Wormtown Brewing Co.
Microbrewery
in
Worcester,
Massachusetts,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
Hendler Family Brewing Company
Established in 2015
Contact
Description
It all began in an ice cream shop on Park Ave in Worcester.
Ben had a vision for a brick and mortar brewery in his hometown of Worcester, MA and Tom was trying to figure out what to do with the addition on his restaurant that was the former home to Peppercorn’s Ice Cream Factory. After a few beers one night on a bar stool, a plan was formed to start a brewery that would be committed to being local both in our branding and our ingredients.
The brewery officially opened on March 17, 2010 and we really weren’t sure what to expect… worst case we’d have a lot of beer to share with our friends. Luckily, we received incredible support from our local community that extended to the entire beer community, with medals at GABF, World Beer Cup and numerous awards around the globe since.
In January 2015, after 13 months of construction and almost 5 years crammed in an ice cream stand, we brewed our first beer on Shrewsbury St. located in the heart of Worcester. Fast forward to today, we are continuing to expand our capacity in Worcester and now have a beautiful second taproom with a 7bbl “test kitchen” at Patriot Place in Foxborough, MA.
More capacity means we can offer our beers in more places! Currently, we are available in all of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Vermont with hopeful plans to one day fill out all of New England.
Wait, the name? Well, Wormtown was simply way cooler than Worcester Brewing Company. And it allows us to have that 3-decker attitude that we put into all of our beers!
Ben had a vision for a brick and mortar brewery in his hometown of Worcester, MA and Tom was trying to figure out what to do with the addition on his restaurant that was the former home to Peppercorn’s Ice Cream Factory. After a few beers one night on a bar stool, a plan was formed to start a brewery that would be committed to being local both in our branding and our ingredients.
The brewery officially opened on March 17, 2010 and we really weren’t sure what to expect… worst case we’d have a lot of beer to share with our friends. Luckily, we received incredible support from our local community that extended to the entire beer community, with medals at GABF, World Beer Cup and numerous awards around the globe since.
In January 2015, after 13 months of construction and almost 5 years crammed in an ice cream stand, we brewed our first beer on Shrewsbury St. located in the heart of Worcester. Fast forward to today, we are continuing to expand our capacity in Worcester and now have a beautiful second taproom with a 7bbl “test kitchen” at Patriot Place in Foxborough, MA.
More capacity means we can offer our beers in more places! Currently, we are available in all of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Vermont with hopeful plans to one day fill out all of New England.
Wait, the name? Well, Wormtown was simply way cooler than Worcester Brewing Company. And it allows us to have that 3-decker attitude that we put into all of our beers!
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a golden straw from a bottle, noble hop aroma and flavor, hit of bitterness at the finish. Okay beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2017
at 19:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Unclear, golden-yellow colored, medium white frothy head, nice lacing and good lasting. Aroma is of some malt, nice and hoppy grapefruity citrus, floral and fruity, medium to strong. Taste is medium sweet malt, medium to strong grapefruit citrus, tangerine and floral notes, zesty, medium+ bitterness, dry finish. Medium bodied, soft+ carbonation, oily. So very nice and freshly hoppy! (bottle, Craft Beer Rising, London)
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2017
at 15:58
8/10
Nice bittermess and good balance.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2017
at 18:17
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle pour into shaker pint glass from One Stop Market. Appearance is clear, dark ruby red with fair sparkle, two-finger width foamy beige head with good retention and tons of sudsy lacing. Aroma is roasted malts and coffee. Taste is strong roasted coffee offset by caramel sweetness, a bit like heavily browned toast at the end. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with thin texture, soft carbonation and bittersweet roasted finish. Overall, I typically like my coffee-related beers to be heavy and thick but it was a nice change of pace to get it in a lighter form.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2017
at 20:35
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a yellow golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2017
at 15:27
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a pale golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty weak citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty weak citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty weak citrus hoppy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2017
at 15:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottle at home ... golden amber ... big off white head .. soft sweet floral orange lemon fruit nose ...juicy dry bitter orange peel... long dry fruit ... long long .. very bitter fruit finish ...
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2017
at 10:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from tap at Grill Next Door black with a nice cocoa head. Aromas of roasted malt chocolate coffee and toffee. Taste is rich and creamy chocolate coffe roasted malt dark fruit vanilla. Well done.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2016
at 15:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft at the Sylvan Street Grille, Salisbury, MA. Deep brown in color with lasting thin head. Lace down the standard shaker glass. Aroma is toasted nuts, mile chocolate, yeast. The body is pretty good for a brown ale, medium with a creamy texture. The flavor reflects the aroma with the addition of a mild coffee element. The coffee is light but overall, this is very drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Dec 2016
at 17:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours black into a snifter. Mocha head with excellent retention recedes leaving spider lacing. Dark chocolate, espresso and vanilla aromas. Sweet dark chocolate milk, vanilla and licorice front to back and into the lasting dark espresso finish.
Tried
on 15 Dec 2016
at 19:15