Vermont beer and breweries
The U.S. state of Vermont is home to several breweries that produce a wide variety of beer.
History
The history of beer in Vermont is similar to its history in the rest of the United States - no local breweries existed from Prohibition until the microbrewery explosion of the 1980s and 1990s. Since then a number of strong breweries have developed despite Vermont's small population.
Beer styles
Greg Noonan is cited with creating the Black IPA (AKA Cascadian Dark Ale or India Black Ale) with his beer Blackwatch at The Vermont Pub & Brewery in the 1990s. Breweries in Vermont produce mostly traditional ales and lagers, along with American interpretations of those older styles.
Beers
One of the most widely known beer from Vermont is #9 from Magic Hat Brewing Company. It is an apricot-flavored fruit beer based on a traditional pale ale. Heady Topper from The Alchemist is only sold in Vermont as of November, 2011 but is one of the highest rated beers on both BeerAdvocate and RateBeer.
Breweries
National breweries
As of November 2011, no national or international brewing company, such as Anheuser-Busch, Molson Coors, or SABMiller, operated breweries in Vermont.
Craft breweries
As of November 2011, there were 21 breweries operating in Vermont that could be described as craft breweries. Several produced too much beer to qualify as true microbreweries.
- Fiddlehead Brewing - Shelburne, Vermont
- Harpoon Brewery - Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, largest plant in Windsor, Vermont
- Hill Farmstead Brewery - Greensboro Bend, Vermont
- Lawson's Finest Liquids - Warren, Vermont
- Long Trail Brewing Company - Bridgewater, Vermont
- Magic Hat Brewing Company - South Burlington, Vermont - Owned by North American Breweries - Rochester, New York
- Otter Creek Brewing - Middlebury, Vermont (also produces Wolaver's Certified Organic Ales brand and The Shed brand) - Bridgewater, Vermont
- Rock Art Brewery - Morrisville, Vermont
- Switchback Brewery - Burlington, Vermont
- Brewery at Trapp Family Lodge - Stowe, Vermont
- Trout River Brewing - Lyndonville, Vermont
- Northshire Brewery - Bennington, Vermont
Brewpubs
Defunct breweries and brewpubs
- The Alchemist Pub & Brewery - Waterbury, Vermont
- Bennington Brewers - Bennington, Vermont
- Black River Brewing Company - Cavendish, Vermont
- Catamount Brewing - White River Junction, Vermont (plant now owned by Harpoon Brewery)
- Franklin County Brewery - St. Albans, Vermont
- Golden Dome Brewing Company - Montpelier, Vermont
- Granite City Brewing - Barre, Vermont
- Hornpout Brewing - Lyndonville, Vermont
- Kingdom Brewers - Burke, Vermont
- Kross Brewing Company of Vermont - Morrisville, Vermont
- Latchis Grille and Windham Brewery - Brattleboro, Vermont
- Maple Leaf Malt and Brewing - Wilmington, Vermont
- Tunbridge Quality Ales/Jigger Hill Brewery - Royalton, Vermont
- The Shed Restaurant and Brewery - Stowe, Vermont
Homebrew clubs
Beer festivals
References
- ^ Craft Brewing Industry Statistics
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