Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of breweries in Massachusetts
The article starts by telling us that "''In 1637, Robert Sedgewick began operation of the first brewery in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, just 17 years after the Mayflower landed in 1620.''"  This is clearly historical material and so refutes the claims made above.  The topic is the subject of at least one book: ''http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=H9t77cfvOPoC Massachusetts Breweries''.  This shows that the topic passes  and that we are not short of material with which to develop it.  Our |editing policy therefore applies
— user:Andrew, 12:41, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:LISTN||WP:PRESERVE (Wikipedia:Notability)