Wachusett Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Westminster, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Smuttynose Brewing Company

Established in 1994

Contact
175 State Rd E, Westminster, MA, 01473, United States
Description
Wachusett Brewing Company was founded by three Massachusetts college students obsessed with the brewing culture and an appreciation for craft beer during their adventures of biking, canoeing, and hiking around New England. Armed with a “we can do this” attitude, the three cast off from their careers in engineering and biology to pursue their passion to make great beer.

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6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Herber, gewürzig und hellmalziger Beginn. Anis, Nelke, etwas Zimt, trocken werdend, milde Bitterkeit. Süffig, mittellanger Abgang, harmonisch. 8/9/9/8/8/8

Tried from Can on 10 Jan 2026 at 19:22


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

A clear deep golden beer with a white head. Aroma of decent pumpkin spices, cinnamon, caramel. Taste of pumpkin spices, cinnamon, anis and biscuit malt.

Tried from Can on 08 Jan 2026 at 14:06


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Can from day 17 of the Beer Republic Green advent calendar. Packaged Aug 4. Hazy amber, nice lasting head. Nose is citrusy, it's a bit sour smelling. Yep from the flavor this is definitely mildly sour, which can only be contamination in this style. Not much hop aroma, flavor a bit citrusy, interesting enough I'll still drink it but that's a bummer as this was one of the newer beers in the calendar. Can't rate it too well with this major failure though.

Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2025 at 23:40


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

355ml. can. @"home", Compostela. 20/12/2025
[#8.788 Global - #1.917 United States of America - #1 Wachusett Brewing Company (My Brewery #433 from the States)]
Pours light amber with a medium and lasting white head. Aroma: clove, pumpkin, cinnamon and bready malts. Taste: medium spiced with pumpkin pie on the back.
Next one, please!

Tried from Can on 20 Dec 2025 at 12:11


6.4
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5

Review based on BJCP2021 guidelines (style 29B: pumpkin puree and spices / base unknown). Can 35.5 cl - Batch unknown (BB: undeclared - Canned on 09/02/25) AROMA: medium to medium-low pumpkin, cinnamon, slight clove. medium-low to low neutral malt background with slight sweetness. APPEARANCE: deep gold to light amber color and clear. medium-low ivory head, creamy, with ok retention. TASTE: initial medium-low pumpkin and spices (cinnamon, clove) with a low neutral malt background. medium-high bitterness with a dry, bitter and yeasty finish. MOUTHFEEL: medium body with medium carbonation. slight astringency. OVERALL: a pumpkin ale with good aroma but with unbalanced bitterness and yeasty flavor.

Tried from Can on 19 Dec 2025 at 16:18


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Beer Republic Advent Calendar 2025, Red Edition. Door 19. An amber beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has spicyness, but not too much, pumpkin, some sweetness. Taste has balanced spicyness and pumpkin. Medium bodied. Pumpkin ales are not my favourite, but this is pretty ok.

Tried from Can from Beer Republic on 19 Dec 2025 at 11:03


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can at a Halloween party. Amber orange pour. Nose is pumpkin and nutmeg. Tastes the same with additional caramel, pie crust, all spice. Thinner bodied.

Tried on 03 Nov 2025 at 03:59


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. Poured dark brownish with medium head. Coffee and other aromas. Pretty good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:01


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled. Dark with fairly strong blueberry aromas. A bit of spiciness as well. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:53


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottled. Tasted sort of like a weak saison more so than a wheat. Poured gold etc. Ok.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 00:52