It’s been eight years in the making, but finally the Northbridge Brewing Company is open for business.

The new micro-brewery officially opened its doors on Thursday and debuted three of its four craft beers on tap.

The Northbridge Brewing Company officially opened on Thursday.

“I think it must be like when a woman is pregnant, the exciting bit is at the beginning when you find out, the next bit’s the hard work,” director Michael Keiller said.

“We’ve gone past the excitement, gone through the construction and all the regulatory process, and there’s a lot more hard work to come but this bit is certainly more fun.”