# Essex County Brewing Company @ Alfalfa Farm

> Essex County Brewing Company @ Alfalfa Farm in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States scores 3.76 out of 5 — Fine, #148 in Massachusetts.

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Essex County Brewing Company @ Alfalfa Farm is a brewery in Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.76 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #148 in Massachusetts. Of the 57 beers we track, 70% are IPA and 11% Pale Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.76 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #148 in Massachusetts · #5,271 in United States · #7,597 worldwide
- Popularity: Lightly rated
- Beers tracked: 57

## About

Essex County Brewing Company produce's high quality beer and has a decent variety of ones to choose from. They are most well known for "Judah", which is an Imperial New England IPA and "Symposium", which is a Session IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Pale Ales.

## What they brew

- IPA — 70% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 11% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 9% of the beers we track
- Other — 5% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 3% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 2% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States
- Coordinates: 42.6801022, -70.8375741
- Website: https://alfalfafarmcellars.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Ipswich Ale Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/ipswich-ale-brewery-66.md) — 3.52, Poor — Ipswich, Massachusetts — 0.2 mi away
- [True North Ale Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/true-north-ale-company-2126.md) — 3.89, Fine — Ipswich, Massachusetts — 0.7 mi away
- [Anonymous Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/anonymous-brewing-1164.md) — 3.06, Limited — Rowley, Massachusetts — 4.6 mi away
- [Great Marsh Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/great-marsh-brewing-company-24775.md) — 3.81, Fine — Essex, Massachusetts — 4.6 mi away
- [Wandering Soul Beer](https://finding.beer/brewery/wandering-soul-beer-19467.md) — 3.90, Fine — Beverly, Massachusetts — 8.7 mi away
- [RiverWalk Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/riverwalk-brewing-co-2559.md) — 3.76, Fine — Newburyport, Massachusetts — 8.7 mi away
- [Newburyport Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/newburyport-brewing-company-2541.md) — 3.77, Fine — Newburyport, Massachusetts — 8.9 mi away
- [Gentile Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/gentile-brewing-co-1531.md) — 3.51, Poor — Beverly, Massachusetts — 9.3 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Massachusetts](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/massachusetts.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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