Long Trail Brewing Company

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Long Trail Brewing Company

Location Bridgewaters Corners, Vermont
United States
Year opened 1989
Active Beers
Church Street Tavern Ale Brown ale
Hit The Trail Ale Brown ale
Jay Peak Tram Ale Altbier
Long Trail Ale Altbier
Long Trail Blackbeary Wheat Fruit beer
Long Trail Double Bag Altbier
Long Trail Hefeweizen Hefeweizen
Long Trail Harvest Ale Amber ale
Long Trail Hibernator Scottish ale
Long Trail India Pale Ale IPA
Long Trail Pollenator Pale ale

Long Trail Brewery is a microbrewery located in Bridgewater, Vermont. It was opened in May of 1989 by Andy Pherson, who now serves both as the company's president and brewmaster. The company's first brewery was located in the basement of the Bridgewater Woolen Mill in Vermont's Green Mountains, but by 1995 the company had become popular enough that it was able to relocate to a state-of-the-art brewery and visitor center in Bridgewater Corners, VT.

Long Trail makes a number of different styles of beer, mostly English-style top-fermented ales, but its flagship beer is Long Trail Ale, a Düsseldorf-style altbier. It also participates in the tradition of brewing a "Sticke" Alt (from a dialect German word for secret) known as Long Trail Double Bag, though unlike the German originators of the style, Long Trail makes Double Bag available year-round. During the 1990s it also brewed a Kölsch-style ale as a spring seasonal. In the summer of 2006 Long Trail added a hefeweizen to its list of brews.

Long Trail distributes its product throughout New England, and in New York and New Jersey. 40% of its beer is consumed in Vermont.

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