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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6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Reviewed from notes.
The appearance was a ruddy burnt dark orange to amber color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that slid off pretty quick. Not much lace.
The aroma had some sweet nuts, smooth caramel/toffee sweet malts, grassy hops and sweet bready/doughiness.
The flavor leaned towards the smooth sweet breadiness. Some dark breadiness came in. Super smooth lingering malty aftertaste and finish.
The palate was between light and medium bodied. Good sessionability. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt fine.
Overall, good as a beer, somewhat lager-like, but didn’t bother me. I’d come back to this.

Tried on 14 May 2017 at 13:03


7

Tried on 14 Apr 2017 at 17:52


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Poured from can dated 3/16/17 hazy dark golden orange with a white head. Aromas of resinous pine floral notes scallion and citrus. Taste is decent citrus rind grapefruit scallion medium mouthfeel and a nice hop finish. Wow!

Tried from Can on 14 Apr 2017 at 16:51


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

Pours a straw from a tap, lots of hay in the nose, makes it difficult to drink, works better when I take the hay out. Okay beer.

---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Tried from Draft on 31 Mar 2017 at 18:21


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Pours gold into a shaker. Bright white soapy head with medium retention recedes to bubble surface. Hay and caramel aromas. Crisp with sweet/sour citrus and hay front to back. Lasting bitter earth finish.

Tried on 03 Jan 2017 at 21:16


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12oz can pours out a dark brown topped with a tan head. Nose is sweet milk chocolate a light roast malt and a touch of coffee . Taste is more of the nice milk chocolate some vanilla even and a roast malt.

Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2016 at 18:35


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle Light pale yellow, a quick white head. I couldn’t detect hardley any blueberry Just a light, slightly sweet pale ale.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2016 at 14:15


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

Draught at Galway House, 11/17/16.
Clear, straw-golden. White head immediately fizzles away.
Soft, dusty, lightly herbal hops in the nose with a bit more spiciness picking up on the finish. Some toasted malt character, in a healthy balance with the base malt, gives a baguette character. Clean, no alcohol or flaw.
Light to medium-bodied, with good attenuation, straw, grain and toasted bread malt character balancing herbal/spicy German hops. Fizzy carbonation and not much of a substantial maltiness to it, texture-wise. Kind of fruity. Seems more like an American golden ale with German hops, but at least it’s clean and reasonably drinkable.

Tried from Can on 24 Nov 2016 at 12:28


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

I really like this beer, and it reminds me quite a bit of SN’s current oktoberfest. Golden color, nice vinous maltiness, a bit juicy, toffee. Good peppery hoppiness, gives it a small kick and a balanced finish. Shows a little off-fruitiness if you drink it too warm, so put a good chill on it.

Tried on 16 Nov 2016 at 11:51


5.2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle pours a hazy copper golden quick fizzy light tan head. Grainy light malt flavors. Some hop character and fair bitterness. Some wet paper malt notes at the end.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2016 at 21:03