My friend Bobby told me the other day that there are no fewer than 44 microbreweries in Massachusetts. That's a lot, so we started counting them up and quickly realized the number is not unreachable. On this page I will list confirmed microbreweries and nanobreweries.
I won't review these ales here. That's a job already handled admirably by our friends at Yankee Brew News (a must-read for any New England beerhound!), the Insurance Guy's Beer Blog, and at the Beer Advocate. I will only mention something if I had a markedly different experience.
We're up to over 115 craft brewers in New England, and 44 in MA (but I am not certain they are the same 44 as our original conversation suggested!). There are still more to be listed; please let me know of breweries to add, and their websites!
So here we go, around New England in a pint glass:
Maine Microbrewers