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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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beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed
Blueberry Ale from Wachusett Brewing Company
20 years ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
12 oz bottle. Poured macro-yellow with some lacing. Aroma is present - very sweet blueberry. Taste is blueberry but dies out in the end. It doesnt give of a syrupy taste but doesnt fall into that real blueberries area either. On a 90 degree day (such as today) I probably appreciate it a lot more than in December.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Aug 2006 at 18:53
Clarkvv (17430) reviewed
Green Monsta IPA from Wachusett Brewing Company
20 years ago
4.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4
Draught pint at the Horshoe Pub on 4/22/2006
Strong orange-amber-honey colored, with light red tints and a small, poor-to-moderately retained off-white head, no lacing.
Smells dirty, old, musty and hay-like, with grainy, lightly sourish malts and a dirty yeastiness, with stale dough. Hops show light fruitiness and some grass as well, but there are a jumble of different things going on, malt, yeast, very out-of-sync with the hops.
Flavor is not an improvement. Sourish, lightly astringent breadiness backed by papery-thin grassiness and light, old white dough. Hops bitterness is moderate, but almost no flavor or at least, just an odd, farmy-grassy-sweatiness. Tired yeast, definite diacetyl and a sagging carbonation make me think this has just sat too long, but it’s hard to know for sure as the Horshoe, to my knowledge, keeps their Wachusset beers pretty fresh. Will definitely give it another try at a different location or from a different keg.
Tried on 24 Apr 2006 at 11:11
Clarkvv (17430) reviewed
Octoberfest from Wachusett Brewing Company
21 years ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
2005 bottle sampled 9/27/2005. Pours a clear and filtered candied orange colored body, amber-beige if you will. Head is small and held up by the voluminous forced carbonated bubbles rising. Some lacing present. Smells fruity, sweet and sugary, with light bready-dough and a clean yeast. Cherries, light oranges and pale malt sugars in the nose predominate. Flavor is fruity, very malty and sweet, but yet dries out nicely on the end. Orange blossom honey, light acidity to style and just really flavorful. I am really impressed with the amount of flavor packed in to this little guy and the smooth, almost substantial mouthfeel. The forced carbonation does not even seem to bother the beer, nor does the filtration. Hey, who says filtered beers can’t be good? (I do)
Tried from Bottle on 07 Oct 2005 at 09:10
Clarkvv (17430) reviewed
Nut Brown Ale from Wachusett Brewing Company
21 years ago
5.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
2004 bottle. Medium dirt-brown color, vigorous bubbles rising and a fizzy, off-white, disipating head. Aroma of cola, light hazelnut syrup, some light sticky toffee or caramel. Dry, astringent yeast. Flavor, after the ridiculous amount of carbonation has died off somewhat, is actually not bad for this brewery. After being severely underwhelmed by a majority of their, simple, extract tasting beers, this one I actually did not pour out. Some light chocolate notes mix with a drier yeast and nutty flavor to create some semblance of balance. Relatively dry caramel adds some pleasant flavoring to the finish. Body is medium, fairly loose and lightly watery. Wachusett is another brewery that filters any life out of their beers, but this one was passable as a simple, session brown. No hops apparency, maybe that’s why I didnt mind it.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Feb 2005 at 10:17
Clarkvv (17430) reviewed
Country Pale Ale from Wachusett Brewing Company
21 years ago
5.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
2004 bottle. Not sure how people are seeing haziness in this one. Very clear, transparent orange colored body, no yeast sediment, highly filtered. Moderate white head. Aroma has some grass and light earthy hops, as if the opening to a marzen or dortmunder. Very light though, and I have to strain to smell much other than a light, watery, graininess. Flavor does not add much more, with some light herbal, grassy hops, not bitter, but lightly hay-like as in a lager. This is fairly indistinguishable from a decent pale lager, though it dosent have the lager crispness due to its using an ale yeast. Pigfoot is right, it’s a sweet nothing, with no major ups or downs, just a very mediocre beer. Light body, moderate carbonation, low malt sweetness, just a tinge at the start. Still, I can think of a bunch of good pale lagers and golden ales that I’d rather drink than this. It just dosent have that much flavor, and the body is very watery.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2005 at 17:55
Clarkvv (17430) reviewed
Winter Ale from Wachusett Brewing Company
21 years ago
4.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3
2004 bottle. Rosy peach-orange body. HEAVILY filtered, small light beige head with an aroma of caramelized brown sugar, some very light fruity yeast notes and some dry nutty nuances. Flavor does not work. Wow, this is way too sweet. Scotch ale or no scotch ale, this stuff is sugary, boring, very uncomplex and even artificial tasting. Tastes like it was made out of an extract homebrew kit, watery, syrupy flavors, seemingly very few different malts used (at least I can’t taste much variation). I took one or two sips and poured the rest out.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2005 at 08:39
Clarkvv (17430) reviewed
Black Shack Porter from Wachusett Brewing Company
21 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
2004 bottle. Has a very dark brown color, with a moderate amount of fizzy light tan head. Aroma of oily roast, light hops and grains. Flavor is somewhat reminiscent to a Reserve Special Black bier, minus the bottle conditioning, which of course is a big minus. It’s got a looser body, not nearly as much creaminess and flavor, but still overall, you can tell it was well-made. No faults (unless you are like me and call filtration and non-bottle conditioning a fault). Slightly roasty bitterness on the finish, little bit of mocha flavor, touch of sweet milk.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Dec 2004 at 15:07
Clarkvv (17430) reviewed
Summer Ale from Wachusett Brewing Company
21 years ago
3.9/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 3.5
2004 bottle. Very light yellow. Clear, wispy white head. Well I am impressed!!! They have found a way to take Glade Airfreshener in a can and turn it in to a liquid! This is what it tastes and smells like. Im not kidding.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Nov 2004 at 16:53
Clarkvv (17430) reviewed
IPA from Wachusett Brewing Company
22 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
2004 draught at Carambola in Waltham. Served in a shaker, appearing a rusty orange, moderately bright, light chill haze with a small off-white head. Aroma of floral hops; fresh, light and mildly fruity (orange, lemon, tangerine). Flavor is moderately hoppy, no over the top bitterness, everything quite controlled. Light malt sweetness through the body with some dry, quick finishing hops on the end. Light fruit notes throughout, mostly dry, hint of yeast.
Tried on 27 Aug 2004 at 21:53
Clarkvv (17430) reviewed
Quinns Amber Ale from Wachusett Brewing Company
22 years ago
5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
2004 Draft @ black cow in Hamilton MA. Pours a nice enough ruddy reddish-orange a bit on the lighter side, with some light haziness. Good thick cream colored head. Smells of caramel and hops. Flavor is pretty basic, similar to Smithwicks, though not as much hops, quite malty and sweet, good caramel flavor but nothing really stands out that is terribly interesting. Medium body.
Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2004 at 17:22