Trillium Brewing Company
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| Industry | Alcoholic beverage |
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| Founded | 2013 |
| Founder | JC and Esther Tetreault |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Products | Beer |
| Owner | JC and Esther Tetreault |
Number of employees | 286 Full and Part-time (2018) |
| Website | www |
Trillium Brewing Company is a brewery that currently operates six facilities throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut, United States. These locations include a production brewery in Canton, MA, a restaurant/taproom/beer garden in Canton, MA, a full-service restaurant and pilot brewery in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston, a taproom/beer garden in Boston's Fenway neighborhood, an open-air seasonal beer garden in downtown Boston, and a farm focused on regenerative, wholistic agriculture in North Stonington, CT.[1]
After two years of planning, buildout, pilot brewing, and securing licenses and permits,[2] founders JC and Esther Tetreault established the brewery on March 21, 2013, at its first facility in Fort Point, Boston, Massachusetts.[3] Despite its urban setting, the Tetreault's have envisioned Trillium as a New England farmhouse-inspired brewery rooted in community and hospitality from its inception. With brewing and to-go retail operations under the same, 2,500 square-foot on Congress Street, the brewery quickly outgrew its original home.
In December 2015, Trillium opened a second facility in at 110 Shawmut Road in Canton, Massachusetts.[4] The 16,000 square-foot space allowed for the brewery to install a 30bbl brewhouse, increase production dramatically, and pour their beers direct-to-guest for the first time in the young company's history.
In the summer of 2017, Trillium opened up their seasonally-operating Beer Garden on The Greenway. This space is located alongside Atlantic Avenue on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in partnership with the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, and offers draft pours and rotating food truck vendors.
In October 2018, Trillium opened a 3-story restaurant and brewery in Fort Point, complete with patio, roof deck, and a full farm-to-table style menu.
In October 2019, Trillium opened the doors to their Fenway taproom and beer garden located at 401 Park Drive, only a short walk from Fenway Park.
In July 2021, Trillium relocated their Canton taproom location from 110 Shawmut Rd to their expansive new home at 100 Royall St, overlooking the Blue Hills Reservation, and allowing for a higher volume and more immersive customer experience. 110 Shawmut Rd location continues to operate as a brewery production facility.
Awards
Trillium quickly made their way to the RateBeer "Best Brewers in the World" Top 100 chart, beginning in 2014. From 2016 to 2019 RateBeer has consistently listed Trillium as the 3rd best brewery in the world,[5] named them the best brewery in Massachusetts in 2019,[6] and the 4th best in the world in 2020. In 2016, RateBeer also included six Trillium beers in their top 15 beers in the India Pale Ale (IPA) category, one beer in the Double IPA category, six beers in the American Amber/Pale category and one beer in the Wheat category.[7] Trillium has continued to claim numerous other beer category awards annually ever since.