Category: Massachusetts

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7th Wave Brewing

120 N Meadows Rd
Medfield, Massachusetts 02052

Signature Beer: Lunar Sunrise IPA

Five-second Description: The kind of place that looks like it was designed by a bunch of guys that know beer and pizza, but not style.  In an office park and a bit hidden.  No outdoor space that I could figure out.

Why you should go:  Beer and Pizza makes this place a worthy visit.

Originally Visited: August 18, 2024

My Rating
Beer: B
Setting: C+

Food: They have a genuine pizza oven

First Visist: July 14, 2024

Website: 7th Wave Brewing

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MA – 7th Wave
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Backbeat Brewing Company

31A Park Street
Beverly, MA 01915

Signature Beer: Anything from a Cask!

Five-second Description: Near the water and across from a train station.   The English beers are real good and the IPAs are also good.  Although the owner was not happy I was using Untappd because he doesn’t always get the ratings he expects on beers.  They did have a cool jazz band while we were there.

Why you should go: They have a store with British items in the back.

Originally Visited: Oct 14, 2023

My Rating
Beer: B-
Setting: B-

Food: They a limited menu with heated pretzels, pizza and other items.

Website: Backbeat Brewing 

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MA – Backbeat
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White Lion Brewing Company

1500 Main St
Springfield, MA 01103
(413) 455-0820

Signature Beer: Purrlicious IPA

Five-second Description: More of a place to visit before a hockey game.   I feels like you are in a space under the seats of the arena.  There is not a lot of brewery character and the beer is only OK.

Why you should go: To stop in before a hockey game..

Originally Visited: Feb 25, 2024

My Rating
Beer: B
Setting: B-

Food: They have a kitchen

Website: White Lion Brewery

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MA – White Lion
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Dorchester Brewing Company

1250 Massachusetts Ave
Boston, MA 02125
(617) 514-0900

Signature Beer: Outer Limits IPA

Five-second Description: A very fun place with good beer, a cool rooftop deck, and a game room.  The beer is also very good including the IPAs and the Pumpkin beer we tried.

Why you should go: Lots of fun and the rooftop deck.

Originally Visited: Oct 14, 2023

My Rating
Beer: B+
Setting: A-

Food: They have a BBQ place in the brewery

Website: Dorchester Brewing Company

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MA – Dorchester Brewing
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Timberyard Brewing Company

55 East Main Street
East Brookfield, MA 01506
(774) 745-8192

Signature Beer: Hindsight or Insight

Five-second Description: Very unique setting set up to look like an old lumberyard.  They do have bar food as well as other drinks.  A bit dark inside, but could have promised if there is entertainment there.  On my second visit, they had expanded the outdoor area significantly and it is nice and open with plenty of seating.  They also had someone performing on the stage indoors.

Why you should go: For the beer and the unique setting.

Originally Visited: July 29, 2023

My Rating
Beer: A-
Setting: B

Food: There is a kitchen in the brewery

Website: Timberyard Brewing Company

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MA – Timberyard
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Rapscallion Brewery

8 Meadow Rd, Spencer, MA 01562
(508) 347-7500

Signature Beer: Honey

Five second Description:  An afterthought in their new brewing facility.

Why you should go: I can’t recommend going to this facility, It is a small cramped and dark room in the corner of their new brewing facility.  I would steer you towards their Pub in Sturbridge.  Not sure why they left the farm they were on, but it looks like they opted to build a brewing facility and also a  pub and then close the farm.

Origonally visited: May 2017.

Food: No Food when we were there

My Rating
Beer: B-
Setting: C

Website: Rapscallion Brewery

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MA – Rapscallion
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Lord Hobo

5 Draper St. Woburn, MA

(781) 281-0809

Signature Beer:  Boom Sauce IPA

Five-second Description:  Quite a large building off the beaten path in Woburn.  Great tasting room and several other large rooms for lots of people.  They do a great job having a ton of beers on tap.  Fantastic merchandise at very reasonable prices.

Why you should go: You have seen this beer everywhere, this is the mothership.

My Rating
Beer: B+
Setting: B+

Food: They have a pizza restaurant in the brewery

First Visited: July 16, 2023

Website: Lord Hobo Brewing

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MA – Lord Hobo
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Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company

55 Millbrook Street, Worcester,  MA 01606
508-926-8736

Signature Beer: Pulp Daddy NEIPA

Five-second Description: The IPAs here are fantastic and the brewery has a well-appointed interior and a pretty good outdoor area close to the building.

Why you should go: The beer is the main reason as long as you like IPAs, sours or stouts.  Bring a cooler to take some home.

Food: None when I was there, may have food trucks

My Rating
Beer: A
Setting: B+

Website: Greater Good Imperial Brewing Company

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MA – Greater Good
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Rustic Brewing Company

34 Front St Suite G21, Indian Orchard, MA 01151
(413) 273-7166

Signature Beer:  Not Sure

Five-second Description:  I love that this is a reuse space, but it is an odd entrance that needs some better signage, finding the door was a challenge.  It is in a basement space with no natural light,  I do like all the games they have there and am not too happy about their aversion to IPAs.

Why you should go: It is an old factory with a very cool bridge over the stream near the door.

My Rating
Beer: B-
Setting: B-

Food: None

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Ma – Rustic
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Website: Rustic Brewing Company

 

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Sterling Street Brewery

175 Sterling St, Clinton, MA 01510

Signature Beer:  Otherwise IPA

Five-second Description:  In an industrial building right on a main road.  They have converted the front lot to outdoor seating, but there is constant traffic going by at high speeds.  The beer was good, especially the IPAs which I really enjoyed.  We did encounter the rudest staff that I have ever seen at a brewery.  My wife asked for a beer and they said they were out, when she asked if there was anything similar, the woman behind the counter said “no” and then walked away.

Why you should go: Other than the beer, I am not sure I would recommend this place.

My Rating
Beer: B+
Setting: C-

Website: Sterling Street Brewery

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MA – Sterling Street
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