page_title: List of breweries in Massachusetts
section_title: Nantucket County
hierarchical_section_title: List of breweries in Massachusetts / Nantucket County
caption_attribution_description: English: A big bottle of Cisco Brewers Island Tripel Ale, and a glassful of said ale.
context_page_description: This is an historical overview and list of Massachusetts breweries and beer brands that are currently operating. Breweries in Massachusetts produce a wide range of beers in different styles that are marketed locally, regionally, and nationally. In 2012 Massachusetts' 72 brewing establishments employed 1,100 people directly, and more than 25,000 others in related jobs such as wholesaling and retailing. Altogether, 53 people in Massachusetts had active brewer permits in 2012.
  As of 2018, there are more than 150 registered craft brewers in Massachusetts.
  Including people directly employed in brewing, as well as those who supply Massachusetts' breweries with everything from ingredients to machinery, the total business and personal tax revenue generated by Massachusetts' breweries and related industries was more than $990 million. Consumer purchases of Massachusetts' brewery products generated more than $152 million extra in tax revenue. In 2012, according to the Brewers Association, Massachusetts ranked 28th in the number of craft breweries per capita with 47.
context_section_description: Cisco Brewers, Nantucket – production brewery
caption: Cisco Brewers' Tripel
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