About Us
Western Mass Beer Week was founded by a small group of local industry professionals and enthusiasts. Western Mass Beer Week is a grassroots collaborative effort driven by the breweries and craft beer-focused venues in the region.

Mission
Our mission is to call attention to Western Massachusetts as a beer destination and to develop a synergy that stitches together the breweries, beer venues and all of the diverse happenings that encompass our region’s beer scene.

Core Values
Western Mass Beer Week operates under a core set of values that we believe strongly coincides with the modus operandi of our region: keep it local, support small business, and promote your neighbor. Not only have our participants committed to host at least one event featuring local beer, more than half of the participants are in fact local breweries. Brewers have made collaborative beers together. Venues are hosting local beer dinners and special events. We expect to see brewhouse staff and bar employees attending one another's events. Beer is culture and beer is social -- consider Western Mass Beer Week a week-long four-county-wide block party!

Hyper-Local Craft Brewfest is an annual tasting fundraiser presented by Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts (SBN) that highlights and promotes local brewers of beer, newly established breweries, cider & mead, artisan beverage makers, and local food vendors.

Come and try delicious brews of beer, cider, mead, artisan beverages, and cask-conditioned beer while also indulging in some delicious local food. For all three sessions, craft brewers will offer small batches and specially brewed beers for you to taste at this event. Cask conditioned beers and the Brew Chat series are available on Friday night only. Having doubts? Attend both days!

On Sunday, June 12, Independent Fermentations, creator of locally-sourced craft beers, is hosting a fundraiser for Friends of Plymouth Dog Park! For every beer poured during the event, IndieFerm is donating $1 to us. In addition, we will have a raffle with some amazing goodies and tables from local pet-centric vendors. A live band will […]

The Three B's Breakfast, Beer & Birthday Dying For A Breakfast Beer? Can You Believe We Are 10 Years Old? June 18th, Saturday ~In The Parking Lot Across The Street~ Solstice Party and Beer Breakfast Starts at 8 AM!  First 100 Guests receive a Commorative 12-oz. Glass. Breakfast Buffet, Morris Dancing, Beautiful Men Live Music […]

Outdoor Brew Fest: At this event you’ll find some of your favorite go to’s but you’ll also be sure to see some experimental, extreme, firkins, casks, and concept beers! This year we are adding a homebrew twist, with the winning brewer making their beer at Amherst Brewing on their system and serving it as “The […]

Beer Camp is an outdoor Beer Festival at the historic City Hall Plaza with hundreds of beers to taste. It will also feature "Pat-rye-ot" pale ale a collaboration between Sierra Nevada and five brewers from the original thirteen colonies: Devil's Backbone, Dogfish Head, Lawson's Finest Liquids, Stoudt's and Massachusetts' own Trillium brewing Company.

Join us on Father's Day, June 19, as we celebrate the official Grand Opening of Bright Ideas - North Adams' hometown brewery. An afternoon of great live music (featuring L.A. Americana Soul from Freddy & Francine and bluegrass from Burlington's Old Sky), delicious street food from Bon Tricycle, Hot Tomatoes, and Hops and Vines Beer Garden & Brasserie, loads of oysters, […]

The Rum & Brew Tasting @ Boston JerkFest to Friday night, Friday, June 24, 2016, 6:30-9:30 pm  and  6pm entry for VIP ticket holders for 21+ year old festival attendees. It features live music and unlimited tastings of rum, craft beer, wine, mead, hard cider and a variety of Caribbean themed libations.  Jerk hot food bites will be for […]

Hosted by HopHead Events and Sponsored by Craft Beer Cellar - Dinner #001 is with Revival Brewing Company – owner and Master Brewer Sean Larkin will be in attendance. Please see the menu below, menu crafted by award winning Chef Michael Morway of NOSH Tavern and Craftship Catering – Event will sell out.