Welcome to IndieFerm!

Independent Fermentations Brewing (aka IndieFerm) is a small craft beer brewery, kombucha brewery, tap room, home brew shop, and hop farm.

IndieFerm specializes in making craft beers with locally grown ingredients with an emphasis on Belgian and German styles. We brew what we like to drink and that covers a lot of territory.  We tend to like beers with balance believing that a beer made with the perfect mix of malts and hops is better than a beer overloaded with either one. In other words, we make a lot more than just New England IPA’s.  There are so many ways to combine water, malt, hops and yeast that there is no need to go crazy with other flavorings. The guiding mantra is “beer should taste like beer”. Our beers are available throughout southeastern Massachusetts, typically within 45 miles of Plymouth. 

Our tap room has eight beers and three kombuchas on tap Thursday through Sunday every week. We usually have a pop-up food vendor and sometimes we have live music. We are always pet and family friendly.

Our craft kombucha is brewed in small batches, handcrafted with organic tea, and organic cane sugar in stainless steel fermentors. We lightly carbonate our kombucha and keg, bottle, and label everything by hand. It is a labor of love. We have both non-alcoholic (< 0.5%) and alcoholic flavors. We have six rotating flavors of kombucha on tap at our brewery (3 in the taproom, 3 in IndieFerm Supply shop) and we have several more flavors of kombucha available in bottles. We offer discount refills on empty kombucha bottles to encourage you to reduce and reuse. 

You can find also us with our kombucha at the Rye Tavern Farmers Market, Marshfield Farmers Market, and Kingston Farmers Market through the Spring and Summer season.  State law doesn’t allow breweries to sell beer at farmers markets. Bummer.

Our homebrew store, IndieFerm Supply, has everything the new or experienced home brewer needs to make their own beer, kombuchca, cider, wine, or mead.  And we frequently hold classes on brewing beer, kombucha making, cheese making, and other fermentation topics.  Normally (pre-COVID-19), our homebrew club meets on the third Thursday of every month in the tap room.  Until we come up with a better name, it is tentatively known as the Association for Socially Awkward Home Brewers (the AFSAHB?) because aren’t we all at least a little bit socially awkward?  But a little beer helps. Meetings will resume when it is safe to do so.

Our hop farm, Chillinville Hops, is located in the Chiltonville section of Plymouth on land owned by Wildlands Trust.  We have a total of 400 hop plants growing there including centennial, cascade, and nugget hop varieties.  We are still brewers first and foremost but it is great to grow and harvest some of the ingredients for our beer ourselves.  Thanks to Wildlands Trust for allowing us to use their property!

Taproom

Our outdoor beer garden and taproom are open for pints, flights and to-go sales of cans, growler fills, and other merchandise. Please help us stay safe and wear your mask if you are not vaccinated. The taproom and beer garden hours are:

  • Thursday & Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
  • Saturday from 12 – 7:00 p.m., and
  • Sunday from 12 – 5:30 p.m.

We have 8 beers on draft .  We pride ourselves on having a wide variety of styles to choose from including a few malt forward beers, something hoppy, and usually something funky or sour.  The line up changes often as new beers are brewed. Three flavors of draft kombucha are also available.  Draft beer to-go is available in 64 oz. and 32 oz. growlers.  We also sell 4-packs of 16 oz cans of many of our beers and 16 oz bottles of kombucha.

The taproom/beer garden is a family-friendly relaxed atmosphere where beer and conversation are the focus.  No TVs, no loud music, and one wall is a large chalkboard for kids to draw on.  We are “dog-friendly for friendly dogs” so bring your best friend. We have installed a covered geodesic dome to provide some shelter in colder weather. It is actually quite comfortable.

Indie Ferm Kombucha

Kombucha is an ancient ferment that originated in China in 200 BC. Kombucha is a sweet tea fermented with a unique culture of active yeast and bacteria referred to as a SCOBY (symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast). Kombucha is popular for its array of health benefits, specifically it’s live, active cultures that promote gut health, and detoxying and immune boosting properties. 

Kombucha is composed of water, black or green tea, sugar, and a SCOBY and starter liquid (backslop from a previous batch of kombucha). First, the tea is brewed, then the sugar is added, the tea cools, and the starter liquid and SCOBY are added to the tea, and it is left to aerobically ferment at room temperature for anywhere from 1-3 weeks. While the kombucha ferments, the starter liquid innoculates the tea with active yeast and bacteria to jump start the fermentation process and lower to pH to encourage an acidic environment that inhibits the growth of harmful pathogens. The active yeast consumes the sugar and converts it into ethanol. The bacteria eats the ethanol and converts it into acetic acid (vinegar). By the end of the fermentation cycle, you have an effervescent, slightly tart, and slightly alcoholic beverage. 

We first started brewing kombucha at the brewery in 2017 in small, experimental batches. Since then, we have upscaled our production. We went from offering three flavors to nine flavors, and our kombucha is now available in various stores, cafes, and restaurants along the South Shore.

Where to find Indie Ferm Kombucha:

IndieFerm Brewing & IndieFerm Supply: on tap & bottles & discount refills (Plymouth)

The Market at Pinehills: bottles (Plymouth)

Clements Marketplace: bottles (Plymouth)

Jolly Bean Cafe: on tap, bottles (Plymouth)

Hot Yoga 1620: bottles (Plymouth)

Wicked Healthy: on tap & bottles (Kingston)

Nessralla Farm: bottles (Halifax)

Restoration Coffee: on tap (Whitman)

Juniper Bodega: bottles/cocktails (Wellesley)

Lamplighter Brewing: on tap, bottles (Cambridge)

Three Fins Coffee Roasters: bottles (West Dennis)

Coffee Obsession: bottles (Falmouth)

Windfall Market: bottles (Falmouth)

Provincetown Brewing: on tap (Provincetown)

Farmers Markets

Rye Tavern Farmers Market @ Rye Tavern, Old Sandwich Road in Plymouth (Spring-Fall)

Kingston Farmers Market @ Kingston Collection (Spring-Fall)

Marshfield Farmers Market @ Marshfield Fair Grounds (Spring-Fall)

Our craft kombucha is brewed in small batches, handcrafted with organic tea, and organic cane sugar in stainless steel. We typically flavor our kombucha with dried herbs and dehydrated berries to reduce the use of added sugars commonly found in fruit juice, but we also have limited edition flavors that are brewed with local goods such as herbs, whole fruits, honey, and maple syrup. We lightly carbonate our kombucha and keg, bottle, and label everything by hand. We have both non-alcoholic (< 0.5%) and alcoholic flavors (0.7 – 1.5 %). We have six rotating flavors of kombucha on tap at our brewery and we have more flavors available in bottles. We offer discount refills on empty kombucha bottles to encourage you to reduce and reuse.

Interested in offering our kombucha in your cafe, market, or restaurant? Contact us at indiefermsupply@gmail.com to discuss wholesale opportunities.

Visit Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/indiefermkombucha/ & Instagram: @indiefermkombucha to learn more and stay updated!

Events

Wondering what’s going on in the taproom or at the shop? Here’s where you’ll find a listing of upcoming events and classes.

Friday November 26, 2021: 6 Years in Camelot. Help us celebrate the anniversary of the opening of our tap room and brewery at Camleot Drive (plus almost 2 years in the basement of the barn before that) on Back Friday. Can’t believe it has been 6 years already!! We will open early at noon and feature our darkest of beers – Black Feather Porter, Full of Stars Imperial Stout, and Dark Winter Ale. Please note that we will be closed on thursday Thanksgiving Day.

Please check our facebook page for the latest updates