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Background – Homefield Kitchen & Brewery Jonathan Cook, home brewer and writer and his wife Suzanne LePage, a civil engineer started Homefield Kitchen & Brewery in 2016. Their focus for years has been to support the sustainable practices of locally raising what we …
Background – Vanished Valley Brewing Josh Britton and Mike Rodrigues opened Vanished Valley Brewing in early 2017. Britton had been home brewing under the name Foothold Brewing. Rodrigues was running his Europa Black Rock Bar & Grill. The two were introduced …
Background Janet Egelston opened Northampton Brewery in August 1987 with her brother, Peter. Egelston and her co-founders were able to get a loan from a bank, which allowed the business to open. At that time, Northampton Brewery was one of …
Drunken Rabbit Brewing Background Bruno Coelho and Dave Smith opened Drunken Rabbit Brewing in December 2017. The pair has been friends/co-workers for almost 20 years. Bruno has been home brewing for many years and has won some home brewing competitions. …
Background Owner and brewer Bill Goldfarb started Lefty’s Brewing Company in 2010. Bill or Lefty home brewed for years as he worked as a commercial roofer. Goldfarb spent his life savings and borrowed from his grandfather to open a 2,000-square-foot facility in …
Tin Bridge Brewing Background Joe and Nick Cocchi opened Westfield’s first visitable craft brewery, Tin Bridge Brewing, in October 2017. Joe Cocchi, guitarist for a popular local band and his brother Nick who has spent several years on the road working for …
Background Matt Tarlecki, owner & brewer, opened Abandoned Building Brewery in 2013. Tarlecki, who is from the Philadelphia area has been home brewing since his college days at California Polytechnic State University. After college Tarlecki returned to the Philadelphia area and worked …
Background – New City Brewery Sam Dibble began brewing small batches of mead in his carpentry shop in 2006. When friends were looking for help with their new kombucha business in 2007, Sam became their first employee and worked to increase …
Background Trillium Brewing Company was founded by JC and Esther Tetreault. They opened the first retail store in March 2013 in the Fort Point area in South Boston. At the time it was the only place where you could buy Trillium beer. …
Background Cambridge Brewing Company opened its doors in 1989 at a time when Sam Adams reigned supreme and Harpoon had just moved into the Seaport area. Owner Phil “Brewdaddy” Bannatyne spent his “formative years” in San Francisco. There he acquired …
