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16 Worcester Business Journal | September 30, 2019 | wbjournal.com 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. (a) 175 State Road East, Westminster 01473 978-874-9965 • wachusettbrew.com 69,491 43 104 Regional Y Y (b) Blueberry Ale Wally New England IPA Mass Soul IPA Country Pale Ale (c) 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 (d) 100 150 Regional Y (e) 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 (f) 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 (g) 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 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) Plans to add two additional brewhouses and taprooms this fall at the Worcester Public Market, currently under construction in Kelley Square, and on Harvard Square in Cambridge. (b) On Saturdays (c) Wachusett Brewing Co. also produces Fifty Trees Hard Cider, Nauti Hard Seltzer and Scratch Margaritas (d) Figure represents Jack's Abby Brewing; brewer reported 50,000 barrels produced in 2018 for Jack's Abby Craft Lagers and Springdale Barrel Room. (e) 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. (f) Represents 29 full-time and 9 part-time employees (g) First brew produced in October 2013; sales since January 2014 - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com 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) Plans to add two additional brewhouses and taprooms this fall at the Worcester Public Market, currently under construction in Kelley Square, and on Harvard Square in Cambridge. (b) On Saturdays (c) Wachusett Brewing Co. also produces Fifty Trees Hard Cider, Nauti Hard Seltzer and Scratch Margaritas (d) Figure represents Jack's Abby Brewing; brewer reported 50,000 barrels produced in 2018 for Jack's Abby Craft Lagers and Springdale Barrel Room. (e) 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. (f) Represents 29 full-time and 9 part-time employees (g) First brew produced in October 2013; sales since January 2014 - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com LO KING Many of our doctors are welcoming new patients. Meet them at reliantmedicalgroup.org. for a new doctor? Top breweries in Central Mass. Ranked by number of barrels produced in 2018 F O C U S F O O D & D R I N K I S S U E