by Rob | Jan 8, 2020 | Blog Posts
Another year of craft beer is in the books, and here in Massachusetts it was a doozy. We thought it might be fun to look back at some of the most notable highlights, including the good, the bad, and the ugly. So here goes: our take on 38 things that happened in craft...
by Rob | Jan 6, 2020 | Blog Posts, Mass. Brewery Stats
Like elsewhere, it’s been a topsy-turvy year for the craft beer industry here in Massachusetts. Another year of double digit openings was tempered by some high-profile closings, and accompanied by a fair amount of speculation as to whether there’s a...
by Rob | Jan 1, 2020 | Blog Posts, Mass. Brewery Stats
The state’s flourishing craft beer scene saw continued growth in 2019 with 28 new breweries, 9 new taprooms, and 3 major expansions debuting across the Commonwealth. It was the sixth time since 2012 that 20 or more new breweries debuted in the Bay State, with...
by Mass Brew Bros | Dec 18, 2019 | Blog Posts
Which came first, the beer or the Brew Dog? When Heather Messer of Abandoned Building Brewing was looking for a dog at a local spot in Southwick, she found an energetic pup that quickly caught her eye. When she found out the dog’s name was Lola she...
by Rob | Nov 15, 2019 | Blog Posts, Cape & Islands, Metro Boston
Iconic Massachusetts Brand Has Evolved From Craft to “Crafty” Back in September of 2016 we posed the question of whether a Massachusetts brewery would ever get bought out by big beer. Now, just three years later, it appears it’s about to happen. In...
by Mass Brew Bros | Nov 7, 2019 | Blog Posts
When we first started our website back in April of 2016, one of the first blogs we wrote was Brew Dog of the Month. We had seen that dogs and craft beer were a natural fit and wanted to highlight dogs from local breweries. Unfortunately, it was short-lived. But...
