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62 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2020 | 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 2019 Barrels 2019/ varieties 2019/ 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 73,239 N/A 104 (b) Regional Y N/A Blueberry Ale Wally New England IPA Mass Soul IPA Country Pale Ale Ned C. LaFortune Caleb Goodrich 1993 2 Jack's Abby Craft Lagers/ Springdale Barrel Room 100 Clinton St., Framingham 01702 508-872-0900 • jacksabby.com 56,250 N/A 150 (b) Regional Y (c) 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 43,000 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 774-239-1555 • www.wormtownbrewery.com 30,000 40 40 Regional Y N/A Be Hoppy IPA Don't Worry IPA Mass Whole Lager Blizzard of 78 David Fields, Ben Roesch, Jay Clarke, Richard Clarke & Kary Shumway Ben Roesch, Scott Drake 2010 5 Exhibit 'A' Brewing Co. 81 Morton St., Framingham 01702 508-202-9297 • www.exhibit-a-brewing.com 5,690 15 22 Microbrewery Y N Goody Two Shoes Kölsch The Cat's Meow New England IPA Hair Raiser New England DIPA Briefcase Porter Matthew Steinberg Matthew Steinberg & Dunstan Liias 2016 6 Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co. 55 Millbrook St., #1, Worcester 01606 508-926-8736 • greatergoodimperials.com 5,200 16 20 Brewpub Y N PULP Daddy Imperial NEIPA DDH PULP Daddy Imperial DDH NEIPA Greylock Imperial NEIPA Good Night Moon Imperial Chocolate Porter Paul Wengender Pat Fahey 2015 7 Spencer Trappist Brewery 167 N. Spencer Road, Spencer 01562 508-885-5756 • www.spencerbrewery.com 2,456 10 7 Microbrewery N N Spencer Trappist Ale Spencer Monks Reserve Ale (Quad) Spencer Monks' IPA Spencer Peach Saison St Joseph's Abbey Larry Littlehale 2011 8 Medusa Brewing Co. 111 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-310-1933 • www.medusabrewing.com 2,042 N/A 16 (b) Microbrewery Y N/A Laser Cat Imerial IPA Luminary Golden Ale Keith Antul, Keith Sullivan & Tom Sutter Keith Antul 2015 9 Stone Cow Brewery 500 B West St., Barre 01005 978-257-8600 • www.stonecowbrewery.com 858 N/A 42 (b) Microbrewery Y N/A Roll in the Hay IPA Cows Out Milk Stout Farmweiser American Light Lager Farmhouse Saison Sean DuBois Sean DuBois 2016 10 Moon Hill Brewing Co. 74 Parker St., Gardner 01440 978-669-0122 • gardnerale.com 850 20 85 Brewpub Y Y Pufnstuf American IPA Summer's End Kolsch Snack Pack Stout Candy Mountain, Charlie! Fruited Sour Rick Walton Matt Ducharme & Jeremy Bednarz 2006 11 Bay State Brewing Co. 112 Harding Street , Worcester 01604 774 420-2233 • baystatebrewing.com 698 15 20 N/A Y Y Becky Likes the Smell Sinshine Kelley2 Blood Orange Shawn Rich, Chip Jarry Chip Jarry 2012 12 Cold Harbor Brewing Co. 108 Milk St., Suite 6, Westborough 01581 508-871-0919 • www.coldharborbrewing.com 600 N/A 5 (b) Microbrewery Y N/A On-tap selections are continually rotated William Oliveira & Brandon Heisler Jeremy Spearin 2014 12 Bolton Beer Works at Nashoba Valley Winery 100 Wattaquadock Hill Road, Bolton 01740 978-779-5521 • www.nashobawinery.com 600 8 2 Microbrewery Y N Bolt 117 Double IPA Golden Pilsner New England IPA Rich & Justin Pelletier Rich Pelletier 2004 14 Redemption Rock Brewing Co. (d) 333 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 01604 774-530-6958 • redemptionrock.beer 516 34 6 Brewpub Y N War Castle IPA Three Decker Helles Lager Edelstein Hefeweizen Blackstone Stout Dani Babineau, Greg Carlson, Dan Carlson, Kevin Kirkness Greg Carlson 2018 15 CraftRoots Brewing 4 Industrial Road, Milford 01757 455 21 Microbrewery Y SoulShine NE IPA Hop Mantra NE IPA Blonde Ale Maureen Fabry & Robin Fabry Maureen Fabry 2014 Exhibit 'A' Brewing Co. became a recycling center for a beer can holder com- monly used in the industry. Wormtown Brewery expanded its distribution to the rest of Connecticut as well as going into Vermont for the first time. Vermont is Wormtown's fifth state outside of Massachusetts. Jack Abby's Craft Lagers used its parking lot to create a new beer garden outdoor space in June. Tree House Brewery in Charlton was ranked the fourth best brewery in the world in 2019 by the website RateBeer. Wachusett Brewing Co. and Atlas Distributing released a new beer entitled Glory American IPA to raise money for local United Way charities. Pictured is Wachusett President Christian McMahan. Greater Good was America's first all Imperial beer brewing company.