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.…
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Lefty’s Brewing Company, Greenfield, MA
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, Westfield, MA
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…
Cambridge Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA
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…
Lamplighter Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA
Background Lamplighter Brewing Company AC Jones and Cayla Marvil are transplants from a small town in Vermont where they enjoyed the several town breweries and were avid home brewers. After moving to the Cambridge area they were amazed at the…
Night Shift Brewery, Everett, MA
Background Three friends Michael Oxton, Mike O’Mara, and Rob Burns began home brewing in a Somerville, MA kitchen in 2007. They called themselves “Night Shift Brewing” – desk workers by day, home brewers by night. In 2010, the trio began…
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Jack’s Abby, Framingham, MA
Background Jack’s Abby was founded in 2011 by three brothers, Jack, Eric, and Sam Hendler. Jack is the head brewer. Jack’s Abby is loyal to lager, a German style that requires a longer fermenting process. The Jack’s Abby brewing team travels…
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Remnant Brewing, Somerville, MA
Background – Remnant Brewing Across the river from Boston, Somerville’s Union Square is home to a new brewery started by David Kushner and Joel Prickett called Remnant Brewing. Kushner who gained brewery experience at John Harvard’s Brewery & Prickett who spent…
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Harpoon Brewery, Boston, MA
In 1986 Dan Kenary, Rich Doyle, and George Ligeti received Brewing Permit #001 for Harpoon Brewery. They had a warehouse on the Boston waterfront and the brewing equipment, and then found Russ Heissner as head brewer. Russ started formulating the recipe for Harpoon Ale in…
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Samuel Adams Brewing, Boston, MA.
Background – Samuel Adams Brewing The Boston Beer Company “AKA Samuel Adams Brewing” was founded in 1984 by James “Jim” Koch as a limited liability partnership. Koch’s father and great, great grandfather were both involved in the brewing industry. Koch brewed…
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