Pioneer Valley Eats · Breweries & Bars

Breweries & Bars in the Pioneer Valley

45 places across nine Western Massachusetts cities and towns — grouped by town, with addresses and direct links.

The Valley has a legitimate beer trail — thirteen breweries at last count. Easthampton alone supports Abandoned Building, Fort Hill, and New City's ginger beer; Westfield answers with Tin Bridge, Skyline, and Great Awakening's mill taproom; White Lion pours in downtown Springfield's Tower Square, Progression in Northampton, Holyoke Craft Beer in the canal district, Two Weeks Notice in West Springfield, and Leadfoot brought brewing back to Chicopee after a 44-year gap. The rest of the section is the barroom canon — Northampton's cocktail rooms and dives, Springfield's downtown pool hall and piano bar, and every town's neighborhood taps — grouped by town below.

Agawam

3 places

Amherst

6 places
  • Amherst BrewingAmherst24 N Pleasant StHouse-brewed beers at the Hangar Pub
  • McMurphy's Uptown TavernAmherstDecades-old college tavern, freshly relocated
  • Stackers PubAmherst57 N Pleasant StNo-frills uptown sports pub
  • The DrakeAmherst44 N Pleasant StDowntown music venue with full bar
  • The Moan & DoveAmherst460 West StBeer bar
  • The SpokeAmherst35 E Pleasant StLong-running dive favored by UMass crowds

Chicopee

4 places

Easthampton

7 places

Holyoke

2 places
  • Brennan's PlaceHolyoke173 High StOld-school Irish pub on High Street
  • Holyoke Craft BeerHolyoke208 Race StSmall-batch brewery taproom in the canal district

Northampton

9 places

Springfield

7 places

West Springfield

2 places

Westfield

5 places