Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | April 16, 2018 | Worcester Business Journal 17 coffee roaster and cafe. David Fullerton, owner of Acoustic Java, said he's been working with Worm- town for eight years. e relationship has not only exposed beer drinkers to his coffee, but his coffee drinkers to alco- hol. Fullerton uses barrels from a local store to barrel-age some of his coffee. Acoustic Java beans have been used in four Wormtown beers, including a new nitro cold brew using barrel-aged coffee. "It's rewarding on a number of differ- ent levels," Fullerton said. "We're helping them to build their community, and we're adding our own artisanal stamp or touch to that mix." e brewery is working with three other Worcester breweries to release a dry-hopped beer for American Cra Beer Week in May. Wormtown Brewmaster Ben Roesch teased two exciting new Table Talk-es- que collaborations for the near future but remained tight-lipped on the details. "We've always got things in the works," Roesch said. M A N U F A C T U R I N G F O C U S MANUFACTURING S U M M I T & EXCELLENCE AWARDS WBJ Worcester Business Journal PROUD SPONSOR OF THE PO Box 1203 South Lancaster, MA 01561 978-368-0131 www.jamesmonroewire.com The James Monroe Wire and Cable Corporation is a privately held company with forty years of industry experience manufacturing electronic and electrical wire and cable products. • Commercial Wire and Cable • Custom and Specialty Wire and Cable • Elevator Wire and Cable • Industrial Wire and Cable Congratulations to Jeffco Fibres, Inc. and to all of the nominees and winners of the Manufacturing Excellence Awards! From your friends at... Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli, PC Certified Public Accountants 306 Main Street, Suite 400 • Worcester, MA 01608 508.791.0901 • www.grkb.com W Wormtown brews with partners big and small BY ZACHARY COMEAU Worcester Business Journal Staff Writer W ormtown Brewery's motto, "A piece of Mass. in every glass," is a testament to the locally sourced ingre- dients used in every brew coming out of the Shrewsbury Street production facility. Without hesitation, Managing Partner David Fields can name-drop dozens of companies and organizations with which the brewery has worked, including Val- ley Malt in Hadley, Medusa Brewing in Hudson, Ales for ALS and the Black Ale Project. e brewery even helped Pow! Wow! Worcester feature large murals around the city from local artists. "If you can work with somebody who's smarter than you and better than you and does something different than you, why wouldn't you? You learn every single time," Fields said. For the fall pumpkin-craze last year, the brewery for the second time enlisted Worcester's Table Talk Pies to release a pumpkin beer. e brewing process literally consisted of Table Talk and Wormtown workers tossing pumpkin pies from Table Talk into the brew mix. Dunkin Donuts, the New England cu- linary staple, found its way into Worm- town's beer. e brewery and Dunkin released DDark Brew in December, a stout brewed with dark roast beans. e owner of Wormtown's building is a Dunkin Donuts franchisee and the chain's head chef is a Worcester native. "It still really comes down to the same thing: 'A piece of Mass. in every glass,'" Fields said. "We love using local ingredi- ents and local people." One of those local companies is Acoustic Java, a Worcester artisanal Wormtown's Be Hoppy IPA uses the smiley face invented in Worcester, Bottle Rocket is a reference to Worcester native and space age pioneer Robert Goddard, and Ales for ALS is a local charity effort. Collaboration in Manufacturing Award Wormtown Brewery, Worcester Industry subsector: Brewing Top executives: Managing Partner David Fields and Founder & Brewmaster Ben Roesch Founded: 2010 Employees: 27 full time & nine part time Honored on the wall: Wormtown has a Wall of Fame in its taproom highlighting its local partnerships.

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