Wormtown Brewing Co.

Microbrewery in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Hendler Family Brewing Company

Established in 2015

Contact
72 Shrewsbury St, Worcester, MA, 01604, United States
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!

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Sample at GABF 10/13/2012, thanks to Bluemeow76 for assistance with note-taking. Pours a dark brown color with a medium tan head and small patches of lace. Aroma of toasted coconuts and chocolate. Medium body with huge coconut flavor along with some mild chocolate and malt. The finish is sweet with a coconut aftertaste. Pretty good overall.

Tried on 26 Oct 2012 at 20:42


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Sample at GABF 10/13/2012, thanks to Bluemeow76 for assistance with note-taking. Dark brown pour with a thin light beige head and short strings of lace. Aroma of chocolate and malt. Medium-bodied with roasted malt, chocolate and mild hops flavors. The finish is short with a sweet malt aftertaste. Decent overall.

Tried on 23 Oct 2012 at 07:41


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared with family on Martha’s Vineyard, MA. Pours dark, red-brown with a thick, creamy beige cap. Nose is heav on the roast and heavy on the pine and grapefruit. Medium to big sweet falvor with medium roasted malts, strong bitterness of grapefruit, heady pine, grass. Also some modest dark chocolate, earth and burnt toast. Medium to full bodied with average, creamy carbonation. Quite resinous on the finish with strong roasted malt character, some charred toast, lasting pine, grass and ripe grapefruit. There are some hints of tropical fruits lingering behind the roast and pine. A good bit of depth here. Overall, a very solid black IPA. I like it.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Aug 2012 at 18:14


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

A hazed blonde saison with a thin white head. In aroma, smooth sweet fruity malt with light citrus notes. In mouth, a smooth dry fruity malt with banana notes, bubblegum notes, nice and Belgian. Tasted at Drink Craft Beer Summerfest Fest, July 14 2012.

Tried on 23 Jul 2012 at 18:15


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pours mahogany with thin mocha head of foam. The aroma is earthy, roasted malts, dank wet cigar leaves and then coffee like roastiness. The taste begins with pretty much rich roasted maltiness, earthy malts and a mild level of dark roasted coffee notes. This is pretty darn smooth stuff that keeps it on the modest side in roastiness allowing other notes to be heard.

Tried on 01 Jul 2012 at 06:09


6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 12fl.oz.Clear medium yellow colour with a small large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, pale, moderate hoppy, grass, citrus notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120515]

Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2012 at 06:23


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. A slightly hazy pale golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, spicy hops, and a bit of caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and spicy hops, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks pinball for sharing.

Tried from Bottle on 16 May 2012 at 06:13


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

12 fl oz bottle. Pours clear and pale yellow with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity and peachy. Crisp hoppy and light citrusy. Smooth peachy. Bitter and mild citrusy finish.

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2012 at 11:17


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

pale yellow, smooth white head. flowery aroma, wheat, yellow fruits in the aroma.flavor is yellow fruity, malty, slightly flowery, slightly wheaty.nice flowery touch.

Tried on 15 May 2012 at 08:15


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of Pinball. Pours an almost clear pale yellow with a smal white head. Lightly citrusy hop aroma. Medium body, a very dry fruitiness, slightly chemical with a crude bitterness. Gets metallic. Rough an not all that aromatic. 150512

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2012 at 08:09