Worcester Business Journal

70 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2023 | 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 2022 Brewery Barrels 2022/ varieties/ local employees Type of brewery/ taproom?/ public tours? Sample brews/ other beverages produced other beverages produced Chief exective(s) or owner(s)/ chief br chief brewer(s)/ ewer(s)/ year founded 1 Jack's Abby Brewing LLC 100 Clinton St., Framingham 01702 508-872-0900 • jacksabby.com 52,000 N/A 105 Regional Y Y House Lager, Hoponius Union Lager, Shipping Out of Boston Amber Lager, Banner City Light Lager N/A Jack Hendler, Eric Hendler & Sam Hendler Jack Hendler 2011 2 Tree House Brewing Co. (1) 129 Sturbridge Road, Charlton 01507 413-523-2367 • treehousebrew.com 44,000 N/A N/A Regional Y N/A 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 • wormtownbrewery.com 23,595 N/A N/A Regional Y Y Be Hoppy IPA, Don't Worry IPA, Mass Whole Lager, Blizzard of 78 Brown Ale Hard seltzers David Fields & Kimberly Golinski Ben Roesch, Scott Drake 2010 4 Wachusett Brewing Co. 175 State Road East, Westminster 01473 978-874-9965 • wachusettbrew.com 18,000 N/A 180 Regional Y N Blueberry Ale, Seasonals, Wally IPA, MASSive Haze IPA, and Country Ale Country hard seltzer, hard cider Ned C. LaFortune Matt Quinlan 1993 5 Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co. 55 Millbrook St., #1, Worcester 01606 508-926-8736 • greatergoodimperials.com 12,000 N/A 35 Microbrewery Y N PULP Daddy NEIPA, Greylock NEIPA, Bombshell Blonde Ale, Good Night Moon Chocolate Porter Multiple flavors of 8% imperial craft seltzer Paul Wengender Pat Fahey 2015 6 Exhibit 'A' Brewing Co. 81 Morton St., Framingham 01702 508-202-9297 • exhibit-a-brewing.com 5,700 25 20 Microbrewery Y Y Goody Two Shoes Kolsch, The Cat's Meow IPA, Briefcase Porter, Everyday Lager N/A Matthew Steinberg Matthew Steinberg 2016 7 Medusa Brewing Co. 111 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-310-1933 • medusabrewing.com 5,000 N/A 50 Taproom Y N Laser Cat IPA, LightRunner Hazy IPA, Lola IPA, Bone City Lager N/A Keith Antul, Keith Sullivan & Tom Sutter Keith Antul 2015 8 Bay State Brewery & Tap Room 112 Harding St., Worcester 01604 774-420-2233 • baystatebrewing.com 3,000 20 70 Microbrewery Y Y Becky Likes the Smell DIPA, Sinshine NE IPA, Kelley2 DIPA, Mike Light Hard seltzers Shawn Rich, Chip Jarry Chip Jarry 2012 9 Timber Yard Brewing Co. 555 E. Main St., East Brookfield 01515 774-745-8192 • timberyardbrewing.com 2,300 20 20 Microbrewery Y Y Hindsight NE IPA, Insight DIPA, Blueberry Honey Ale, Sour Series Cold brew coffee, organic sodas Matt Zarif Matt Zarif 2017 10 Start Line Brewing 151R Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton 01748 508-258-7200 • startlinebrewing.com 1,700 N/A 28 Microbrewery Y N Hop Load Hazy IPA, Craic Irish Red, Marathon Wheat Ale, Tortuga Mexican Lager N/A Ted Twinney Chris Locke 2016 11 Cold Harbor Brewing Co. (2) 108 Milk St., Suite 6, Westborough 01581 508-871-0919 • coldharborbrewing.com 1,500 24 8 Microbrewery Y Y Juice Freak NE IPA, Novacaine DIPA, Sistah NE IPA, Subterranenean Homesick Brew NE DIPA N/A Will Oliveira Jeremy Spearin 2014 12 River Styx Brewing 166 Boulder Drive, Suite 112, Fitchburg 01420 978-407-6014 • riverstyxbrewing.com 1,210 N/A 15 Microbrewery Y N Eros Imperial Stout, Aphrodite #6 Sour, Venom of Cerberus Triple NE IPA, Immortal Pils Pilsner Hard fruited seltzers Scott Cullen and Jackie Cullen Scott Cullen 2015 13 67 Degrees Brewing Co. 158 Grove St., Franklin 02038 508-507-7376 • 67degreesbrewing.com 1,000 N/A 12 Microbrewery Y N Mara Belgian Passion Fruit, Retriever Golden Ale, Wicked Pissah Double IPA N/A Olivier Edouard, Laury Lucien, Patrick Edouard, Arnold Cazeau & Robins Edouard Olivier Edouard 2020 13 Rapscallion Brewery 8 Meadow Road, Spencer 01562 508-341-7953 • visitrapscallion.com 1,000 18 45 Microbrewery Y Y Honey Pale Ale, Belgian Blonde Ale, Harvard Lager, New England IPA Hard seltzer, non-alcoholic root beer Cedric Daniel & Peter Daniel Jonas Noble 2004 15 Bull Spit Brewing Co. (3) 339 Seven Bridge Road, Lancaster 01523 978-706-1479 • bullspitbrewing.com 900 10 20 Microbrewery N N Hop Yard NE IPA, Country Girl Blonde Ale, Bullberry Mixed Berry Ale, Rodeo Clown Kettle Sour, Toy Town Pilsner Apple Knocker Cider Keith Kopley Eric Boutwell & Michael Brown 2019 15 Milk Room Brewing Co. 80 Hillside Road, Rutland 01543 508-886-6616 • milkroombrewing.com 900 N/A 35 Taproom Y N Alta Vista IPA, Hoppy Buffalo DIPA, Slow Sunday Session IPA, Black Buffalo Oatmeal Stout, Southwick's NE IPA Hard seltzers Ann Jarvi & Kevin Jarvi N/A 2020 17 Moon Hill Brewing Co. 74 Parker St., Gardner 01440 978-669-0122 • gardnerale.com 864 20 85 Brewpub Y Y Puff East Coast IPA, Facelift Old English IPA, Give Your Hops A Tug NE IPA, Candy Mountain, Charlie! Sour Dry water, NA seltzer Rick Walton Chad Warner 2006 18 Redemption Rock Brewing Co. (4) 333 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 01604 774-530-6958 • redemptionrock.beer 736 N/A 12 Taproom Y Y War Castle IPA, Three Decker Helles Lager, Edelstein Hefeweizen, Blackstone Dry Irish Stout Coffee, housemade lemonade and tea Dani Babineau, Greg Carlson, Dan Carlson Greg Carlson 2018 19 Stone Cow Brewery 500 B West St., Barre 01005 978-257-8600 • stonecowbrewery.com 735 N/A 45 (5) Brewpub Y N Spring Sting Saison, Roll in the Hay IPA, Cows Out Milk Stout, Vitality Viking Ale Hard ciders, hard seltzers Sean DuBois Sean Dubois 2016 20 Sterling Street Brewery 175 Sterling St., Clinton 01510 N/A • sterlingstreetbrewery.com 700 N/A 16 Taproom Y N Hello Clinton Blonde Ale, Otherwise NE IPA, Newfound Pale Pale Ale, Shamrocks & Shenanigans Irish Stout Hard seltzers Brian Mason, Jesse Tarbell Mike Souza 2020 21 Oakholm Brewing Co. 80 Lake Road, Brookfield 01506 413-272-9620 • oakholmbrewing.com 600 N/A N/A Taproom Y N/A Cows over the Moon Stout, Fireside Porter, Slate Roof NE IPA N/A Chris "Babe" Predella, Rick Predella & Andrew Woodward N/A 2020 Greater Good Imperial Brewing brews a beer with cannabis terpenes, which give the IPA a familiar aroma, the Telegram & Gazette reported. Tree House Brewing will host an inaugural half marathon race in September. It sold out with 1,100 runners registering in a single day, Endurance Sportswire reported. Pictured is CEO and Head Brewer Nate Lanier. Wormtown Brewery released a new line of gluten-free alcoholic beverages in March. Medusa Brewing launched a full cafe offering called Wild Hare in Hudson in July 2022. Jack's Abby Craft Lagers is one of the biggest craft breweries in America, ranking 47th in the Brewers Association annual production rankings. Pictured is CEO Sam Hendler.

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