Framingham's Springdale Barrel Room Put On Hiatus 'Indefinitely'

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Springdale Beer Company allowed Jack's Abby, known best for lagers, to get real, real creative. But the experimental brewing arm of one of the region's premier brewers seems to have come to an end.

Springdale Beer Co. posted a message to social media and its website this week announcing that the barrel room and company will be placed on an indefinite hiatus.

They will serve beer at the Screaming Females Garden Party in New Jersey, but will shutter the operation after.

Here's the full statement:

"After a little more than 6 years of exploring the boundaries of flavor forward fermentation, it's time for Springdale to say farewell. We're going out with a bang, joining the Screaming Females for their annual Garden Party at White Eagle Hall in Jersey City, NJ. We'll be toasting copiously with our Drop by Drop collaboration IPA we made with the band.

When we opened the Barrel Room in 2016, we were so gloriously naïve about the waters ahead. We wanted to make impactful, interesting beer that we could invite people to geek out over. We did that over and over, in our Barrel Room and beyond. Friendships, love stories, inside and outside jokes grew out of this weird "little" corner of our brewery.

Of course, the world had other plans. Our beloved Barrel Room had to be given up to make space for a new packaging line. What was once our taproom is now an actual office, albeit one with a huge bar in the middle (no complaints on that front).

Though we tried to find another home for this project, our efforts fell short and we've made the tough decision to put Springdale on hiatus indefinitely. While we hope to someday find a place for all the ideas (and puns) that don't fit at Jack's Abby, for now we're content to keep ourselves busy fussing over lager beer.

Until then... see you in the pit!"

Springdale made most sales in-person at the barrel room, but COVID restrictions obviously forced that to change. However, when those restrictions lifted, Springdale never reopened the brewery.

MetroWest Daily News interviewed company representatives, who confirmed that lingering effects from COVID are a main driver of this decision.