Wachusett Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Westminster, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Barrel One Collective
Associated Venue: Wachusett Brew Yard

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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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Caramel amber colored. Sudsybhead. Nose is pine and citrus. Tatses of orange peel and pine and florals hint of honey dew oddly. Nose. Bitterness for sure.
Tried on 05 Aug 2026 at 22:56

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draft part of flight. A pumped version of their classic ale but somehow loses the flavor and adds a rubbing alcohol sensation. Deep golden. Nose is plastic and blueberry. Tatses like copper Pennie’s, some blueberry. Astringent finish.
Tried on 05 Aug 2026 at 22:34

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Part of flight. Standard lager as far as I can tell. Clear gold sudsy head. Tatses like a beer mostly. Hint of malty sweetness and citrus and bready. Sweet finish
Tried on 05 Aug 2026 at 22:29

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Part of flight. Dull golden amber fairly clear. Nose is wet paper, pale malt, and bread crust. Tastes similar.
Tried on 05 Aug 2026 at 22:23

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Part of a flight. Clear golden colored small head. Faint nose of herbs and citrus. Tastes crackery, herbal, lemon, peppery. Thin bodied. Some crispness and snappy
Tried on 05 Aug 2026 at 22:14

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Advent Calendar tasting. Light hazy orange color with small white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, oranges, light zest. Taste is hop centered with tropical fruits, oranges, zest, light pines.
Tried from Can on 06 Mar 2026 at 18:14

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can at Justicna tasting. Hoppy, and light malty aroma and taste, citrus fruit, resin, medium bitter. Medium body, hoppy fruity bitter finish. Ok.
Tried from Draft on 06 Mar 2026 at 18:05

6/10 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

6.6/10 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

5.8/10 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