Smoke Shop (4 locations with booze with Fort Point being the closest to down town, and Somerville having thr largest collection of American whiskey in New England).

Citizen by Fenway Park with the largest collection of whisk(e)y in town.

Outside of town, the Quiet Few in East Boston has a decent collection but is a destination.

If you're looking for scotch, The Last Hurrah at the Omni Parker House is a great option. One of the best scotch bars in the country.

>Quiet Few in East Boston

This is a cool spot and pretty easy to get to from Downtown.

If you have time, go to Bully Boy Distillery (a short Uber ride) or Short Path Distillery (in nearby Everett, also a short Uber). Both are in industrial areas. Bully Boy is the better tasting room, but the beauty of Short Path is that it's right near Bone Up Brewery & Night Shift Brewery - and good for a night out. Short Path also makes gin & other stuff.

Otherwise, I really like Saloon (they have 120+ whiskeys) in Davis Square off the Red Line. It's a quintessential whiskey bar and has pretty decent grub too.
The Quiet Few in East Boston has a great selection, it's my local spot. It's a short walk from Maverick Station off the Blue Line, about 6-7 minutes commute from downtown. I like their burgers. Great staff. Though it's tiny and can get crowded.
Worden Hall in South Boston is solid.

If you have to be downtown, The Last Hurrah is the hotel bar for the Omni Parker House and is pretty iconic.

In the Fenway area, there's Citizens Public House. Food and cocktails are okay, though they have a damn good selection. Also - pickleback shots on draft. But if you're going there, I'd highly recommend going to Fool's Errand across-ish the street, which is a tiny standing-room (mostly) craft cocktail bar.

The haven in JP is a scotch bar

Every bar is a whiskey bar

Love The Quiet Few

Appreciate the thorough and detailed response! I’ll check some of those places out.

I only went once to check out the whiskey selection and it just seemed like it was a college bar, didn't like the atmosphere at all, better whiskey selection than many bars though.

>Citizen

Last year my husband & I went to see the refurbished Dutch exhibit at the MFA, and there was a still life of oysters there that was so vivid we left the museum consumed with the need for oysters. It was miserable and sleeting outside and we basically sprinted across the Fens from the museum to Citizen, which was warm and cozy inside and almost empty at 4 pm, and had their 3-oysters-and-a-shot-of-whisky deal - hit the spot perfectly. I haven't been back since then but it's a very fond memory.

Wink & Nod just reopened

Fool's Errand has seats now...

Also one of the best locations in the city, walkable from pretty much everywhere except east boston/south boston/allston

Citizens Public House for a great whiskey selection and amazing food.

What about Dorchester, Hyde Park, West Roxbury, Jamaica plain and Brighton? Is it walkable from those parts if the city?

The Haven in JP is one of the best Scotch bars around. They have a ton of independent bottles and a lot of other rare and hard to find stuff like Octomores and Ardbeg special releases. If you’re a scotch enthusiast that’s the place to go (and they have Scottish food, which is excellent). Hops and Scotch in Brookline and Wink and Nod also have really big selections of Scotch, too.

I’d imagine OP isn’t looking for hotels over there

Edit: nvm I’m thinking of some other post where they were looking for hotels not whiskey bars lol

Bostonia Public House has a great whiskey menu

Also one of (if not the) best burgers in Boston.

Oh dope I didn’t know this!