Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Biggest of the Craft 13
Boston Beer Company/Samuel Adams 14
Harpoon Brewery 20
A Word About … The Massachusetts Brewers Guild President Rob Martin 23
Western Massachusetts 25
Amherst Brewing Company 30
Lefty's Brewing Company 32
The People's Pint 34
Paper City Brewery 37
Element Brewing Company 39
Barrington Brewery & Restaurant 42
Northampton Brewery Bar + Grille 44
Opa-Opa Steakhouse & Brewery 44
Berkshire Brewing Company 49
The Brewmaster's Tavern 51
Wandering Star Craft Brewery 54
A Word About … Beer Styles 58
Central Massachusetts 61
John Harvard's Brewery & Ale House 65
Nashoba Valley Winery 66
Wormtown Brewery 69
Wachusett Brewing Company 71
Pioneer Brewing Company 73
Gardner Ale House Brewery and Restaurant 75
Jack's Abby Brewing 77
A Word About … Brew-on-Premises Establishments 80
The Greater Merrimack Valley 83
Ipswich Ale Brewery 86
Lowell Beer Works 89
The Tap/Haverhill Brewery 91
RiverWalk Brewing Company 94
Cody Brewing Company 95
A Word About … Massachusetts Contract Breweries 98
The Greater Boston Area 101
Boston Beer Works Fenway 107
Boston Beer Works Canal Street 109
Cambridge Brewing Company 110
John Harvard's Brewery & Ale House 113
Deadwood Cafe & Brewery 115
Watch City Brewing Company 116
Idle Hands Craft Ales 119
Trillium Brewing 121
Night Shift Brewing 122
Blue Hills Brewery 124
A Word About … Rhode Island Breweries Chris O'Leary 127
Coastal Massachusetts 129
Just Beer 134
Mayflower Brewing Company 135
Salem Beer Works 137
Cape Ann Brewing Company 139
Hingham Beer Works 142
A Word About … Brewing Beer 143
Cape Cod and the Islands 145
Cape Cod Beer 149
Cisco Brewers 153
Offshore Ale Company 156
Beerwebs 159
Glossary 161
Index 173
