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!
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Tap at yard house prior to sox game think I had 3 of these. Hazy orange gold with big puffy head. Nose is sweet florals and tropical fruits. Tastes of mango, oranges, candy, fresh cut grass, and florals. Fine semi sweet finish. Tasty
Tried
from Draft
on 25 May 2015
at 14:23
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared at a tasting. Pours dark brown with a thin fizzy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, coconut, motor oil, peanut butter. The taste is roasted malt, chocolate, coconut, dark fruits. Medium bodied, lingering roast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2015
at 00:53
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottle thanks to Team Florida. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong coconut, cocoa, and roast. Medium mouthfeel with strong coconut milk, roast, cocoa, lactose really overpowered this one
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Nov 2014
at 17:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at GABF 10/03/2014, thanks to my sis for assistance with note-taking. The beer is a slightly hazy orange-gold color with a medium dense white head that recedes gradually. Sticky small patches of lace. Aroma of hops, fruit and malt. Light to medium body with flavors of grassy hops, fruit and biscuit malt. The finish is mildly bitter with a short hoppy aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2014
at 20:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Fresh 22 oz. bottle thanks to Rob B. Huge fluffy white head with strong head retention. Awesome aroma! Citrusy, resiny lightly earthy and somewhat dank. Juicy hops. Flavor is dank, green leafy hop flavors, big citrus with hints of pineapple juice, tropical fruits of mango and spicy. Oily / slick hop oil finish with a strong bread and caramel backbone. The bitterness lingers for a good while and shows the juicy fruity hops right after the sip. This is finely crafted DIPA and a joy to drink. Any hophead should be pleased with a fresh sample!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jun 2014
at 14:48
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thanks to jlindros. Beautiful head on this beer. It’s a solid mass of white foam that sticks around for a long time and leaves solid rings marking each sip. The liquid is a cloudy golden mass of color. I don’t put a lot of stock in appearance, but this is an attractive IPA. Aroma has a nice dose of hops backed with light malt and some good mineral character. The hops are sweet and pack a lot of citrus. Tangerine, grass, pine, grapefruit, mint, pear, green grape. It’s a bit restrained and doesn’t have the huge juiciness of some new IPAs, but what’s there is quite nice and it’s all sweet and rather mouthwatering. Moderate bitterness. Quite dry. More mineral flavor. Some light, doughy malt. Good flavor from the hops. It never gets blandly bitter, which is more and more becoming a bright line test of hoppy beer quality for me. Tangerine, pine, grass, pepper. Some herbal and spicy hop notes. Light on the palate. Very easy to drink. Normal carbonation. Some hop oiliness. This is an excellent IPA. I think it would be even juicier fresh, and if not, they could use the same basic formula to pump that up. This is right in the same space as the new wave of top hoppy beers.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2014
at 22:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Bottle - thanks to Reynolds314! Pours cloudy orange with a medium puffy off-white head that dissipates slowly with nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is buttery with strong pine, floral and citrus notes. Flavor is the same, medium sweet buttery biscuit and light bitter pine and citrus. Full body and creamy oily mouthfeel. Nice enough effort, but not really standing out of the pack.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2014
at 22:13
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can with thanks to Reynolds314! Pours hazy/cloudy orange with a large puffy off-white head that dissipates in time leaving clumpy lacing on the glass. Aroma is citrus, grapefruit, tropical notes, touch of cat piss. Flavor follows, lightly sweet initially, drying out with tropical citrus grapefruit passionfruit flavors on the tongue. Light bitterness throughout, lingering to the finish. Medium body, oily mouthfeel. Damn fine IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Mar 2014
at 23:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
22 oz. Bottle thanks to Rob B. Fresh bottle date of Feb 2014, tits!! Color is mostly clear gold with soapy head in the snifter. Nose is big juicy hops. Grapefruit, tangerine and nice floral influence. Flavor is dirty. The bitterness lingers for a nice, long while. Grapefruit and pithy resin. Light notes of onion and scallions. Lightly dank. Really damn nice. Bitterness lingers. Hop heads be pleased!
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2014
at 20:49
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at DadsThursday. Pours cloudy gold with white head. Nose and taste of caramel malt, hops, orange candy, pine and resin. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2014
at 20:04