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95 N Chicopee St, Chicopee, MA 01020
Signature Beer: London Pub Ale
Five-second Description: Wide beer selection for every taste, but no real good IPAs for me. Their London Pub Ale did remind me of the beers in London’s pubs. A decorative place with cool flight holders.
Why you should go: Not a lot of other stuff around in this part of Chicopee.
My Rating
Beer: C+
Setting: B-
Website: Leadfoot Brewing
1 Community Pl, South Deerfield, MA 01373
Signature Beer: Julius
Five-second Description: The largest and most amazing brewery I have ever been to. This one makes their Charleton location look small! Huge indoor and outdoor spaces with plenty of chairs and tables.
Why you should go: Right off 91 and the best beers on the planet.
Food: They make their own pizza and it looks pretty good
My Rating
Beer: A+
Setting: A+
Website: Tree House Brewery
Signature Beer: Leapfrog Lager
Five second Description: Beautiful farm with a nice indoor space built like a barn and additional outdoor space for enjoying their beer. Plenty of animals and it is also a wedding venue.
Why you should go: In the woods and a real enjoyable property. Music and food trucks as well.
My Rating
Beer: B-
Setting: B+
Website: Oakholm Brewing Company
First visited October 2020
129 Sturbridge Road, Charlton, MA 01507
Signature Beer: Julius
Five second Description: Some of the best craft beers in the nation,and now they have expanded it so much and there are almost no lines (plenty of people though).
Why you should go: The place in Charleton is amazing, looks like you are entering the Disneyland of breweries and it feels like the Disneyland of breweries as well.
My Rating
Beer: A+
Setting: A+
Website: Tree House Brewing Company
First visited January 2018
Signature Beer: MV Ale
Five-second Description: This is a great whistle stop if you happen to be on a scooter or in a car on Martha’s Vineyard. They do serve food and the beer is ice cold. Very cool mermaid and the merchandise rocks.
Why you should go: This is the only brewery on the island at the time of writing this review. Wide range of beer for every taste.
My Rating
Beer: B
Setting: B
Website: Bad Martha Farmers Brewery
Signature Beer: Bodega Juice
Five second Description: A very lively place with very good beer and a pizza kitchen. Great decore, although the inside area is a bit confined and a large outdoor space.
Why you should go: A great Adaptive reuse of a corner of an old factory. Music and pizza to boot.
My Rating
Beer: B+
Setting: A-
Website: Spicket River Brewery
333 Shrewsbury Street, Worcester, MA
(774) 530-6958
Signature Beer: War Castle NEIPA
Five second Description: This is a real chill place with two sides, a living room side and a garage side. Both areas are cool.
Why you should go: Good beer in a unique setting. Just be careful where you park, thei businesses around them love to toew cars.
My Rating
Beer: B+
Setting: B
Website: Redemption Rock Brewing Company
112 Harding St, Worcester, MA 01604
(774) 420-2233
Signature Beer: Kelley2 (Kelley squared)Double NEIPA
Five second Description: This is on one side of a the Fidelity Bank Worcester Ice Arena, so you can drop the kids off to skate and have a german style beer. There is even an upstairs that has a glass wall looking over the rink.
Why you should go: The beer is pretty good and the setting is very unique. It is the only hocky rink with a brewery on site that I know of.
My Rating
Beer: B
Setting: B+
Website: Bay State Brewery & Tap Room
Northampton9 Pearl St, Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 341-3517
Signature Beer: IT’S AN ENIGMA (NEIPA)
Five second Description: Very cool indoor space with comfortable seating. Right in the mix near a lot of other businesses in the trendy part of North Hampton. the outdoor area is a bit confined.
Why you should go: The beer is very good+ and they have cans to go for most of their brews.
My Rating
Beer: A-
Setting: B+
Website: Progression Brewing Company
Deerfield12 Railroad St, South Deerfield, MA 01373
(413) 665-6600
Signature Beer: Steel Rail
Five second Description: A bit old school and the brew kettles look like they are home made. But the place is pretty cool and the service was great.
Why you should go: They heve indoor, outdoor and hal/half. Pretty cool nostalgia all over the place.
My Rating
Beer: B
Setting: B-
Website: Berkshire Brewing Company
