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68 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2021 | wbjournal.com F O C U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G Breweries in Central Mass. Ranked by number of barrels produced in 2020 Barrels 2020/ varieties 2020/ employees Type of brewery/ taproom?/ public tours? Popular brews/ other beverages produced Owner(s)/ chief brewer/ year founded 1 Tree House Brewing Co. 129 Sturbridge Road, Charlton 01507 413-523-2367 • www.treehousebrew.com 41,500 (a) N/A N/A Regional Y N/A On-tap selections are continually rotated N/A Nate Lanier, Damien Goudreau & Dean Rohan Nate Lanier 2011 2 Jack's Abby Brewing LLC 100 Clinton St., Framingham 01702 508-872-0900 • jacksabby.com 40,800 105 60 Regional Y Y House Lager Helles Lager Hoponius Union Hoppy Lager Copper Legend Octoberfest N/A Jack Hendler, Eric Hendler & Sam Hendler Jack Hendler & Mike Gleason 2011 3 Wachusett Brewing Co. (b) 175 State Road East, Westminster 01473 978-874-9965 • wachusettbrew.com 31,321 N/A 104 Regional Y Y Wally New England IPA Blueberry Ale Mass Soul IPA Country Pale Ale Country hard seltzer, Fifty Trees hard cider Ned C. LaFortune Caleb Goodrich 1993 4 Wormtown Brewery 72 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 01604 774-239-1555 • www.wormtownbrewery.com 27,913 35 45 Regional Y N/A Be Hoppy IPA Don't Worry IPA Mass Whole Lager Blizzard of 78 Brown Ale Hard Seltzers David Fields, Ben Roesch, Jay Clarke, Richard Clarke & Kary Shumway Ben Roesch, Scott Drake 2010 5 Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co. 55 Millbrook St., #1, Worcester 01606 508-926-8736 • greatergoodimperials.com 11,200 20 10 Microbrewery Y N PULP Daddy Imperial NEIPA Greylock Imperial NEIPA WOOO!! Imperial NEIPA GG Vibes Imperial NEIPA Four flavors of 8% Imperial craft seltzer Paul Wengender Pat Fahey 2015 6 Exhibit 'A' Brewing Co. 81 Morton St., Framingham 01702 508-202-9297 • www.exhibit-a-brewing.com 5,777 14 3 Microbrewery Y Y Goody Two Shoes Kolsch The Cat's Meow IPA Just A Kitten IPA Briefcase Porter N/A Matthew Steinberg Matthew Steinberg & Dunstan Liias 2016 7 Spencer Trappist Brewery 167 N. Spencer Road, Spencer 01562 508-885-5756 • www.spencerbrewery.com 3,456 11 6 Microbrewery N N Spencer Trappist Ale Spencer Monks' Reserve Ale - Quad Spencer Monks' IPA Spencer Premium Pilsner N/A St Joseph's Abbey Larry Littlehale 2011 8 Bay State Brewery & Tap Room 112 Harding St., Worcester 01604 774 420-2233 • baystatebrewing.com 3,000 30 30 Microbrewery Y Y Becky Likes the Smell Sinshine Kelley2 Mike Light Hard seltzers Shawn Rich, Chip Jarry Chip Jarry 2012 9 Medusa Brewing Co. 111 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-310-1933 • www.medusabrewing.com 1,725 N/A 17 Taproom Y N/A Laser Cat LightRunner Lola IPA Bone City Lager N/A Keith Antul, Keith Sullivan & Tom Sutter Keith Antul 2015 10 Timber Yard Brewing Co. 545-555 E. Main St., East Brookfield 01515 774-745-8192 • timberyardbrewing.com 1,000 20 15 Microbrewery Y N/A Hindsight Insight Wolftree Lazy Lightning N/A Matt Zarif Matt Zarif 2017 10 Stone Cow Brewery 500 B West St., Barre 01005 978-257-8600 • www.stonecowbrewery.com 1,000 N/A N/A Brewpub Y N Farmweiser Light American Lager Roll in the Hay IPA Dubby Caw DIPA Cows Out Milk Stout N/A Sean DuBois Sean DuBois 2016 10 Cold Harbor Brewing Co. 108 Milk St., Suite 6, Westborough 01581 508-871-0919 • www.coldharborbrewing.com 1,000 12 6 Microbrewery Y Y Juice Freak NEIPA Novacaine DIPA Sister NEIPA Subterranenean Homesick Brew NEDIPA N/A Will Oliveira Jeremy Spearin 2014 13 Bolton Beer Works at Nashoba Valley Winery 100 Wattaquadock Hill Road, Bolton 01740 978-779-5521 • www.nashobawinery.com 750 6 2 Microbrewery N N Bolt 117 Mother Apple IPA Bad Wolf Oatmeal Rye Porter Infinity Double IPA Traditional dry hard idcer and rose hard cider (c) Rich & Justin Pelletier Scott Karlen 2004 Worcester* No cap (235)* 255 185,195 $10,902 Framingham 88 67 71,649 N/A Marlborough* No cap (49)* 64 39,776 $20,426 Leominster 52 50 41,579 $24,497 Milford 35 40 28,789 $41,401 Fitchburg 52 40 40,737 $7,885 Natick 42 37 36,083 $44,949 Westborough 24 33 18,982 $40,653 Sturbridge* No cap (19)* 33 9,537 $27,537 Hudson 25 32 19,868 $20,208 Shrewsbury 46 32 37,037 $15,475 Franklin* No cap (40)* 31 33,022 $12,778 Webster 22 31 16,971 $10,630 Acton 27 28 23,561 $21,446 Bellingham 22 23 17,016 $25,310 Gardner 26 23 20,555 $14,171 Clinton 19 23 13,899 $6,569 Millbury 19 22 13,630 $27,108 Southbridge 22 22 16,894 $11,889 Sudbury 23 21 18,940 $15,307 Central Mass. liquor licenses Note: For the full list of every Central Massachusetts communities' liquor license total, visit WBJournal.com *No liquor license cap. In these cases, the number given is theoretical cap based on the community's population. Sources: Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, U.S. Census Bureau Most cities and towns in Central Massachusetts, like their coun- terparts statewide, are limited by population-based caps on how many liquor licenses they can give to places such as restaurants and breweries. A few, including Worcester, have no cap, while others have sought exemptions to go above their mandated caps. Here are the 20 communities with the most liquor licenses. Liquor license cap Total on premise licenses 2018 Population Retail sales per capita