Wachusett Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Westminster,
Massachusetts,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Barrel One Collective
Associated Venue: Wachusett Brew Yard
Established in 1994
Contact
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.
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at America on Tap Light golden color with a small white head. Light bready pilsner maltiness with a hint of earth and artificial blueberry. Not horrible actually,
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2015
at 13:32
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at the Bartinis. Pours clear gold with a foamy, white head. Some pleasant pithy citrus notes in here, light piney bitterness, dry pale malt base. Light bodied with average carbonation. Nicely drying on the finish, not too sweet, more pithy citrus, light pine and grass. Nice one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2015
at 12:20
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at the Bartinis. Pours clear, deep gold with a white foam head. Basic toasty malts, old pine, orange rind. Moderately sweet, some earthy bitterness. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with toasty and grainy malts, earth, leaves, orange peel. This is what people were talking about 10 years ago when they used the term ’East Coast IPA’.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2015
at 12:18
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
This was poured into a snifter.
The appearance was a hazy bronzed orange to amber color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within a minute. Clingy lacing graces the sides of the glass.
The smell starts off mainly with the sweet caramel malts up front gently allowing an ever so slight citrus bittersweetness, not bad.
The taste involved the same sort of the flavors of the aroma to blend and lead into the aftertaste and a sticky finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in body with a decent sessionable to sipping quality to it. Carbonation runs fairly low, and the stickiness hits decently along my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a fairly decent DIPA to me, if anything its got a nice balance with the caramel side.
The appearance was a hazy bronzed orange to amber color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within a minute. Clingy lacing graces the sides of the glass.
The smell starts off mainly with the sweet caramel malts up front gently allowing an ever so slight citrus bittersweetness, not bad.
The taste involved the same sort of the flavors of the aroma to blend and lead into the aftertaste and a sticky finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium in body with a decent sessionable to sipping quality to it. Carbonation runs fairly low, and the stickiness hits decently along my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a fairly decent DIPA to me, if anything its got a nice balance with the caramel side.
Tried
on 03 Oct 2015
at 19:20
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle in pint glass from The Drinkery, Londonderry, NH. Aroma is bready, caramel, roasted cereal malt with a bit of fruit, yeasty dough and barnyard. Appearance is cloudy (lots of sediment floaters) brownish red with minimal beige head that dissipates fairly quickly and trace lacing. Taste is light-to-medium sweet up front and in the middle with some dry sour at the finish. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with average texture and lively carbonation. Overall, pleasant and highly drinkable but isn’t noteworthy in any way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2015
at 20:53
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. A dark golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of citrus fruits and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, citrus fruits, and hops, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Sep 2015
at 21:43
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours a copper from a tap, caramel, vanilla aroma, somewhat bitter flavor, relatively well-balanced. Good beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Sep 2015
at 13:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Andrew. Pours a very dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong brown sugar, cocoa, toasted malt. Medium mouth, sweet roast, brown sugar, vanilla, light dryness, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2015
at 21:05
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. A golden beer with a lazing white head. The aroma has notes of blueberries and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of blueberries, straw, and malt, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Sep 2015
at 16:19
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 8
Can from Harvest Market, Bedford NH. Aroma is resiny, citrusy hops over bread/dough. Appearance is hazy yellow orange with finger width head with decent retention and lacing. Mild sparkle. Taste is mix of moderate sweet with a bit of citrus early with mild bitter late. Palate is medium bodied with thick, slightly slick texture, lively but not obnoxious carbonation and dry, crisp, mildly bitter finish. Overall, aroma is hop dominant but taste is nicely balanced for those not wanting to get run over by hops.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jul 2015
at 19:45