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50 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2026 | wbjournal.com Largest breweries Ranked by number of barrels produced in 2025 Brewery Barrels 2025/ varieties/ local employees Type of brewery/ taproom?/ public tours? Sample brews/ other beverages produced other beverages produced Chief executive(s) or owner(s)/ chief br chief brewer(s)/ ewer(s)/ year founded 1 Hendler Family Brewing Co. (1) 100 Clinton St., Framingham 01702 508-872-0900 • hendlerfamilybrewco.com 101,090 66 149 Regional Y N Be Hoppy, House Lager, Fluffy Sparkling water, vodka tea Jack Hendler, Eric Hendler & Sam Hendler Jack Hendler 2011 2 Tree House Brewing Co. (2) 129 Sturbridge Road, Charlton 01507 413-523-2367 • treehousebrew.com 40,262 (3) N/A N/A Regional Y N/A On-tap selections continually rotated Liqueurs and spirits Nate Lanier & Damien Goudreau Nate Lanier 2011 3 Wachusett Brewing Co. (4) 175 State Road East, Westminster 01473 978-874-9965 • wachusettbrewingcompany.com 15,000 N/A 30 Regional Y N Blueberry Ale, Country Lemonade Lager, Big Blue, Wally IPA Blueberry vodka lemonade, Raspberry Sweet Tea Cocktail Barrel One Collective Dan Lipke 1993 4 Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co. (4) 55 Millbrook St., Suite 1, Worcester 01606 508-926-8736 • greatergoodimperials.com 12,000 N/A 25 Microbrewery Y N PULP Daddy NE IPA, Greylock NE IPA, Funk Daddy Sour Ale Imperial craft seltzer & Imperial hard tea Barrel One Collective Pat Fahey 2015 5 Medusa Brewing Co. (5) 111 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-310-1933 • medusabrewing.com 4,000 N/A 45 Taproom Y N Laser Kitten American IPA, Laser Cat Double IPA, Duchovni Pilsner N/A Keith Antul, Keith Sullivan & Tom Sutter Keith Antul 2015 6 Cold Harbor Brewing Co. 66 Otis St., Westborough 01581 508-871-0919 • coldharborbrewing.com 2,100 12 55 Microbrewery Y N Juice Freak NEIPA, Feather Edge NEIPA, Fields of Dreams American Lager, Novacaine DIPA Hard seltzer Will Oliveira Jeremy Spearin 2014 7 Rapscallion Brewery 8 Meadow Road, Spencer 01562 508-341-7953 • visitrapscallion.com 2,000 14 40 Microbrewery Y Y Honey Pale Ale, Belgian Blonde Ale, Harvard Lager, NE IPA, Irish Red Hard seltzer, non-alcoholic root beer, wines and cocktails Cedric Daniel & Peter Daniel Jonas Noble 1993 7 Start Line Brewing (5) 151R Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton 01748 508-258-7200 • startlinebrewing.com 2,000 N/A 36 Microbrewery Y N Hop Load Hazy IPA, Craic Irish Red, Marathon Wheat Ale Shell's hard seltzers Ted Twinney Chris Locke 2016 9 Bay State Brewery & Tap Room 112 Harding St., Worcester 01604 774-420-2233 • baystatebeer.com 1,500 18 30 Microbrewery Y Y Blood Orange Lager, Becky Likes the Smell DIPA, Sinshine Hazy NE IPA, Wrench City Session IPA Hard seltzers Shawn Rich, Chip Jarry Chip Jarry 2012 10 Rushford & Sons Brewhouse 8 Grove St., Upton 01568 (6) 508-603-1380 • rasbrewhouse.com 1,200 N/A 28 Microbrewery Y N The Bee's Knees Blonde Ale, Golden Lion Abbey Style Belgian, Leann Rua Irish Red Hard seltzer, wine, cider Mike Rushford, Brian Goodman & Eric Martin Mike Rushford 2020 11 Moon Hill Brewing Co. 74 Parker St., Gardner 01440 978-669-0122 • moonhillbrewing.com 1,000 20 100 Brewpub Y Y Puff East Coast IPA, Give Your Hops A Tug NEIPA, Candy Mountain, Charlie! (Fruited Sour), Lócal Kólsch Canned drinking water Rick Walton Chad Warner 2006 11 Timberyard Brewing Co. 555 E. Main St., East Brookfield 01515 774-745-8192 • timberyardbrewing.com 1,000 N/A 20 Microbrewery Y Y Hindsight NE IPA, Insight DIPA, Blueberry Honey Ale Seltzer, organic sodas Matt Zarif Matt Zarif 2017 13 Oakholm Brewing Co. 80 Lake Road, Brookfield 01506 413-544-3066 • oakholmbrewing.com 770 N/A 10 Taproom Y N Crooked Post NEIPA, Tractor Bier Lager, White Cow Wheat Ale, Slate Roof NEIPA Seltzer cocktails and mocktails, hard seltzer, small batch experimental brews Chris "Babe" Predella & Rick Predella Martin Currie 2020 14 Sterling Street Brewery 175 Sterling St., Clinton 01510 (7) 508-556-0951 • sterlingstreetbrewery.com 655 N/A 20 Taproom Y N Hello Clinton Blonde Ale, Otherwise NE IPA, Newfound Pale Pale Ale, Sweet Cecilia Sour Levitate hard seltzers Brian Mason, Jesse Tarbell Andrew Johnson 2020 15 Clover Road Brewing Co. 312 Main St., Hudson 01749 (8) N/A • cloverrdbrewing.com 545 (9) N/A N/A Microbrewery Y N On-tap selections continually rotated Hard seltzer Jon Muldoon, James Wong & Allan Waite Tim Daley 2022 15 Dirigible Brewing Co. 24 Porter Road, Littleton 01460 978-506-5146 • dirigiblebrewing.com 545 40 (10) 6 Microbrewery Y N Bohemian Pilsner, Black IPA, English Mild, NEIPA Hard seltzer Colin Knirk & Chris Loring Colin Knirk 2021 17 Stone Cow Brewery 500 B West St., Barre 01005 978-257-8600 • stonecowbrewery.com 539 (9) N/A N/A Brewpub Y N New Zealander IPA, Roll in the Hay IPA, Cows Out Milk Stout Hard ciders, hard seltzers Sean DuBois Sean DuBois 2016 18 Thirsty Robot Brewing Co. 265 Summer St., Fitchburg 01420 978-895-5931 • thirstyrobotbrewing.com 400 25 10 Brewpub Y Y NE IPAs and classic styles Seltzer Bill diMario Bill diMario 2021 Source: Each brewer via survey as of Q2 2026, brewer websites and The Brewers Association. Production data supplied by the Brewers Association is footnoted; resale is prohibited. Notes: N/A=not available. Marlborough's Flying Dreams Brewing Co. closed in Dec. 2025. (1) Hendler Family Brewing Co. includes Framingham-based Jack's Abby Craft Lagers, Everett-based Night Shift Brewing and Worcester-based Wormtown Brewery. Each brewery retains individual locations and branding. (2) Additional locations in Boston, Sandwich, South Deerfield, Tewksbury and Woodstock, Conn. (3) Barrels produced in 2024, according to The Brewers Association 2025 production issue. (4) Part of Barrel One Collective (5) Data from WBJ's 2025 survey (6) Additional location at 747 Washington St., Holliston (7) Additional location at 65 Jackson Road, Devens (8) Additional location at 151 Main St., Ashland (9) As reported by The Brewers Association (10) Ranges from 40 to 50 annually -Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com F O C U S M A N U FA C T U R I N G #3 Dan Kenary, CEO of Wachusett parent Barrel One Collective, was named co-chair of the state's Governor's Advisory Council on Competitiveness in October. Pictured (left) with Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce CEO Timothy Murray. #6 Cold Harbor produces Rally Cap, a golden ale that is a tribute to the Worcester Bravehearts summer collegiate baseball team. #4 Greater Good celebrated its 10-year anniversary in May. #1 Hendler reopened the Wormtown Brewery taproom in Worcester in April. By moving the brand's brewing operations to Framingham, Hendler was able to increase the size of the restaurant and bar space. #11 Timberyard partnered with Lee-based High Lawn Farm to open an ice cream stand at its East Brookfield taproom for summer 2026.