Local beer production stopping at Middlebury plant as Harpoon buys Otter Creek, WhistlePig buys the building

MIDDLEBURY — The Mass. Bay Brewing Company, the makers of Harpoon beer, is buying the company that brews Otter Creek and Shed beers and is selling the Middlebury plant that makes those beers to whiskey maker WhistlePig. The 45 employees who currently work in the Otter Creek/Shed brewery on Exchange Street in Middlebury’s industrial park fear for their jobs as neither Harpoon nor WhistlePig have committed to keeping them on the payroll. Officials wouldn’t disclose the terms of the sale, which was announced t … (read more)

It is unclear what exactly will happen to the jobs of the 45 employees who currently work in the Otter Creek/Shed brewery on Exchange Street in Middlebury’s industrial park.

The acclaimed Heath Quartet returns to Middlebury College on Saturday, Oct. 5, and Friday, Oct. 11, to help celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birth year. The ensemble will present Beethoven’s entire string quartet cycle over six concerts this season, bookending … (read more)