Worcester Business Journal

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wbjournal.com | October 1, 2018 | Worcester Business Journal 19 BRINGING HEALTHCARE TO LIFE www.reliantmedicalgroup.org 16-122 WBJ Book of Lists banner ad.indd 1 5/25/2016 4:31:40 PM Source: Each brewer via survey. Notes: Brewery types are defined as: Regional produces 15,000-6 million barrels/year, microbrewery produces less than 15,000 barrels/year and 75% or more is sold offsite, brewpub sells 25% or more onsite. A=ales, L=lagers, M=malts, P=porters, S=stouts. APA=Amercian pale ale, IPA=India pale ale. Hudson's Ground Effect Brewing Co. opened in August, and Redemption Rock Brewing Co. has plans to open in Worcester. Unable to confirm data for: Battle Road Brewery, Bolton Beer Works, John Harvard's Brewery & Ale House, Kretschmann Brewery & Beer Garden, Stone Cow Brewery and Tree House Brewing Co. For the full list, see WBJ's 2018 Book of Lists: https://nebusinessmedia.uberflip.com/i/989645-book-of-lists-2018/0? a) Springdale Barrel room is located at 102 Clinton St., Framingham, 774-777-5430, springdalebeer.com. (b) Represents 26 full-time and 9 part-time employees (c) Includes 4 full-time, 3 part-time and 4 monks (d) First brew produced in October 2013; sales since January 2014 (e) Headquartered in Worcester with manufacturing in Williamsburg. In 2018, a second manufacturing operation and brewpub will be added in Worcester. (f) Opened July 2017 - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Top breweries in Central Mass. Ranked by number of barrels produced in 2017 Barrels 2017/ employees Type of brewery/ types (sub-types) produced Sample of brews Owner(s)/ chief brewer(s) Founded 1 Wachusett Brewing Co. 175 State Road East, Westminster 01473 978-874-9965 • wachusettbrew.com 70,000 75 Regional A, L (M, P, S) Blueberry Ale Wally New England IPA County Pale Ale Green Monsta IPA Ned C. LaFortune Dave Howard & Caleb Goodrich 1993 2 Jack's Abby Craft Lagers/ Springdale Barrel Room 100 Clinton St., Framingham 01702 508-872-0900 • jacksabby.com (a) 44,250 140 Regional A, L (P, S) House Lager Hoponius Union Blood Orange Wheat Post Shift Pilsner Jack Hendler, Eric Hendler & Sam Hendler Jack Hendler & Mike Gleason 2011 3 Wormtown Brewery 72 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 01604 508-239-1555 • www.wormtownbrewery.com 24,000 35 (b) Regional A, L (P, S) Be Hoppy IPA Bottle Rocket Pale Ale Seasonals Hopulence Underground Series David Fields & Ben Roesch Ben Roesch, Scott Drake & Ben Pratt 2010 4 Spencer Trappist Brewery 167 N. Spencer Road, Spencer 01562 508-885-5756 • www.spencerbrewery.com 4,450 11 (c) Microbrewery A, L (S) Spencer Trappist Ale Spencer Trappist IPA Spencer Fruit Series Peach Saison Spencer Festive Lager St Joseph's Abbey Larry Littlehale 2011 (d) 5 Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co. (e) 55 Millbrook St., #1, Worcester 01606 508-926-8736 • greatergoodimperials.com 2,500 8 Microbrewery A (P, S) Greylock Imperial New England IPA Good Night Moon Imperial Milk Porter PULP Imperial New England IPA "V" Imperial 5-Hop IPA Paul Wengender Shaun Radzuik & Paul Wengender 2015 6 Exhibit 'A' Brewing Co. 81 Morton St., Framingham 01702 508-202-9297 • www.exhibit-a-brewing.com 2,431 10 Microbrewery A (P, S) Goody Two Shoes Kölsch The Cat's Meow IPA Hair Raiser Double IPA Briefcase Porter Matthew Steinberg Matthew Steinberg & Dunstan Liias 2016 7 Medusa Brewing Co. 111 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-310-1933 • www.medusabrewing.com 1,300 22 Microbrewery A, L (M, P, S) Laser Cat Imperial IPA ACTIVATE! Coffee Porter Hidden City American IPA Luminary American Cream Ale Keith Antul, Keith Sullivan & Tom Sutter Keith Antul 2015 8 Rapscallion Brewery 195 Arnold Road, Sturbridge 01518 508-347-7500 • drinkrapscallion.com 1,000 2 Microbrewery A, L (M, P, S) Honey Pale Ale Blonde Golden Ale Rye IPA Session IPA Peter Daniel & Cedric Daniel Jonas Noble 2004 9 Start Line Brewing 151R Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton 01748 508-761-2044 • www.startlinebrewing.com 821 6 Microbrewery A (S) Hop Load IPA Hop Load Citra IPA Craic Irish Red Ale Honey Ritual Pale Ale Ted Twinney Chris Locke & Partrick Ross 2016 10 Moon Hill Brewing Co. 74 Parker St., Gardner 01440 978-669-0122 • gardnerale.com 740 100 Brewpub A, L (M, P, S) Pufnstuf IPA Perley Girl German Lager Candy Mountain, Charlie! Rick Walton Ryan Daigle 2006 11 Cold Harbor Brewing Co. 108 Milk St., Suite 6, Westborough 01581 508-871-0919 • www.coldharborbrewing.com 600 5 Microbrewery A (P, S) Indian Summer New England IPA Sister Summer New England IPA Novacaine Double IPA Petals APA William Oliveira & Brandon Heisler Brandon Heisler 2014 12 River Styx Brewing (f) 166 Boulder Drive, Suite 112, Fitchburg 01420 978-696-5176 • riverstyxbrewing.com 400 8 Microbrewery A (P, S) Zeus King of Gods IPA Apollo's Arrow IPA Cronus Lord of Time Stout Rhea Darkness Stout Scott Cullen and Jackie Cullen Scott Cullen 2017 Source: Each brewer via survey. Notes: Brewery types are defined as: Regional produces 15,000-6 million barrels/year, microbrewery produces less than 15,000 barrels/year and 75% or more is sold offsite, brewpub sells 25% or more onsite. A=ales, L=lagers, M=malts, P=porters, S=stouts. APA=Amercian pale ale, IPA=India pale ale. Hudson's Ground Effect Brewing Co. opened in August, and Redemption Rock Brewing Co. has plans to open in Worcester. Unable to confirm data for: Battle Road Brewery, Bolton Beer Works, John Harvard's Brewery & Ale House, Kretschmann Brewery & Beer Garden, Stone Cow Brewery and Tree House Brewing Co. For the full list, see WBJ's 2018 Book of Lists: https://nebusinessmedia.uberflip.com/i/989645-book-of-lists-2018/0? (a) Springdale Barrel room is located at 102 Clinton St., Framingham, 774-777-5430, springdalebeer.com. (b) Represents 26 full-time and 9 part-time employees (c) Includes 4 full-time, 3 part-time and 4 monks (d) First brew produced in October 2013; sales since January 2014 (e) Headquartered in Worcester with manufacturing in Williamsburg. In 2018, a second manufacturing operation and brewpub will be added in Worcester. (f) Opened July 2017 - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Top breweries in Central Mass. 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