A secret den - of, by, and for rebellious spirits. Boston is, and always has been, a city of upstarts and rebels. Especially free-thinking revolutionaries who understand the value of a good, strong drink. John Adams drank a tankard of cider each morning and three glasses of wine each evening. John Hancock smuggled 100,000 gallons of booze into Boston in order to avoid paying British taxes. Paul Revere, on his fateful ride, stopped to have a drink at each tavern along the way. And Samuel Adams famously brewed beer. It is less well known but perhaps equally important to note that during the Boston Tea Party, the plunderers paused to drink the rum aboard the ships before jettisoning the tea into the harbor.