Scanning through the beer list at Waterfront in Encore Boston Harbor requires a few page turns. There are about 50 beers available, most of them on draft. The diversity of the offerings is really revealed, though, in discovering what’s not tap: Budweiser, Miller or Coors.

Every alcoholic beer offered originates from a brewery in New England. The idea is to not only please the craft beer aficionado, but also celebrate what the region known for its championships has to offer.

“We really feel like this might be one of the proudest and local leaning communities in the entire country. So we really wanted this to be us saying, ‘We get it. We’re here and we’re a part of it,’” Executive Director of Food & Beverage at Encore Warren Richards, said. “Not only are we a part of it we’re celebrating the fact Boston is proud and local.”

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The idea of an all-New England menu at wasn’t his, though. In fact when Ashley Wells, the Director of Beverage, Bars and Lounges, pitched the idea, Richards didn’t buy in.

“My first reaction was, ‘You’re out of your mind. You’re crazy.’ People love their Bud Light too much. They love their Stella too much,” Richards remembered saying.

However, the realization that Encore, which opened last month, offered 15 venues to grab a beer like Bud Light. Waterfront could be more.

“We committed to (local) and we’ve stuck with it,” Richards said. “I think it’s one of the coolest things we’ve done.”

He continued, “To be honest, we’re happy to make less money than we would if we were selling Bud Light because we’d rather do something unique and really cool.”

Each pin on the map below represents an alcoholic beer available at Waterfront. Zoom in and click each pin for a description of each brew. The yellow pin represents Encore Boston Harbor.

Among the craft beer selection is a Lord Hobo brew, Project Baccarat, which is exclusive to Encore Boston Harbor.

“The beer is delicious, crisp. It’s got great citrus notes, it’s got New England character without being imbalanced. I think it’s really well balanced,” Richards said. “... We wanted people to know they were in New England while they were drinking this.”

Richards had conversations with other breweries but Lord Hobo emerged as the clear choice.

“A lot of great local breweries, they’re great people making beer and they’re very happy doing that," Richards said. "Obviously Lord Hobo, it’s a real business and they’re real pros over there. The growth of their brand and the market they’ve gone after very aggressively was very much aligned with what we’re trying to achieve.”

Lord Hobo collaborated with Encore Boston Harbor to brew an exclusive beer for the casino at Waterfront called Project Baccarat.

Every aspect - from the deep cranberry and gold colored can of Project Baccarat to the other brews available and even the location - was planned to offer the best experience for visitors to Waterfront.

Richards and Wells tested about 500 New England beers before whittling the list down to about 50.

Those that didn’t make the initial cut could still be served at Waterfront in the future. The list will continuously substitute other local brews.

“I think the long term play here for us is that locals are coming here to eat, whether they’re gambling or not,” Richards said.

The Waterfront bar at Encore Boston Harbor is among the locations where the casino's exclusive beer, Project Baccarat, brewed with Lord Hobo Brewing Co., can be found. (Encore Boston Harbor)

When one steps to the bar or finds a booth, the first menu they see, the extensive beer list, also provides a number representing the miles each brew came from to land on a table at Encore.

The idea manifested organically when Richards and Wells realized how close so many breweries were Encore, including a pair in Everett.

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As they traveled to Down The Road or Night Shift and even ventured into Cambridge, through certain routes, they were still able to see Encore.

“You had this moment, that yeah, everything really is that close,” Richards said. “So ‘the distance from’ just reinforced the local leaning elements here."

There is, however, one beer for purchase that is outside of New England and it’s the only non-alcoholic beverage. Clausthaler, a German brew is listed as 3,700 miles away from Encore.

“We intentionally chose an international German beer so I could put on the menu 3,700 miles,” Richards. “That was intentional so we could reinforcing that statement (of locality.)”

Brewery - Brew, Location, ABV, distance from Encore, price

On draft

Cambridge Brewing - Remain in Light, Cambridge 5.0% ABV 2.4 miles 10, 14

Idle Hands - Emelyn Zwickel Unfiltered, Malden 5.9% ABV 1.9 miles 10, 14

Jack’s Abby - House Lager, Framingham 5.2% 19.6 mi 9,13

Sam Adams - ‘76, Boston 4.6% 5.9 miles 9, 13

Mystic Brewing - Table Beer, Chelsea, 4.3% 1.3 miles 10, 14

Cambridge Brewing - Working Class Hero, Cambridge 4.5% 2.4 miles 10, 14

Clown Shoes Mango American Kolsch, Boston 5.5% 3.9 miles 10, 14

Cisco - Grey Lady, Nantucket 4.0% 118 miles 9, 13

Sam Adams - Summer Ale, Boston 5.3% 5.9 miles 9, 13

Two Roads - No Limit Hefeweizen, Stratford, Connecticut, 5.0% 136 miles 10, 14

UFO - White, Boston 4.8% 3.9 miles 9, 13

Jack’s Abby - Blood Orange Whte, Framingham, 4.0% 19.6 miles 9, 13

Wachusetts - Blueberry Ale, Westminster 4.5% 42.1 miles 10, 14

Night Shift - Briar Weisse, Everett, .7 miles 11, N/A

Down The Road - Feyborn Berliner Weisse, Everett, 4.5%, .4 miles 11, N/A

Magic Hat - “#9”, South Burlington, Vermont, 5.1% 177 miles, 9, 13

Naked Ox, Boston, 5.8%, 5.5% 10, 14

Newburyport Pale Ale, Newburyport, 5.5%, 34 miles, 9, 13

Night Shift - Whirlpool, Everett, 4.5%, .7 miles, 12, 17

Notch - Dog & Pony Show, Salem, 4.5% 12 miles, 9, 13

Stony Creek - Lil Cranky, Branford, Connecticut, 4.5 percent 119 miles, 9, 13

Lord Hobo - Project Baccarat, Woburn, 5.3% 6.3 miles 12, 17

Lawson’s - Sip of Sunshine, Waitsfield, Vermont, 8.0%, 196 miles, 14, N/A

Wormtown - Be Hoppy, Worceter, 6.5% 38 miles, 11, 16

Zero Gravity - Conehead IPA, Burlington, Vermont, 5.7% 214 miles, 10, 14

Castle island - Hi-Def Double IPA, Norwood, 8.4 %, 17 miles 12, N/A

Lord Hobo - Boom Sauce, Woburn 7.8%, 6.3 miles 11, N/A

Lord Hobo - Virtuoso hazy Double IPA, Woburn, 8.8% 6.3 mils 13, N/A

Shed Mountain, Middlebury, Vermont, 7.4% 155 miles, 10 N/A

Smuttynose - Old Brown Dog, Hampton, New Hampshire, 6.5%, 39, miles 10, 14

Bottle/Can

Night Shift - Nite Lite, Everett, 4.3%, .7 miles, 9

Notch - Zwickel, Salem, 4.5%, 12 miles, 9

Plum Island Belgian White, Newburyport, 5.4%, 34 miles, 9

UFO - Raspberry Hefeweizen, Boston, 4.8%, 3.9 miles, 9

Aeronaut - Hop Hop & Away, Somerville, 4.6%, 2.2 miles, 12

Down The Road - Pukwudgie Session,Everett, 4.5% .4 miles 11

Bent Water - Sluice Juice, Lynn 5.4%, 7 miles, 10

Wachusett - Green Monstah, Westminster, 6.1% 42.1 miles, 9

Cisco - Grapefruit Gripah, 5.5%, 118 miles, 9

Artifact - By Any Other Name, Springfield, 6.0%, 91.6 miles, 11

Shacksbury - Arlo Craft Cider, Shoreham, Vermont, 193 miles, 9

Bantan - Rojo Craft Cider, Somerville, 5.4%, 3.8 miles, 10

Clausthaler, Germany, 0.0%, 3700 miles, 9

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