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106 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2018 | wbjournal.com F O C U S T O U R I S M & H O S P I T A L I T Y Top breweries in Central Mass. Ranked by number of barrels produced in 2017 Barrels 2017/ employees Type of brewery/ types (sub-types) produced Sample of brews Owner(s)/ chief brewer(s) Founded 1 Wachusett Brewing Co. 175 State Road East, Westminster 01473 978-874-9965 • wachusettbrew.com 70,000 75 Regional A, L (M, P, S) Blueberry Ale Wally New England IPA County Pale Ale Green Monsta IPA Ned C. LaFortune Dave Howard & Caleb Goodrich 1993 2 Jack's Abby Brewing/ Springdale Barrel Room 100 Clinton St., Framingham 01702 508-872-0900 • jacksabby.com (a) 44,250 140 Regional A, L (P, S) House Lager Hoponius Union Blood Orange Wheat Post Shift Pilsner Jack Hendler, Eric Hendler & Sam Hendler Jack Hendler & Mike Gleason 2011 3 Wormtown Brewery 72 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 01604 508-239-1555 • www.wormtownbrewery.com 24,000 35 (b) Regional A, L (P, S) Be Hoppy IPA Bottle Rocket Pale Ale Seasonals Hopulence Underground Series David Fields & Ben Roesch Ben Roesch, Scott Drake & Ben Pratt 2010 4 Spencer Trappist Brewery 167 N. Spencer Road, Spencer 01562 508-885-5756 • www.spencerbrewery.com 4,450 11 (c) Microbrewery A, L (S) Spencer Trappist Ale Spencer Trappist IPA Spencer Fruit Series Peach Saison Spencer Festive Lager St Joseph's Abbey Larry Littlehale 2011 (d) 5 Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co. (e) 55 Millbrook St., #1, Worcester 01606 N/A • greatergoodimperials.com 2,500 8 Microbrewery A (P, S) Greylock Imperial New England IPA Good Night Moon Imperial Milk Porter PULP Imperial New England IPA "V" Imperial 5-Hop IPA Paul Wengender Shaun Radzuik & Paul Wengender 2015 6 Exhibit 'A' Brewing Co. 81 Morton St., Framingham 01702 508-202-9297 • www.exhibit-a-brewing.com 2,431 10 Microbrewery A (P, S) Goody Two Shoes Kölsch The Cat's Meow IPA Hair Raiser Double IPA Briefcase Porter Matthew Steinberg Matthew Steinberg & Dunstan Liias 2016 7 Medusa Brewing Co. 111 Main St., Hudson 01749 978-310-1933 • www.medusabrewing.com 1,300 22 Microbrewery A, L (M, P, S) Laser Cat Imperial IPA ACTIVATE! Coffee Porter Hidden City American IPA Luminary American Cream Ale Keith Antul, Keith Sullivan & Tom Sutter Keith Antul 2015 8 Rapscallion Brewery 195 Arnold Road, Sturbridge 01518 508-347-7500 • drinkrapscallion.com 1,000 2 Microbrewery A, L (M, P, S) Honey Pale Ale Blonde Golden Ale Rye IPA Session IPA Peter Daniel & Cedric Daniel Jonas Noble 2004 9 Start Line Brewing 151R Hayden Rowe St., Hopkinton 01748 508-761-2044 • www.startlinebrewing.com 821 6 Microbrewery A (S) Hop Load IPA Hop Load Citra IPA Craic Irish Red Ale Honey Ritual Pale Ale Ted Twinney Chris Locke & Partrick Ross 2016 10 Moon Hill Brewing Co. 74 Parker St., Gardner 01440 978-669-0122 • gardnerale.com 740 100 Brewpub A, L (M, P, S) Pufnstuf IPA Perley Girl German Lager Candy Mountain, Charlie! Rick Walton Ryan Daigle 2006 11 Cold Harbor Brewing Co. 108 Milk St., Suite 6, Westborough 01581 508-871-0919 • www.coldharborbrewing.com 600 5 Microbrewery A (P, S) Indian Summer New England IPA Sister Summer New England IPA Novacaine Double IPA Petals APA William Oliveira & Brandon Heisler Brandon Heisler 2014 12 River Styx Brewing (f) 166 Boulder Drive, Suite 112, Fitchburg 01420 978-696-5176 • riverstyxbrewing.com 400 8 Microbrewery A (P, S) Zeus King of Gods IPA Apollo's Arrow IPA Cronus Lord of Time Stout Rhea Darkness Stout Scott Cullen and Jackie Cullen Scott Cullen 2017 Medusa Brewing Co. is planning a 10,000-square- foot production facility in Hudson, just feet away from its existing brewery and taproom on Main Street. The two-story brick building will be built on a vacant lot and feature areas where the public can watch the brewing process. Wachusett Brewing Co. made the top of our list again, and the Westminster brewery is making other national lists as well. National craft beer trade group Brewers Association named the beermaker among the top 50 craft breweries in the entire country at No. 49. Greater Good Imperial Brewing Co. opened a 10,000-square-foot brewery and taproom on Millbrook Street after previously brewing in Wil - liamsburg via a contract brewer. Jack's Abby was named the state's 2018 Manufacturer of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The SBA recognized the growth of the company, which has increased production from 18,000 barrels in 2015 to 43,000 in 2017. Wormtown released a seasonal beer in the fall via a collaboration with Table Talk Pies. It then partnered with Dunkin Donuts to release a stout- style beer called DDark Brew.