Castle Island Brewing Company

On the heels of its recent taproom opening, Castle Island Brewing Company is expanding its core line-up with the release of Hi-Def, a new Double IPA. Hi-Def marks the first addition to the core lineup that will be available throughout Castle Island’s distribution network since the Company opened its doors in late 2015.

Since opening Castle Island Brewing on the outskirts of Boston in December 2015, founder Adam Romanow believes he’s missed out on as much as $50,000 per month in direct-to-consumer sales as a result of not having a taproom. That will change in June, when the Norwood, Massachusetts-based craft brewery opens a 1,500 sq. ft. taproom with capacity for 100 drinkers and 16 rotating draft lines.

Massachusetts’ Castle Island Brewing Company has expanded its capacity for the second time in 15 months. Brewery founder and president Adam Romanow told Brewbound that increased demand for his company’s core beers — Candlepin Hoppy Session Ale and Keeper IPA — led to the installation of three new 60-barrel fermentation tanks that increased the brewery’s capacity to more than 13,000 barrels annually.

Castle Island Brewing Company is ringing in the new year with the announcement of its newest beer, and an updated look for one of its first beers.

A year after opening for business, Castle Island Brewing Company is releasing ONE, the brewery’s first imperial stout, to celebrate their one-year anniversary.

Desalitech today announced the achievement of record-breaking reverse osmosis water recovery rates of 96% at the Padre Dam Advanced Water Reclamation plant in Southern California and 98% from the Charles River for use by local brewers.

After successful launches in three other Massachusetts markets, Castle Island is now taking its growing brand to the North Shore. Beginning this week, the brewery’s beers will be available as far North as the New Hampshire and Maine borders. Castle Island has partnered with Danvers-based Merrimack Valley Distributing Company to bring its beers to the territory.

Just seven months after opening, Castle Island Brewing Co. is already adding capacity to keep up with increasing demand in the market. The company’s core beers — Candlepin and Keeper — have become mainstays amongst Greater Boston retailers, and are now available in over 650 locations.

With the help of Massachusetts Beverage Alliance, Castle Island launched Candlepin, its flagship hoppy session ale, into broader distribution in early January. Shortly thereafter, the company introduced Keeper, a “new age” IPA brewed with Columbus, Simcoe and Cascade hops. The brewery also hired Sam Puopolo, an experienced craft beer sales rep, as the company’s first sales manager.

After more than four years of planning, capital raising, test-batching and building, Castle Island Brewing is officially open for business.

Always do your homework. That’s the advice Castle Island Brewing founder Adam Romanow had for other entrepreneurs during this week’s Brew Talks meetup, held inside of his aforementioned and soon-to-launch Boston-area brewery.

Way back in 2011, Brewbound met a pair of entrepreneurs who, at the time, were planning to open a small craft brewery in South Boston under the name Critical Mass Brewing. More than four years later, the startup, now known as Castle Island Brewing, is finally on the verge of an official launch. The extended timeline of getting the project off the ground has left founder Adam Romanow with plenty of dos and don’ts. At tonight’s Brew Talks meetup, happening inside of his soon to open brewery in Norwood, Romanow will share a myriad of entrepreneurial lessons.

Brewbound is pleased to announce that a trio of successful Boston-area craft brewery entrepreneurs will speak at Brew Talks New England, taking place at the soon-to-launch Castle Island Brewing in Norwood, Mass. on September 28. Trillium Brewing founder Jean-Claude Tetreault, Notch Brewing founder Chris Lohring and Jack’s Abby co-founder Sam Hendler will join Brewbound editor Chris Furnari in a panel discussion focused on brewery businesses in transition.

Brewbound is pleased to announce that Brew Talks – a traveling meetup for beer industry professionals – will return to the Boston area on Monday, September 28. The event, which will feature conversations with local craft brewers, will be held inside of the soon-to-launch Castle Island Brewing Company, located at 31 Astor Ave. in Norwood, Mass.