Worcester Business Journal

42 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2022 | wbjournal.com F O C U S M A N U F A C T U R I N G Largest breweries Ranked by number of barrels produced in 2021 Brewery Barrels 2021/ varieties/ local employees Type of brewery/ taproom?/ public tours? Popular brews/ other beverages produced other beverages produced Chief exective(s) or owner(s)/ chief br chief brewer/ ewer/ year founded 1 Jack's Abby Brewing LLC 100 Clinton St., Framingham 01702 508-872-0900 • www.jacksabby.com 48,000 40 100 Regional Y Y House Lager, Hoponius Union, Shipping Out of Boston, Copper Legend N/A Jack Hendler, Eric Hendler & Sam Hendler Jack Hendler 2011 2 Tree House Brewing Co. 129 Sturbridge Road, Charlton 01507 (1) 413-523-2367 • www.treehousebrew.com 40,000 DND Regional Y DND On-tap selections are continually rotated Liqueurs and spirits Nate Lanier, Damien Goudreau & Dean Rohan Nate Lanier 2011 3 Wormtown Brewery 72 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 01604 774-239-1555 • www.wormtownbrewery.com 24,901 35 (2) 45 (2) Regional Y Y 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 (2) Ben Roesch, Scott Drake ((22)) 2010 4 Wachusett Brewing Co. 175 State Road East, Westminster 01473 978-874-9965 • www.wachusettbrew.com 18,793 35 128 Regional Y Y (3) Wally New England IPA, Blueberry Ale, Massive Haze IPA, Country Pale Ale Country hard seltzer, hard cider Ned C. LaFortune Caleb Goodrich 1993 5 Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co. 55 Millbrook St., #1, Worcester 01606 508-926-8736 • www.greatergoodimperials.com 12,500 15 30 Microbrewery Y N PULP Daddy Imperial NEIPA, Greylock Imperial NEIPA, Funk Daddy Imperial Sour IPA, Good Night Moon Imperial Chocolate Porter Four flavors of 8% Imperial craft seltzer Colleen Quinn (4) Pat Fahey 2015 6 Exhibit 'A' Brewing Co. 81 Morton St., Framingham 01702 508-202-9297 • www.exhibit-a-brewing.com 6,000 17 5 Microbrewery Y Y Goody Two Shoes Kolsch, The Cat's Meow IPA, Just A Kitten IPA, Briefcase Porter N/A Matthew Steinberg Matthew Steinberg 2016 7 Bay State Brewery & Tap Room 112 Harding St., Worcester 01604 774-420-2233 • www.baystatebrewing.com 3,000 DND 35 Microbrewery Y Y Becky Likes the Smell, Sinshine, Kelley2, Mike Light Hard seltzers Shawn Rich, Chip Jarry Chip Jarry 2012 8 Start Line Brewing 151R Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton 01748 508-258-7200 • www.startlinebrewing.com 1,600 DND 28 Microbrewery Y N Hop Load Hazy IPA, Hazy Smalls IPA, Honey Ritual Pale Ale, Tortuga Mexican Lager N/A Ted Twinney Chris Locke 2016 9 Cold Harbor Brewing Co. 108 Milk St., Suite 6, Westborough 01581 508-871-0919 • www.coldharborbrewing.com 1,500 12 (2) 6 (2) Microbrewery Y Y Juice Freak NEIPA, Novacaine DIPA, Sister NEIPA, Subterranenean Homesick Brew NEDIPA N/A Will Oliveira Brandon Heisler 2014 9 Medusa Brewing Co. 111 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-310-1933 • www.medusabrewing.com 1,500 DND 25 Taproom Y N Laser Cat, LightRunner, Lola IPA, Bone City Lager N/A Keith Antul, Keith Sullivan & Tom Sutter Keith Antul 2015 9 River Styx Brewing 166 Boulder Drive, Suite 112, Fitchburg 01420 978-407-6014 • www.riverstyxbrewing.com 1,500 DND 15 Microbrewery Y N Eros Typhon Venom of Cerberus Moros Hard fruited seltzers Scott Cullen and Jackie Cullen Scott Cullen 2015 12 Timber Yard Brewing Co. 545-555 E. Main St., East Brookfield 01515 774-745-8192 • www.timberyardbrewing.com 1,350 20 16 Microbrewery Y Y Hindsight, Insight, Wolftree, Liquid Art Series Cold brew coffee, organic sodas Matt Zarif Matt Zarif 2017 13 Rapscallion Brewery 8 Meadow Road, Spencer 01562 508-341-7953 • www.drinkrapscallion.com 1,000 20 30 Microbrewery Y Y Honey Pale Ale, Blonde Ale, Harvard Lager, New England IPA N/A Cedric Daniel & Peter Daniel Jonas Noble 2004 13 Stone Cow Brewery 500 B West St., Barre 01005 978-257-8600 • www.stonecowbrewery.com 1,000 DND 45 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 15 Moon Hill Brewing Co. 74 Parker St., Gardner 01440 978-669-0122 • www.gardnerale.com 863 DND 50 Brewpub Y Y Pufnstuf East Coast IPA, Facelift Old English IPA, Give Your Hops A Tug New England IPA, Parker Street Porter Dry water, seltzer Rick Walton Chad Warner 2006 War Castle IPA, Three Decker Spencer Trappist Brewery, the only Trappist brewery located in the United States, announced it was ceasing operations via a Facebook post on May 14. Trappist beer, or beer brewed by Catholic monks of the Trap- pist religious order, is produced in only a handful of monasteries around the world, most of which are in Belgium or the Netherlands. St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer joined in on the tradition back in 2014, making it the only Trappist brewery in the United States. "It was a long and pretty well-researched decision," said Father William Dingwall, a Trap- pist monk at St. Joseph's who helped oversee production at the brewery. "The beer market has changed a great deal since we started out." With the initial novelty of monk-brewed beer wearing off and heavy competition from other local brewers, the abbey had consulted with financial ex- perts, brewers, and even venture capitalists on how to improve their product's outreach. It had also partnered with marketing professors at Northeastern University in Boston as recently as January to try to promote their product. The abbey had previously held open houses for beer-tasting events, but had to suspend those operations with the advent of the coronavirus pandemic. After some long deliberation, the monks decided maintaining the brewery was simply no longer a financially viable option to help maintain their contem- plative religious life. Spencer Trappist Brewery closes Spencer Trappist Brewery

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