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These are the most popular breweries in Boston, according to check-in data

A large craft brewery in Boston takes the top spot, but perhaps not the one you'd think.

A brewer pours beer at the Boston Beer Week Kickoff Party at Cambridge Brewing Company in Kendall Square. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe

By Kevin Slane

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With new craft breweries popping up in the Boston area more and more frequently, the era of the discerning beer taster (or beer snob, as some call them) is in full swing. Though Boston may not be able to say definitively it has the best craft breweries in America, it certainly has two of the oldest and largest in Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams) and Harpoon Brewery. In honor of American Craft Beer Week this week, we decided to find out which breweries in Boston and Cambridge were the most popular.

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Thanks to data from check-in app Swarm, we were able to find out which breweries and brewpubs (a pub or restaurant that brews beer on the premises) people checked into the most from Wednesday, May 11 to Tuesday, May 17.

For those unfamiliar, Swarm is an app from Foursquare that lets users check in when they visit locations like restaurants, bars, and parks. The app also makes every day a game with perks like coins and mayorships, and lets users keep track of streaks and places they’ve been with an updated profile tab.

Without further ado, here are the most-visited breweries and brewpubs in Boston and Cambridge.

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The crowded Harppon Beer Hall. Tuesday, April 30 at the second of three Brewed For Boston Nights at Harpoon. Harpoon Brewery donates pint and pretzel sales from the Tuesday night event to One Fund Boston. Photo by Laurie Swope

The crowded Harpoon Beer Hall.

1. Harpoon Brewery & Beer Hall
306 Northern Ave., Seaport

2. Cambridge Brewing Company
1 Kendall Sq., Cambridge

3. Boston Beer Works
61 Brookline Ave., Fenway 

4. Samuel Adams Brewery
30 Germania St., Jamaica Plain 

5. Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery
115 Stuart St., Chinatown 

6. Trillium Brewing Company
369 Congress St., Fort Point 

7. Boston Beer Works
112 Canal St., West End 

8. John Harvard’s Brewery & Ale House
33 Dunster St., Harvard Square

9. Downeast Cider House
200 Terminal St., Charlestown 

Patrons sit on the patio at Boston Beer Works, which is one of the businesses near the TD Garden which could be affected by an NBA Lockout. JOSH REYNOLDS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE (Biz)

Patrons sit on the patio at Boston Beer Works on Canal Street.

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