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76 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2019 | wbjournal.com F O C U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G & T E C H N O L O G Y 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. 289 Brewpub 2-Car Garage Double IPA The craft beer market is becoming saturated, causing many breweries to report flat or negative growth, according to a report released the national trade group Brewers Association. That slowdown hit Central Massachusetts breweries in 2018, although none of them reported the negative growth impacting other beermakers in the state and the nation. Tree House Brewing Co., based in Charlton, grew by 130% last year, tops for growth in Massachusetts among regional breweries, defined by the Brewers Association as breweries with at least 15,000 barrels. The brewery opened its Charlton brewhouse and taproom in summer 2017 after previously operating a small location in Monson. As a result, Tree House brewed 44,250 barrels last year compared to 19,250 in 2017. In Westminster, Wachusett Brewing Co.had a slowing growth rate. It grew by 8% in 2018. Jack's Abby Craft Lagers in Framingham grew 11% in 2018 to 49,000 barrels, after growing 28%, 74% and 41% in the three years prior. Worcester's Wormtown Brewery, with 21,328 barrels in 2017, reported 24,615 barrels in 2018 for 15% growth. In 2016, the brewery grew 44% last year and 103% the year before that. - Zachary Comeau Tree House fastest growing Mass. regional brewery Tree House's Charlton headquarters