The Next Draft: Bull Spit Brewing Co. in Lancaster weighs clean break, fresh start with new brewery in Winchendon
By Matthew Tota
Correspondent
Once, naively, I believed that a brewery could thrive in any town or city in this state.
I had been convinced that every community could benefit from hosting one or even three breweries. Any trepidation from local leaders would fade once they see the kind of social and economic benefits breweries offer, or get to know the hard-working small business owners running them. There are always exceptions, of course see Sunday River Brewing Co. in Maine but mostly you’ll find examples of breweries beloved in their hometowns, lauded as model businesses.
In these current days of COVID before mass vaccination, live performance outlets are still extremely limited or nonexistent with the state s recent return to Phase 3, Step 1.
Fortunately, many artists, musicians, actors, producers and others in related areas here and with Worcester area ties were determined to keep going. Often that meant finding innovative ways to express themselves and to continue to engage and entertain us.
O Donovan brought us GBH Presents A Christmas Celtic Sojourn ONLINE with Brian O Donovan. The Hanover Theatre engaged its new THT Rep and the BrickBox Theater for A Christmas Carol Reimagined, while Music Worcester presented a Virtual Messiah Sing. New voices emerged.