Just moved to MA from DC

Love Jacks Abby. Try Newburyport Greenhead IPA (it is a raw grassy ipa)

 

Visited Boston recently and tried Congress St. IPA from Trillium Brewing... Wow. Certainly up there with some of the best IPAs ive ever had. Unsure about the size, availability, or distro for anything Trillium however.

 

Anything from Trillium is great, but their hoppy offerings are fantastic. No bottles, growler fills only. They're open Tuesday-Saturday, and fill 32oz and 64oz growlers. You can also find them on draft around the city in select locations. http://www.trilliumbrewing.com/wordpress_blog/

Another favorite of mine is Cambridge Brewing Co over in Kendall Sq in Cambridge (of course). Food and beers are excellent, and they bottle a few things throughout the year that can be found in most beer stores.

 

As far as hoppy offerings go:

Pretty Things: Meadowlark IPA (22oz bottle, most recent bottling is September - Citra & Galaxy IPA)
Wormtown: Be Hoppy (22oz)
Jack's Abby: Hoponius Union (recently moved to 6pks)
Maine Beer: Lunch (inconsistent, but decent, tougher to find)
Blatant: IPA (22oz)
Backlash: Outbreak (22oz - single hop Mosaic IIPA)

enjoy!

 

Some local/New England favorites:
Tree House Julius
JA Mass Rising (based off of 2nd Anny)
Maine MO, Lunch

 

Wormtown. Be hoppy!

 

I'd go with in stores:

Wachusett Larry
Ithaca Flower Power
MBC Lunch and Mo
JA Hoponius Union

Breweries:
Trillium - Fort Point PA and Congress St
Tree house - Julius or Sap

 

I'd add Rising Tide's Calcutta Cutter. It's a new IIPA and easily the best New England IPA I've had outside of VT.

Another vote for Trillium. I can't wait for their Fort Point Pale to return in Nov/Dec after they get the new hop harvest in.

 

Get up to Mystic if you can. Easier with a car, doable by bus.

 

Be sure to check out Lord Hobo in Cambridge! It's the Church Key of Boston

 

To paraphrase Charlie Papazian, Relax, don't worry, have a brew.
Don't rush things, take your time and try what looks good to you. Talk to people at the bottle shops and see what they're into.
There is a ton of great beers coming up around here these days, and the bad ones are few and far between.

 

Lots of good advice here.

For hoppy stuff my favorites are;
ME - Lunch
Wachusett - Larry
Treehouse - Any IPA
Harpoon - Leviathan DIPA

Make a VT trip sometime if you can as well.

 

And when on the other side of the river, Deep Ellum in Allston is a worthy alternative.

Welcome to Massachusetts. Now get with the program and turn that smile upside down.

 

Try the Mayflower porter, it's a game changer. +1 on the Wachusett larry. Also Jacks Abby smoke and dagger.

 

Blue Lobster in Hampton, NH has Golden Claw and Stockholm Syndrome. Both are great hoppy beers and draft only. You have to get growler fills at the brewery to try them.

 

I was impressed with Mayflowers IPA

 

Mayflower Porter, Jack's Abby Hoponius Union, and Pretty Things Jack D'or should be on your hit list for sure.