Shaw Farm Dairy

We do enjoy this place. Last night we stopped in to spoil or dinners with a banana split. Reasonably priced and very generous. They have a great hometown feel and a little store inside with local goods. Stop across the street and say hi to the cows!

I have been a huge fan of Shaw Farm since I was very little. All of the flavors are delicious, their chocolate milk is to die for, and the store has a great variety of fresh and frozen produce as well as locally made products. I have tried ice cream in many areas and have yet to find any place that can compare to Shaw Farm ice cream.

Love it here. Not so much choices of ice cream but its’s delicious. I had chocolate brownie Plenty of chairs to sit :)

Picked up two pints of ice cream yesterday and was disappointed with the flavors. The homemade flavor was there BUT the flavors didn’t live up to their names. The Mint Oreo had oreo crumbs mixed in instead of cookie pieces. The apple strudel had apple but no strudel, unless is was just crumbs? It was eh to say the least.

Adorable little shop inside that has everything from local honey to beer soap. Yup Oatmeal Stout Beer Soap. Fun shop to walk around and see all the fun things. The staff is very knowledgeable about their products and really friendly.
Ice cream and store is a bit expensive but you do have to keep in mind that it is a local business and not a chain.

This place has the best chocolate milk on the planet! My kids friends BEG them to bring a couple bottles back to the dorm after a visit home! Cute little store, with excellent baked goods & a really friendly staff.
Recently tried «their own» hamburgers which are sold frozen. Don’t eat much red meat so when we do, I like it to be tasty. These were really good, could definitely taste the difference, so I’ll buy them again for sure. The chicken & turkey pies (also frozen) are very good as well & an easy «throw one in the oven for an hour & eat» weeknite meal.
The ice cream cones are huge & the million different flavors are usually very good.
Shaw Farm has been around forever, you can definitely see why.

I pretty much grew up with Shaw Farm’s milk and icecream. If you have a chance to stop by here, make sure you get some icecream regardless if it is a nice summer fault a snowy winter day. You just won’t regret it.

Generations of great products. What more can you ask for from a local dairy, great service, great products, and a place that evolves with the times without losing the product quality.
Love this place.

What is there to say about show farm ice cream other than it’s the best. So creamy and delicious. If you aren’t from the area, you might not know but it’s flat out the best iced cream, milk and dairy you can get.
They don’t deliver with the milk truck anymore, but the quality is still the same.
If they say it’s fresh, ask to see their cows. That’s their slogan.

Shaw Dairy Farm has been in Dracut for 100+ years. Everyone in the area knows about this place. The fresh daily milk is awesome, and it comes in chocolate, strawberry, and banana flavors. The prices are higher than I think they should be for what you get. The ice cream is okay, but not as great as Richardsons in Danvers, Mass. I still visit on a regular basis, because it is the only family owned dairy farm in miles around.

Beautiful classic New England dairy farm. Go on the hay ride and smell the palate cleansing (as in you’ll lose your apetite) cow dung. Just kidding. It’s nature.
On the other side of the street is a an ice cream shop. Inside you’ll find milk in glass bottles (90 cent deposit) of their milk. I highly recommend the non homogenized milk. It’s super super tasty. There are also jams, kitschy clothes, breads and seasonal foods. We tried the egg nog which was really quite good.
Donna and Lyndie were very helpful and friendly.
This place will totally bring you back to growing up as a kid in New England if you were fortunate enough to do so.

Extremely good and creamy ice cream with a host of unique flavors. We had a decent Black Raspberry, a strong Coffee Oreo, and a mouth-​melting Salted Caramel. Generous kiddie sizes at reasonable prices.
Farm shop café sells area breads, pies, spreads and Shaw’s own milk. We tried both the chocolate milk and the banana milk, both smooth and creamy. Next time will try the coffee milk.
Nice atmosphere, good variety, local farm presence. Saw folks bringing in their empty milk bottles to exchange for full ones, it does a body good. Also watched thru the window as milk was being bottled. A quaint and quality farm stand experience.

Fantastic ice cream at a great price, and the flavored milk the store offers is to die for. The chocolate milk is so rich and thick I thought it was a milkshake! I’ve lived in Dracut for 15 years and just stopping by the first time about 2 months ago, I’ve been back countless times ever since.

So glad to find a functioning farm that loves its cows! While not fully pastured, which is a sad thing, these cows are well-​treated and loved. The milk and cream are far better than the supermarket versions. I’m happy to have a local option. This milk is very tasty. It’s not the best I’ve had, but it’s still very tasty.
The farm stand offers some good stuff, too, including on occasion their own pork and pork products, local cheeses, Cabot butter and a Vermont dairy’s yogurt. They do have local fruits and vegetables, too, plus all the kitschy nonsense you’d expect from a farmstand that’s this big in its operations. (Magnets and aprons with cutesy puns, etc.)
My complaint is their ice cream. I’m glad it’s made with their own milk and cream, which improves it slightly, but they’ve opted to go with the big food service flavor packages and there are a lot of extraneous ingredients in there, like guar gum and maltodextrin. Ice cream needs milk, cream, fruits, and not even sugar necessarily if your other ingredients are good enough, but whatever, throw sugar in there, too. Shaw Farm’s has corn syrup. Again, it’s because they went with that distributor’s ice cream flavoring package instead of just using real food. It’s too bad that they take good milk and cream and ruin it with added nonsense. I wish they’d make ice cream with real ingredients, but I guess that’s why I’m looking for my own ice cream maker.

I visit Shaw Farms every week for my weekly supply of fresh milk, from their own cows, and in glass bottles. Yes I pay a little more but it is well worth it. They do sell their milk in plastic as well. I buy their 2%and I swear it tastes far better than grocery market sold whole milk in plastic jugs.
For a real treat, go for their whole milk, flavored milks, and when available, their own fresh eggnog.
They also offer true organic milk if that’s your thing.
Visit their ice cream stand for either their own produced hard or soft serve ice creams.
The country store also sells locally produced veggies, baked goods, meats, cheeses, etc., etc.
Also, if you have young children, give them a call and ask about a tour of their farm.
Support your local dairy as I do. It is a fresher, tastier, and healthier product.

Awesome Chocolate milk, but the ice cream is subpar at best. The ice cream is not particulary creamy, and has a very airy consitency. The flavors of the ice cream are not very strong. Overall I think this ice cream is very overated. I can think of ten other place that have far better ice cream. In fact it is shocking that with the quality of milk and cream they have to work with that the ice cream is mundane. Store bough ice cream tastes better. Oh well maybe Shaw Farms will read this and make an effort to improve their recipe.

THE BEST FARM MADE ICECREAM around. Not super sweet like store icecream or other «farm» icecream, and full of rich milk taste. Our favorite is the Black Raspberry which we buy the large carton home so everyone can enjoy it more than once ;)
We also like the coffee and cappuccino flavors as well. Now we are in the process of trying out every flavor.

I haven’t been here in years, but what more can you ask for? Ice cream + cows in Dracut? Amazing.

SOOOO great. I live in Dracut, and I always forget to go to Shaw farm for ice cream. but when I DO… I can’t believe how much I love it! Super fresh and yummy. EVERYTHING that comes from Shaws is amazing.
They added a little store to their ice cream stand. You can get fresh produce and dairy. Such a wonderful gem in the middle of the town!

A great 100-​year old dairy farm with the fluffiest, delicious fresh ice cream you coould imagine. The will even give you a private tour of the facility if you want to see how milk goes from cow to bottle! Plus, they have incredible egg nog in winter and the banana milk is awesome. I’ve tried all the flavors and they are all delicious. You can also buy their milk products at C’est and Alpine Butcher, both in Lowell.
They also sell eggs and cheese, and I think they still do deliveries to the nearby towns as well. It’s a very fun extravagence having your dairy products delivered to your door…
Visit the farm (call first to schedule an appointment) on a nice summer day and love being in new england a little bit more.