Massachusetts Craft Beer Blog
Massachusetts Now Has 160 Craft Brewers, And Counting
After a record year for brewery openings in 2017, the total number of craft brewers in the Commonwealth has climbed to 160, more than double what it was just five years ago. The first five months of this year include Burke's Alewerks opening a micro brewery and...
Massachusetts Has A Flourishing Craft Brewery Scene, And It’s All Just A Train Ride Away
Keolis, the rail and transit operations company responsible for the MBTA Commuter Rail, has launched an initiative to target leisure travelers interested in exploring the state's many attractions, including its flourishing craft beer scene. As part of the effort,...
Your Party Gets Real With The Craft Beer Mobile
Like most of us, Corey Fletcher and Andy Li had been to their share of weddings where the beer selection just wasn't up to parr: lite macro, something imported, maybe a Sam Adams seasonal - about as exciting as being dragged onto the ballroom floor to do the chicken...
Somerville Based Small Change Brewing Launches This Week
Aspiring brewer Mike Patterson has never made a beer he thought was perfect. Most of what he brews on his back porch in Somerville he gives away to neighbors, sharing the rest with his homebrew club to solicit their feedback. He won't specialize in juicy New England...
Holden’s Seven Saws Brewing Will Open A Tasting Room Downtown
Seven Saws Brewing, a nano production brewery in Holden that we wrote about back in December, has announced plans to open a tasting room. They currently operate out of a speakeasy style basement space they call "The Lab" in the lower level of a dentist's office owned...
A New Craft Brewery to Open in Holyoke This Summer
Like everyone else in Holyoke, Mike Pratt was saddened to hear about the closure of Paper City Brewing last spring. An avid home brewer with a fondness for the memorable brewery that opened in the late 1990s, he also saw an opportunity. A popular song lyric from that...
Bad Martha Will Open A Year Round Brewery & Taproom in Falmouth
Getting bad is about to get a little easier for craft beer fans on Cape Cod. That's because Bad Martha Beer, whose seasonal brewery and taproom are located in the Edgartown village of Martha's Vineyard, will be opening a new location in Falmouth early next year. "The...
Remnant Brewing Opens in Somerville’s Union Square This Weekend
Co-founders Joel Prickett and David Kushner realize they'll be the new kids on the block when they open Somerville's fifth craft brewery, Remnant Brewing, this weekend. But like the popular 1980s boy band with that very name, they've got a talented team that should be...
Channel Marker Brewing Will Steer Hop Heads to Beverly
Don't be surprised if you hear about more craft beer aficionados navigating their way to Beverly later this year. That's because Justin Negrotti, Tim Corcoran and Jake Crandell, co-founders of the aptly named Channel Marker Brewing, intend to steer hop heads to their...
Barnstable Brewing Completes Major Expansion in Time for Summer
Less than a year after opening, Cape Cod's Barnstable Brewing will do the beer world equivalent of going from zero to 60 MPH in under 6 seconds. Up to now they've brewed small batch beers on a 1-barrel pilot system (previously owned by Tree House) to fulfill...
