NORTHSHOREMAG.COM
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OCTOBER 2022
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More than just selling selections from
small producers, Leibowitz has created a
sort of craft beverage theme park. Common
Craft currently features Hermit Thrush, a
Vermont maker of sour beer with local yeast;
Malden craft brewer Idle Hands; Salem,
Mass., distillery Deacon Giles; and Vineyard
Road, a Massachusetts-based distributor of
artisanal wine. Each of the four has its own
themed tasting room in the large space,
using the brand's signature design details. So
Deacon Giles, for example, feels like a hidden
speakeasy, with low lights and one wall
plastered with the brand's signature black-
and-white woodcut of devils distilling spirits.
"To put multiple taprooms under one roof
gives the consumer a chance to experience
more than one thing without leaving the
Common Craft is a new
concept in dining out.
PHOTOGRAPHS
BY CHRIS MCINTOSH, AND
COURTESY OF COMMON CRAFT
