Inside Wormtown Brewery, from the packed bar to the guests mingling on the patio, everyone raised a glass, remembering the life of fallen Worcester Lt. Jason Menard.
A line snaked from the brewery’s front doors down to the sidewalk on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester just before noon; dozens ready to support the Menard family with the launch of “Worcester’s Bravest,” a collaboratively brewed Belgian wit-style beer. Wormtown is one of three Central Massachusetts breweries that collaborated on the brew. Menard was killed Nov. 13 fighting a four-alarm fire at 7 Stockholm St. Menard was trapped inside the top floor of the three-decker as flames overtook the area. He pushed fellow Firefighter Chris Pace out a window to save him from the blaze.