Trillium Brewing Company


Trillium Brewing Company is a brewery in Massachusetts, United States. The brewery has three facilities located in Fort Point, Boston and Canton.

History

Founders JC and Esther Tetreault established the brewery in 2013 with its first facility in Fort Point, Boston, Massachusetts. In December 2015, the brewery opened a second facility in Canton, Massachusetts. In October 2018, Trillium opened a new 3-story restaurant and brewery in Fort Point.

Awards

For the year 2016, RateBeer listed Trillium as the third-best brewery in the world, and the best brewery in Massachusetts. RateBeer also included six Trillium beers in their top 15 beers in the India Pale Ale category, one beer in the Double IPA category, six beers in the American Amber/Pale category and one beer in the Wheat category.

Controversies

In 2014 Trillium failed to renew their state brewers license, resulting in a nearly month-long closure. Trillium claimed to have submitted an application for renewal in 2013, however no license was issued and the state sent numerous notices to the company without response. Trillium continued to operate illegally for the majority of 2014 and was closed by the state at the end of November 2014.
In late 2018, a number of former Trillium employees posted messaged on BeerAdvocate.com accusing the ownership of cutting wages, serving sub par product to customers, paying retail staff server wages and illegally using tequila in a beer and instructing staff to lie about it. Trillium owner JC Tetreault spoke to the Boston Globe admitting to making "a mistake" and did not deny any of the claims, confirming many of them.
On November 26, 2018, the owners of Trillium posted a statement on their website saying retail employees will have their hourly wages restored for longtime workers whose pay had been cut. They company also apologized to employees, customers, and friends. The Boston Globe reported the company's retail workforce will be paid $15 to $18 an hour, and still have the ability to earn tips from customers purchasing beer.
In July of 2020 cans of Trillium's fruited Berliner Weiss, Daily Serving, began to explode at consumer's homes due to refermentation taking place in the cans. Trillium released a statement about the exploding cans which was perceived by many as blaming the customers for poorly storing the cans and taking no responsibility for the fact that they sold a product that could explode.