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The Next Draft: Draft beer no longer a dirty business Matthew Tota Correspondent Next time you order draft beer, particularly an ale or lager, take a moment to inspect your glass before taking it back. Look for small spinning bubbles consistently rising from the bottom, rushing heavenward toward a creamy, roughly 1-inch foam head floating delicately above. These signs indicate you have received a beer poured perfectly from a draught beer system pressurized with the correct blend of gases. Few things in this life are as beautiful or tantalizing. Now taste it. You should only pick up the flavor...

The Next Draft: A guide to all your Polar Park beer needs Matthew Tota Correspondent Polar Park’s vice president of hospitality believes success in his line of work comes from remembering the most important adage in minor league baseball. “People come here to eat and drink and have a good time; it just so happens that there's a baseball game going on,” Cody Malone told me last week as we walked through Polar Park, joined by Rob Crain, a senior vice president for sales and marketing at the Worcester Red Sox. In part, the two had spent much of the final week before the team’s first home...

Taproom in Sandwich faces stormy seas, brewery in Deerfield smoother sailing Matthew Tota Correspondent Daniel J. Bailey III and the Sandwich residents he represents do not care we think they rank among the biggest buzzkills in the state. In trying to stymie one of the most popular breweries in the world’s bid to open a beachside oasis, they expected to face an angry sea of detractors. But Bailey said his clients have no gripes with Tree House Brewing Co. the business, only the way in which Sandwich officials have handled the Charlton brewery’s proposed taproom, beer garden and retail out...

The Next Draft: Getting beer fridge of news ready for a busy spring, summer Matthew Tota Correspondent In anticipation of a spring and summer filled with many more brewery visits than last year, I have started working furiously over the last few weeks to clean out my beer fridge. Rough task, I’ll tell you: shoehorning in that extra beer or two during dinner. Then there have been the challenging, life-defining decisions of which older purchases to pour down the drain. But like the news, the beer never stops flowing, so it’s time to get to the stories — and brews — that would have gotte...

The Next Draft: Sam Adams-Wormtown collab showcases brewer's local roots Matthew Tota Sometimes, a certain kind of success in the craft beer business can bring criticism. Brewers putting out millions of barrels of beer get accused of growing out of the so-called craft category. For producing at such a massive scale, they are lumped in with the big commercial guys — accused of losing the independence that propelled their achievements in the first place. I have often been such a critic, perpetuating this narrative. But lately, I’ve found myself treating some mega-craft brewers like Boston B...