Boston drunk and sober

Drunk?

“In the course of my life I have tried Boston on all sides: I have summered it and wintered it, tried it drunk and tried it sober; and, drunk or sober, there’s nothing in it — save Boston!”

— Charles Francis Adams Jr. (1835-1915), a member of the distinguished Boston Brahmin family that has included two presidents, he was an author, historian and president of the Union Pacific Railroad. Like most in his family he was highly skeptical and sardonic.

Mr. Boston, previously Old Mr. Boston, was a distillery at 1010 Massachusetts Ave. Boston, from 1933 to 1986. It produced its own label of gin, bourbon, rum and brandies, as well as a few cordials and liqueurs.