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Cozy up with a cold one

From left, Carissa Tigges, Betsy Duffy and Rachel Braafhart of Gezellig Brewing Company. The taproom and brewery opened June 7 in Newton. (Christopher Braunschweig)

From left, Carissa Tigges, Betsy Duffy and Rachel Braafhart of Gezellig Brewing Company. The taproom and brewery opened June 7 in Newton. (Christopher Braunschweig)

From left, Gezellig Brewing Company beertenders Carissa Tigges and Rachel Braafhart and co-owner Betsy Duffy have toast inside the 403 W. Fourth St. N. taproom and brewery that opened June 7 in Newton. (Christopher Braunschweig)

Betsy Duffy, co-owner of Gezellig Brewing Company, debuted kegs of the Newtonian Haze, a New England IPA, and the Turn Down for Brown, an English porter, at bars, restaurants and taprooms before the brewery opened its doors for business June 7. (Christopher Braunschweig)

Carissa Tigges, a beertender at Gezellig Brewing Company, fills a glass of craft beer at the newly opened taproom and brewery in Newton. (Christopher Braunschweig)

Rachel Braafhart pours a glass of the British Crush, an English pale ale, by Gezellig Brewing Company. (Christopher Braunschweig)

A newly poured craft beer from Gezellig Brewing Company. (Christopher Braunschweig)