists discover that American craft beer isn\u2019t so bad after all"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>Scottish soccer fans don\u2019t need bluebird days to drink beer, but the many sunny days that Boston has experienced since the start of the 2026 World Cup haven\u2019t hurt. The group of travelers who emptied Boston bars and liquor stores of much of their beer this week are still here ahead of the team\u2019s second game at Gillette Stadium on Friday \u2014 and local breweries have been benefiting heavily from their presence. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3085\">\u2018I just want to bring back the chicken parm\u2019: Visiting Europeans find culinary shocks and delights in Boston<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Samuel Adams saw a crush of Scottish visitors this week, said Adam Cupples, Boston Beer Co.\u2019s director of local brands and taprooms. The Boston taproom went through 91 kegs of Boston Lager in particular, which is about four times as many as a typically very busy July 4th weekend. The brewery was forced to make four emergency deliveries to restock its Boston Lager supply.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Night Shift Brewing, whose Dewey Square beer garden is conveniently located for South Station commuters, has seen its business triple compared to the same week last year, said Jessica Alario, a brewery spokesperson. On World Cup game days, business is eight times normal. The best-seller: City Summer, a taproom exclusive summer fest beer that\u2019s easy to drink.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Food &amp; Dining Headlines<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>The Globe&#8217;s most recent food stories, delivered to your inbox every Wednesday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Across town in Hyde Park, soccer fans \u2014 Scottish but also Haitian and American \u2014 have been flocking to Roundhead Brewing Co. Owner Craig Panzer says more than 2,000 people came through the doors during the first week of World Cup watch parties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFor a local brewery like us, that\u2019s huge,\u201d said Panzer. \u201cThe fans have been incredible. The Haiti supporters have been out in full force bringing amazing energy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Europeans tend to favor light beers like lagers, and they\u2019re generally unaccustomed to the full-flavor IPAs that are a specialty of many American craft breweries. At Roundhead, the Pondside Czech Pilsner has taken the No.1 spot during the tournament, with Powerhouse Peruvian IPA right behind it. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Wednesday, several Scottish fans in Samuel Adams\u2019 Faneuil Hall taproom shared their thoughts about the local brew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3083\">Isiah Kiner-Falefa filling in nicely for shorthanded Red Sox infield<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ve got a Samuel Adams right now, the Porch Rocker, and it\u2019s lovely,\u201d said Daniel O\u2019Neill of Dunfermline, Scotland, referring to Boston Beer Co\u2019s 4.5 percent ABV lemon radler. \u201cSo we\u2019re gonna have about 10 more, see where we end up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other patrons watching Wednesday\u2019s Portugal-Congo match included Joe and Robbie McLean. Joe, who resides in the United Arab Emirates and Robbie, of Aberdeen, Scotland, started their day off with a Samuel Adams American Light. They\u2019d admittedly just ordered a pitcher of Truly hard seltzer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey\u2019re both nice,\u201d said Joe McLean, \u201cmainly because they\u2019re cheaper and we can get more rounds in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Another visitor, who only identified himself as Liam, said, \u201cI think American beer gets a bad rap, to be honest. It\u2019s been pretty good. I actually like quite a strong beer.\u201d (Samuel Adams Boston Lager is 5 percent ABV, compared to Scottish favorite Tennent\u2019s Lager\u2019s 4 percent ABV.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Asked which beers they were hesitant to try, one Scot pointed to a blueberry ale, and most of them mentioned IPAs. Gary Telfer and Andrew Rourke, from Glasgow, both said they found IPAs too sweet, a possible reference to the saturated, fruity nature of the New England-style IPA. (IPAs are usually known for being bitter.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While World Cup fans may have a hard time deciding which American beer is best, they\u2019re less ambiguous about who will win the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=3081\">Eddie Andelman gave us sports talk radio gold with his no-holds-barred interview of Wade Boggs in 1989<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cScotland-England final,\u201d Rourke said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Joe McClean had a typically Scottish take: \u201cAnyone but England.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Craft breweries in Boston saw unprecedented numbers of visitors this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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