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16 Worcester Business Journal | September 27, 2021 | wbjournal.com F O C U S F O O D , D R I N K & B R E W E R I E S LO KING Many of our doctors are welcoming new patients. Meet them at reliantmedicalgroup.org. for a new doctor? Breweries in Central Mass. 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 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 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 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 14 Redemption Rock Brewing Co. (d) 333 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 01604 774-530-6958 • redemptionrock.beer 640 36 8 Taproom Y Y War Castle IPA, Three Decker Helles Lager, Edelstein Hefeweizen, Blackstone Dry Irish Stout N/A Dani Babineau, Greg Carlson, Dan Carlson, Kevin Kirkness Greg Carlson 2018 15 Moon Hill Brewing Co. 74 Parker St., Gardner 01440 978-669-0122 • gardnerale.com 555 21 40 Brewpub Y Y Pufnstuf East Coast IPA, Facelift Old English IPA, Give Your Hops A Tug New England IPA, Parker Street Porter N/A Rick Walton Chad Warner & Nick Carbone 2006 16 Lookout Farm Brewing & Cider Co. 89 South Pleasant St., South Natick 01760 508-651-1539 • lookoutfarm.com 514 (a) N/A N/A Brewpub Y N/A Dashboard Double IPA,Hay Bale Ale,Harvest Day IPA, Thresher Session Pale Ale Hard ciders Steve and Joan Belkin, Jay Mofenson Aaron Mateychuck 2017 (beer); 2015 (hard cider) Source: 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, and taproom sells 25% or more on site. DIPA=double India pale ale, IPA=India pale ale, NEIPA=New England India pale ale, N/A=not applicable. River Styx Brewing, classified as a taproom, did not disclose 2020 production figure but reported 12 employees. (a) As reported by Brewers Association for year 2020 in The New Brewer Vol. 38 No. 3 May/June 2021 (b) Opened new Brew Yard at Worcester Public Market in 2020 (c) Nashoba Valley Winery produces wine; Nashoba Vally Spirits produces spirits and liqueurs (d) A Mass. Benefit Corp. (B Corp.) - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Source: 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, and taproom sells 25% or more on site. DIPA=double India pale ale, IPA=India pale ale, NEIPA=New England India pale ale, N/A=not applicable. River Styx Brewing, classified as a taproom, did not disclose 2020 production figure but reported 12 employees. (a) As reported by Brewers Association for year 2020 in The New Brewer Vol. 38 No. 3 May/June 2021 (b) Opened new Brew Yard at Worcester Public Market in 2020 (c) Nashoba Valley Winery produces wine; Nashoba Vally Spirits produces spirits and liqueurs (d) A Mass. Benefit Corp. (B Corp.) - Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Ranked by number of barrels produced in 2020