Harpoon has grown. In 2012, 193,000 barrels were brewed onsite and at the company’s second brewery in Windsor, Vt. It remains a smaller competitor to the Boston Beer Co.
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Harpoon has grown. In 2012, 193,000 barrels were brewed onsite and at the company’s second brewery in Windsor, Vt. It remains a smaller competitor to the Boston Beer Co.By Gary Dzen
Globe Staff /
January 14, 2013
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That variety has both complicated the day-to-day operations of Harpoon and kept the brewery on trend with the explosion of the craft industry. There are currently 44 breweries in Massachusetts, with about 20 more in planning stages, according to Kristen Sykes, executive director of the Massachusetts Brewer’s Guild.
“This has become one of the best places in the world to drink local beer, and Harpoon has played a leading role in that,” said Sykes.
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