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Massachusetts Breweries

Last updated: October 24, 2000

Christine Mauceri keeps tabs on the bars in the Boston area, and Ralph Sturgen has a Massachusetts page on his New England Brewery Database.

01000: Springfield Amherst - Holyoke - Northampton - West Springfield
Moonlight Brewing 380 Union Street #18C West Springfield MA 01000 Phone: +1 413-552-7516	Microbrewery Opened March 1, 1998.
Amherst Brewing 36 North Pleasant Street Amherst MA 01002 Phone: +1 413-253-4400	Brewpub Opened July 30, 1997. Brewer: Jim Karpita.
Paper City Brewing 108 Cabot Street Holyoke MA 01040 Phone: +1 413-535-1588 Fax: +1 413-538-5774	Microbrewery Opened November 1, 1996. Brewer: Rick Quackenbush, Jason Todd.
Northampton Brewery Brewster Court Bar and Grill 11 Brewster Court PO Box 791 Northampton MA 01060 Phone: +1 413-584-9903 Fax: +1 413-584-9972	Brewpub Opened August 10, 1987. Brewer: Chris O'Connor. Capacity 1,800 barrels.
01200: Pittsfield Great Barrington
Brewery at 34 Depot Street Arrowhead Brewing 34 Depot Street PO Box 4107 Pittsfield MA 01201 Phone: +1 413-442-2072 Fax: +1 413-443-7321	Brewpub Opened July 20, 1994. Brewer: Daniel Stansfield. Capacity 1,200 barrels.
Old Saddleback Brewing 34 South Depot Street Pittsfield MA 01201 Phone: +1 413-496-9088 Fax: +1 413-443-7321	Microbrewery
Barrington Brewery and Restaurant 420 Stockbridge Road Jennifer House Commons - Route 1 Great Barrington MA 01230 Phone: +1 413-528-8282 Fax: +1 413-528-1271	Brewpub Opened May 23, 1995. Brewer: Andrew Mankin. Capacity 700 barrels.
01300: Springfield Greenfield - South Deerfield
People's Pint 24 Federal Street Greenfield MA 01301 Phone: +1 413-773-0333 Fax: +1 413-773-5363	Brewpub Opened 1997.
Berkshire Brewing 12 Railroad Street #96 South Deerfield MA 01373 Phone: +1 413-665-6600 Fax: +1 413-665-7837	Microbrewery Brewer: Chris Lalli.
01400: Worcester Westminster
Wachusett Brewing 175 State Road East Westminster MA 01473 Phone: +1 978-874-9965 Fax: +1 978-874-0784	Microbrewery Opened December 19, 1994. Brewer: Peter Quinn.
Your World Brewery 23 Sunset Road Westminster MA 01473 Phone: +1 508-342-6035 Fax: +1 508-343-6977	Microbrewery Opened October 1, 1996.
01500: Worcester Shrewsbury - Sturbridge
Deja Brew 510-B Boston Turnpike Road Route 9 Shrewsbury MA 01545 Phone: +1 508-842-8991 Fax: +1 508-842-9347	Microbrewery Opened May 1, 1997. Brewer: Ray Schavone.
Hyland Orchard and Brewery 199 Arnold Road PO Box 234 Sturbridge MA 01566 Phone: +1 508-347-7500 Fax: +1 508-347-7776	Microbrewery Opened September 15, 1997. Brewer: William Petersen.
01600: Worcester East Hartford
Main Street Brewing 244 Main Street Worcester MA 01608	Brewpub - Closed Opened March 27, 1996. Closed 1997. Open as Irish Times, but no longer brewing.
01700: Worcester Bolton - Concord - Framingham - Hudson - Marlborough - Natick
John Harvard's Brew House - Framingham 1 Worcester Road Framingham MA 01701 Phone: +1 508-875-2337 Fax: +1 508-875-3690	Brewpub Opened July 1, 1996. Brewer: Brian Sanford, Jaime Parsons. Capacity 2,500 barrels.
Old Marlborough Brewing Company 59 Fountain Street PO Box 1157 Framingham MA 01701 Phone: +1 508-875-0990 Fax: +1 508-879-6521	Beer Marketing Company Opened July 1, 1989. Brewer: Catamount Brewing.
Nashoba Valley Winery and Orchard 100 Wattaquadoc Hill Road Bolton MA 01740 Phone: +1 978-779-5521 Fax: +1 978-779-5523	Brewpub Opened August 1, 1997. Brewer: Richard Pelletier.
Concord Junction Brewing 152 Commonwealth Avenue Concord MA 01742 Phone: +1 978-371-9929 Fax: +1 978-371-0955	Microbrewery Opened July 29, 1996. Brewer: Brett Pacheco, Mike Labbe. Capacity 2,000 barrels.
Owen O'Leary's Restaurant 319 Speen Street Natick MA 01745 Phone: +1 508-650-0972 Fax: +1 508-650-1447	Brewpub Opened April 28, 1996.
Old Harbor Brewing Pilgrim Brewery 577 Main Street Hudson MA 01749	Microbrewery - Closed Opened March 25, 1995. Closed July 1, 1998. Capacity 8,000 barrels.
Underground Brewing 269 Mechanic Street Marlborough MA 01752 Phone: +1 508-393-1420	Microbrewery Brewer: Scott Lutke.
01800: Middlesex-Essex - Bradford - Lowell - Wilmington Bradford - Lowell - Wilmington
Essex Brewing 35 Offer Street Bradford MA 01835 Phone: +1 508-521-3996	Microbrewery
Lowell Brewing Company 199 Cabot Street Lowell MA 01854 Phone: +1 978-937-1200 Fax: +1 978-937-1212	Microbrewery 13.5 points / 2 beers Opened March 1, 1994. Brewer: Paul McErlean. Capacity 4,160 barrels.
Middlesex Brewing 844 Woburn Street Wilmington MA 01887	Microbrewery - Closed Opened May 1, 1992. Closed October 1, 1998. Capacity 3,000 barrels.
01900: Middlesex-Essex Danvers - Gloucester - Ipswich - Newbury - Newburyport - Peabody - Salem - Saugus
brew moon restaurant and microbrewery #2 114 Broadway Route 1 North Saugus MA 01906 Phone: +1 781-941-2739 Fax: +1 781-941-2121	Brewpub Opened January 8, 1996. Brewer: Dan Cahill. Capacity 1,200 barrels.
Brew House at Danvers 65 Newbury Street Danvers MA 01923	Brewpub - Closed Opened October 4, 1995. Closed May 1, 1997. Capacity 1,400 barrels.
Brutole Brick Oven Brewery 65 Newbury Street Danvers MA 01923 Phone: +1 978-777-6633	Brewpub Formerly Brewhouse at Danvers.
Old Salem Village Brewing 12 Morgan Drive Danvers MA 01923	Brewpub - Closed Closed 1995.
Gloucester Brew Kettle 16 Rogers Street Gloucester MA 01930	Brewpub - Planned
Clamtown Brewery Inc. Ould Newbury Brewing Inc. P.O. Box 319 Ipswich MA 01938	Microbrewery - Closed Opened December 1, 1995. Closed 1997. Capacity 500 barrels.
Dornbusch Brewing Company PO Box 412 Ipswich MA 01938 Phone: +1 978-526-8514 Fax: +1 978-526-8514	Beer Marketing Company Opened May 26, 1995. Brewer: Mercury Brewing. Capacity 1,000 barrels.
Ipswich Brewing 23 Hayward Street Ipswich MA 01938	Microbrewery - Closed Opened August 30, 1992. Capacity 11,000 barrels. Now Mercury Brewing.
Mercury Brewing and Distribution 23 Hayward Street Ipswich MA 01938 Phone: +1 978-356-3329 Fax: +1 978-356-8826	Microbrewery Opened 1999. Formerly Ipswich Brewing.
Clam Town Brewery 50 Parker Street PO Box 319 Newburyport MA 01950	Microbrewery - Closed Opened December 1, 1995. Closed March 1, 1997. Capacity 500 barrels.
Ould Newbury Brewing 227 High Road Street Newbury MA 01951	Microbrewery - Closed Opened September 1, 1992. Closed March 1, 1997. Capacity 2,500 barrels.
Peabody Brewing 26 Walnut Street Peabody MA 01960 Phone: +1 978-538-9995	Microbrewery
Salem Beer Works Slesar Bros Brewing 278 Derby Street Salem MA 01970 Phone: +1 978-741-7088 Fax: +1 978-741-7632	Brewpub 14.5 points / 1 beer Opened April 22, 1996. Brewer: Scott Houghton. Capacity 1,200 barrels.
02100: Boston Allston - Braintree - Cambridge - Newton - Somerville - Waltham
Breckenridge Brewery Boston MA 02100	Brewpub - Planned
Downtown Brewing Company Boston MA 02100	Beer Marketing Company
Fort Hill Brewhouse 125 Broad Street Boston MA 02110	Brewpub - Closed Opened May 15, 1996. Closed July 1, 1998. Capacity 3,600 barrels.
Back Bay Brewing 755 Boylston Street Boston MA 02114	Brewpub - Closed 12.5 points / 1 beer Opened December 19, 1995. Closed March 1, 2000. Capacity 1,000 barrels.
Commonwealth Brewing #1 Boston Hops 138 Portland Street 85 Merrimac Street Boston MA 02114 Phone: +1 617-523-8383 Fax: +1 617-528-1037	Brewpub 19.0 points / 1 beer Opened August 1, 1986. Brewer: Jeff Charnick. Capacity 3,100 barrels.
brew moon restaurant and microbrewery #1 115 Stuart Street Boston MA 02116 Phone: +1 617-742-2739 Fax: +1 617-742-6620	Brewpub 12.5 points / 1 beer Opened December 6, 1994. Brewer: Gerry O'Connell. Capacity 2,000 barrels.
Atlantic Coast Brewing Tremont Ale 50 Terminal Street Boston MA 02129 Phone: +1 617-242-6464 Fax: +1 617-242-7273	Microbrewery 15.5 points / 1 beer Opened March 1, 1994. Brewer: Jeff Biegert. Capacity 7,200 barrels.
Olde Time Brewers 402 Rutherford Avenue Boston MA 02129	Beer Marketing Company - Closed 11.0 points / 1 beer
Boston Beer Company Longshot 30 Germania Street Boston MA 02130 Phone: +1 617-522-9080 Fax: +1 617-482-5527	Large Brewery 14.5 points / 24 beers Opened December 7, 1984. Brewer: James Koch. Capacity 1,213,000 barrels.
North East Brewing 1314 Commonwealth Avenue Allston MA 02134 Phone: +1 617-566-6699 Fax: +1 617-277-1334	Brewpub Opened June 15, 1996.
brew moon restaurant and microbrewery #3 50 Church Street Cambridge MA 02138 Phone: +1 617-499-2739 Fax: +1 617-661-2739	Brewpub Opened June 24, 1996. Brewer: Darrah Bryans.
John Harvard's Brew House - Harvard Square 33 Dunster Street Cambridge MA 02138 Phone: +1 617-868-3585 Fax: +1 617-868-4341	Brewpub Opened August 28, 1992. Brewer: Geoff DeBisschopp, Yoland Bator, Rob Higgins. Capacity 2,500 barrels.
Cambridge Brewing 1 Kendall Square #100 Cambridge MA 02139 Phone: +1 617-494-1994 Fax: +1 617-494-8958	Brewpub Opened May 1, 1989. Brewer: Darryl Goss, Will Meyers. Capacity 2,500 barrels.
Modern Brewer Company 99 Dover Street Somerville MA 02144 Phone: +1 617-629-0400	Microbrewery
Watch City Brewing 256 Moody Street Waltham MA 02154 Phone: +1 781-647-4000 Fax: +1 781-647-4004	Brewpub Opened March 13, 1996. Brewer: Stephen Lincoln.
Beacon Brewery Highland Winery 26 Elliot Street Newton MA 02161 Phone: +1 617-630-1015 Fax: +1 617-630-1018	Microbrewery Opened December 9, 1998. Brewer: David Ruggiero.
brew moon restaurant and microbrewery #4 250 Granite Street South Shore Plaza Braintree MA 02184 Phone: +1 781-356-2739 Fax: +1 781-356-7776	Brewpub Opened September 15, 1997. Brewer: Scott Brunell.
02200: Boston
Mass. Bay Brewing Harpoon Brewery 306 Northern Avenue Boston MA 02210 Phone: +1 888-427-7666 Fax: +1 617-482-9361	Microbrewery Opened June 2, 1986. Brewer: Sean Cornelius. Capacity 60,000 barrels. Some beer brewed by F.X. Matt.
Boston Beer Works 61 Brookline Avenue Boston MA 02215 Phone: +1 617-536-2337 Fax: +1 617-536-3325	Brewpub Opened April 10, 1992. Brewer: Kevin Kittredge. Capacity 5,700 barrels.
02300: Brockton Duxbury - Easton - Plymouth
Brant Point Brewing Company Inc. Duxbury MA 02300	Beer Marketing Company - Planned
Coastal Brewing Company PO Box 1179 Duxbury MA 02331 Phone: +1 617-837-2491	Beer Marketing Company Opened 1986.
Plymouth Bay Brewing 56 Main Street Plymouth MA 02360 Phone: +1 508-746-7222	Brewpub Brewer: Brad Perriello.
Round House PO Box 938 Easton MA 02375 Phone: +1 508-238-0972 Fax: +1 508-238-0971	Brewpub - Planned Brewer: Stephen Fisch. Capacity 2,500 barrels.
02500: Buzzards Bay Nantucket - Oak Bluffs - South Dennis - Vineyard Haven
Brewery at Martha's Vineyard 43 Oak Bluffs Avenue Oak Bluffs MA 02557	~~Microbrewery - Closed~~
Offshore Ale Company 30 Kennebec Avenue Oak Bluffs MA 02557 Phone: +1 508-693-2626 Fax: +1 508-693-3951	Brewpub Opened July 1, 1997. Formerly City Ale and Oyster House.
Old Cape Cod Beverage Company PO Box 778 South Dennis MA 02563 Phone: +1 508-385-3954	Beer Marketing Company
Cottage City Brewing PO Box 4247 Vineyard Haven MA 02568 Phone: +1 508-693-4673	Microbrewery Opened June 1, 1997. Brewer: Forrest Williams.
Cisco Brewers 5 Bartlett Farm Road PO Box 2928 Nantucket MA 02584 Phone: +1 508-325-5929 Fax: +1 508-325-5145	Microbrewery Opened July 15, 1995. Brewer: Randy Hudson. Capacity 400 barrels.
02600: Buzzards Bay Hyannis
Big Dick's Home Brewed Lager Hyannis MA 02601	Microbrewery - Planned
Cape Cod Brew House Nantucket Brewing 720 Main Street Hyannis MA 02601	Brewpub - Closed Opened May 1, 1995. Closed December 1, 1996. Capacity 1,020 barrels.
Hyannisport Brewing 720 Main Street Hyannis MA 02601 Phone: +1 508-775-8289 Fax: +1 508-775-5006	Brewpub Opened July 1, 1997. Capacity 1,020 barrels.
02700: Providence RI North Dartmouth - Westport
Bristol Brewery 439 State Road North Dartmouth MA 02747	Microbrewery - Closed Opened May 1, 1998.
Buzzard's Bay Brewery 98 Horseneck Road Westport MA 02790 Phone: +1 508-636-2288 Fax: +1 508-636-0111	Microbrewery Opened August 21, 1998. Brewer: Dan Kahn. Capacity 32,000 barrels.

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Massachusetts Breweries

01000: Springfield Amherst - Holyoke - Northampton - West Springfield

01200: Pittsfield Great Barrington

01300: Springfield Greenfield - South Deerfield

01400: Worcester Westminster

01500: Worcester Shrewsbury - Sturbridge

01600: Worcester East Hartford

01700: Worcester Bolton - Concord - Framingham - Hudson - Marlborough - Natick

01800: Middlesex-Essex - Bradford - Lowell - Wilmington Bradford - Lowell - Wilmington

01900: Middlesex-Essex Danvers - Gloucester - Ipswich - Newbury - Newburyport - Peabody - Salem - Saugus

02100: Boston Allston - Braintree - Cambridge - Newton - Somerville - Waltham

02200: Boston

02300: Brockton Duxbury - Easton - Plymouth

02500: Buzzards Bay Nantucket - Oak Bluffs - South Dennis - Vineyard Haven

02600: Buzzards Bay Hyannis

02700: Providence RI North Dartmouth - Westport

01000: Springfield
Amherst - Holyoke - Northampton - West Springfield

01200: Pittsfield
Great Barrington

01300: Springfield
Greenfield - South Deerfield

01400: Worcester
Westminster

01500: Worcester
Shrewsbury - Sturbridge

01600: Worcester
East Hartford

01700: Worcester
Bolton - Concord - Framingham - Hudson - Marlborough - Natick

01800: Middlesex-Essex - Bradford - Lowell - Wilmington
Bradford - Lowell - Wilmington

01900: Middlesex-Essex
Danvers - Gloucester - Ipswich - Newbury - Newburyport - Peabody - Salem - Saugus

02100: Boston
Allston - Braintree - Cambridge - Newton - Somerville - Waltham

02300: Brockton
Duxbury - Easton - Plymouth

02500: Buzzards Bay
Nantucket - Oak Bluffs - South Dennis - Vineyard Haven

02600: Buzzards Bay
Hyannis

02700: Providence RI
North Dartmouth - Westport