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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2019 | Worcester Business Journal 77 M A N U F A C T U R I N G & T E C H N O L O G Y F O C U S Top breweries in Central Mass. Ranked by number of barrels produced in 2018 Barrels 2018/ varieties 2018/ employees Type of brewery/ taproom?/ public tours? Popular brews Owner(s)/ chief brewer(s) Founded 1 Wachusett Brewing Co. 175 State Road East, Westminster 01473 978-874-9965 • wachusettbrew.com 69,491 43 104 Regional Y Y (a) Blueberry Ale Wally New England IPA Mass Soul IPA Country Pale Ale (b) 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 49,000 (c) 100 150 Regional Y (d) Y House Lager Hoponius Union Blood Orange Wheat Post Shift Pilsner Jack Hendler, Eric Hendler & Sam Hendler Jack Hendler & Mike Gleason 2011 3 Tree House Brewing Co. 129 Sturbridge Road, Charlton 01507 413-523-2367 • www.treehousebrew.com 44,250 N/A N/A Regional Y N/A On-tap selections are continually rotated Nate Lanier, Damien Goudreau & Dean Rohan Nate Lanier 2011 4 Wormtown Brewery 72 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 01604 508-239-1555 • www.wormtownbrewery.com 24,615 N/A 38 (e) Regional Y Y Be Hoppy IPA Bottle Rocket Pale Ale Masswhole Lager Don't Worry IPA David Fields, Ben Roesch, Jay Clarke, Richard Clarke & Kary Shumway Ben Roesch, Scott Drake & Ben Pratt 2010 5 Slesar Bros. Brewing Co. / Beer Works No. 6 345 Cochituate Road, Framingham 01701 508-309-3373 • www.beerworks.net 4,750 N/A N/A Brewpub Y N/A Big Boy IPA Fenway Pale Ale Brewski light Amercian Ale Nitro Cookie Stout N/A N/A 2013 6 Exhibit 'A' Brewing Co. 81 Morton St., Framingham 01702 508-202-9297 • www.exhibit-a-brewing.com 3,600 32 23 Microbrewery Y Y Goody Two Shoes Kölsch The Cat's Meow IPA Hair Raiser Double IPA Briefcase Porter Matthew Steinberg Matthew Steinberg & Dunstan Liias 2016 7 Spencer Trappist Brewery 167 N. Spencer Road, Spencer 01562 508-885-5756 • www.spencerbrewery.com 2,339 9 5 Microbrewery N N Spencer Trappist Ale Spencer Monks' IPA Spencer Fruit Series Peach Saison Spencer Monks' Reserve Ale * Quad St Joseph's Abbey Larry Littlehale 2011 (f) 8 Medusa Brewing Co. 111 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-310-1933 • www.medusabrewing.com 1,752 75 16 Microbrewery Y N/A Laser Cat Imperial IPA Cup of Wonder New England IPA ACTIVATE! Coffee Porter Luminary American Cream Ale Keith Antul, Keith Sullivan & Tom Sutter Keith Antul 2015 9 Rapscallion Brewery 195 Arnold Road, Sturbridge 01518 508-347-7500 • drinkrapscallion.com 975 20 10 Microbrewery Y N Honey Pale Ale Blonde Ale Rye IPA Session IPA Peter Daniel & Cedric Daniel Jonas Noble 2004 10 Moon Hill Brewing Co. 74 Parker St., Gardner 01440 978-669-0122 • gardnerale.com 868 30 100 Brewpub Y Y Pufnstuf American IPA Candy Mountain, Charlie! Kettle Sour Perley Girl German Lager Oats Magoats Double IPA Rick Walton Matt Ducharme & Jeremy Bednarz 2006 11 Stone Cow Brewery 500 B West St., Barre 01005 978-257-8600 • www.stonecowbrewery.com 854 30 42 Microbrewery Y Y Roll in the Hay IPA Farmer Phil's Pils Bono Loco New England IPA Cows Out Milk Stout Sean DuBois Sean DuBois 2016 12 Cold Harbor Brewing Co. 108 Milk St., Suite 6, Westborough 01581 N/A • www.coldharborbrewing.com 600 15 5 Microbrewery Y Y Sweeper DIPA Novacaine DIPA Feather Edge IPA Seen and Unseen APA William Oliveira & Brandon Heisler Jeremy Spearin 2014 13 Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co. (g) 55 Millbrook St., #1, Worcester 01606 508-926-8736 • greatergoodimperials.com 515 10 20 Brewpub Y Y PULP Daddy Imperial New England IPA Good Night Moon Chocolate Milk Porter SMOOOOTH Imperial New England IPA Greylock Imperial New England IPA Paul Wengender Shaun Radzuik & Pat Fahey 2015 14 Flying Dreams Brewing Co. 455B Park Ave., Worcester 01610 (h) 508-926-8251 • www.flyingdreamsbrewing.com 487 20 10 Microbrewery Y Y Dreaming of Summer Saison Pond Jumper IPA Nightcrawler India Dark Ale Fuel American Coffee Stout Dave Richardson Dave Richardson 2015 15 CraftRoots Brewing 4 Industrial Road, Milford 01757 508-381-1920 • www.craftrootsbrewing.com 476 21 9 Microbrewery Y N Blonde Ale Hop Star New England IPA Root 16 IPA Irish Dry Stout Maureen Fabry & Robin Fabry Maureen Fabry 2014 16 Purgatory Beer Co. 670 Linwood Ave., Building C, Northbridge 01588 508-596-2194 • www.purgatorybeer.com 289 12 10 Brewpub Y Y 2-Car Garage Double IPA Dirty Swan Double IPA Double Dutch "Autumnal" Brown Ale Miss Swiss American Porter Brian Distefano & Kevin Mulvehill Kevin Mulvehill & Brian Distefano 2017 17 Lookout Farm Brewing & Cider Co. 89 South Pleasant St., South Natick 01760 508-651-1539 • lookoutfarm.com 155 12 14 Brewpub Y N/A Hold Your Horses New England IPA Super Yellow American Pilsner Dashboard Double IPA Farmhouse Original Hard Cider (i) Jay Mofenson Aaron Mateychuck 2017 (beer) 2015 (hard N/A • www.coldharborbrewing.com 5 Y Seen and Unseen APA Jeremy Spearin 13 Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co. (g) 55 Millbrook St., #1, Worcester 01606 508-926-8736 • greatergoodimperials.com 515 10 20 Brewpub Y Y PULP Daddy Imperial New England IPA Good Night Moon Chocolate Milk Porter SMOOOOTH Imperial New England IPA Greylock Imperial New England IPA Paul Wengender Shaun Radzuik & Pat Fahey 2015 14 Flying Dreams Brewing Co. 455B Park Ave., Worcester 01610 (h) 508-926-8251 • www.flyingdreamsbrewing.com 487 20 10 Microbrewery Y Y Dreaming of Summer Saison Pond Jumper IPA Nightcrawler India Dark Ale Fuel American Coffee Stout Dave Richardson Dave Richardson 2015 15 CraftRoots Brewing 4 Industrial Road, Milford 01757 508-381-1920 • www.craftrootsbrewing.com 476 21 9 Microbrewery Y N Blonde Ale Hop Star New England IPA Root 16 IPA Irish Dry Stout Maureen Fabry & Robin Fabry Maureen Fabry 2014 16 Purgatory Beer Co. 670 Linwood Ave., Building C, Northbridge 01588 508-596-2194 • www.purgatorybeer.com 289 12 10 Brewpub Y Y 2-Car Garage Double IPA Dirty Swan Double IPA Double Dutch "Autumnal" Brown Ale Miss Swiss American Porter Brian Distefano & Kevin Mulvehill Kevin Mulvehill & Brian Distefano 2017 17 Lookout Farm Brewing & Cider Co. 89 South Pleasant St., South Natick 01760 508-651-1539 • lookoutfarm.com 155 12 14 Brewpub Y N/A Hold Your Horses New England IPA Super Yellow American Pilsner Dashboard Double IPA Farmhouse Original Hard Cider (i) Jay Mofenson Aaron Mateychuck 2017 (beer) 2015 (hard cider) 18 Seven Saws 1148 Main St., Holden 01520 617-710-3242 • www.sevensawsbrewing.com 120 22 4 Microbrewery Y (j) N/A Sluice IPA Down Under Double IPA Whipsaw Witbier Mill Street IPA Tom Anderson, Paul Mulroy, Tom Mulroy & Troy Milliken Tom Anderson, Troy Milliken & Paul Mulroy 2017 19 3cross Fermentation Cooperative 4 Knowlton Ave., Worcester 01603 508-615-8195 • 3cross.coop 104 20 3 Microbrewery Y (k) N On-tap selections are continually rotated Community- and employee- owned David Howland 2014 20 Altruist Brewing Co. (l) 559 Main St., Unit 105, Sturbridge 01518 774-241-8022 • www.altruistbrewing.com 100 12 6 Microbrewery Y Y Johnny Fry New England IPA Hazed & Confused New England IPA Single Hop Drop New England IPA Venus Blonde Ale Nancy Bixby, Bob Bixby & Chris Mancini Bob Bixby 2016 21 Kretschmann Brewery & Beer Garden (m) 9 Frederick St., Webster 01570 508-671-7711 • kbcbrewery.com 62 N/A N/A Brewpub Y N/A Kretchman Island Hef Kretchman Grapefruit Hef Kretchman Summer Hef Divine Hopped Lemonade Brian Kretchman Brian Kretchman 2012 22 Homefield Brewing 3 Arnold Road, Sturbridge 01518 774-242-6365 • homefieldbrewing.biz 51 N/A 6 Brewpub Y N On-tap selections are continually rotated Jonathan Cook Jonathan Cook 2016 23 Amory's Tomb Brewing Co. 76 Main St., Maynard 01754 978-243-0875 • www.amorystomb.com 20 20 2 Brewpub (n) Y (o) N Selections are continually rotated Richard Barron & Allen Quinn Allen Quinn 2017 24 Lost Towns Brewing 483 Main St., Gilbertville 01031 413-277-0818 • ltbrew.com 10 8 4 Microbrewery Y N Plough Horse Porter Fog Dancer IPA Farm Dog Blonde Winsor Dam Wheat Curtis Stillman, Paul McNieil, Pamela Spurrell & Jim Spurrell Paul McNeil 2018 25 Ground Effect Brewing Co. (o) 312 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-212-5302 • groundeffectbrewing.com N/A 7 8 Brewpub Y Y "The Mills" Pils, Keller pilsner Felton's Fancy, Double New England IPA Common Cow, breakfast stout Luck of the Draw, cherry sour Marc Ferlo & Alexi Bobolia Tim Daley 2018 26 Redemption Rock Brewing Co. (p) 333 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 01604 N/A • redemptionrock.beer N/A 0 6 Brewpub Y N/A War Castle IPA Blackstone Irish Dry Stouy Edelstein Hefeweizen Dani Babineau Greg Carlson 2018 Sources: Brewers Association as reported in The New Brewer Vol. 36 No. 3 May/June 2019 and each brewer via survey or website. 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. APA=Amercian pale ale, IPA=India pale ale. (a) On Saturdays (b) Wachusett Brewing Co. also produces Fifty Trees Hard Cider, Nauti Hard Seltzer and Scratch Margaritas (c) Figure represents Jack's Abby Brewing; brewer reported 50,000 barrels produced in 2018 for Jack's Abby Craft Lagers and Springdale Barrel Room. (d) Two taprooms; Jack's Abby located at 100 Clinton St., Framingham and Springdale Barrel Room located at 102 Clinton St., Framingham, 774-777-5430, springdalebeer.com. (e) Represents 29 full-time and 9 part-time employees (f) First brew produced in October 2013; sales since January 2014 (g) New 20,000-square-foot brewery including a taproom, kitchen and onsite retail opened March 2018. (h) In December 2018, opened a second location at 277 Main St., Marlborough, with a taproom and an experimental small-batch operation (i) Six hard cider varieties are available. (j) Opened May 2018 (k) Knowlton Ave. taproom was closed in March, new Worcester site pending. (l) Opened December 2017 (m) With an outdoor beer garden and live entertainment (n) Over 95% is sold onsite in the taproom; food is not offered. (o) Opened November 2018 (p) A Mass. Benefit Corp. (B Corp.); opened Jan. 26, 2019 - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Number of craft breweries U.S. craft breweries 0 4,000 8,000 0 50 100 150 200 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 3,814 4,628 5,539 6,490 7,346 64 84 110 129 155 Source: Brewers Association Massachusetts craft breweries 0 4,000 8,000 0 50 100 150 200 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 3,814 4,628 5,539 6,490 7,346 64 84 110 129 155