I first learned about the milkshake IPA at BeerAdvocate’s Microbrew Invitational in Boston last spring. Burley Oak Brewing Company, based in Berlin, Maryland, was offering a variety of IPAs brewed with lactose. Lactose, or milk sugar, adds a subtle sweetness and a creamy mouthfeel to a traditional IPA. […]
In Vermont, we drink beer in the winter to fight the short days, the massive snow falls, and the seemingly never-ending cold. In the summer, however, we drink Vermont beers in celebration of lightness and warmth, of fresh fruit grown locally, of the sweet smell of mowed grass, […]
It’s fall 2017. The Vermont craft beer scene is thriving. In fact, there are over 50 breweries in Vermont making craft beer. There’s more beer in Vermont per capita than any other state. Tourists are still flocking to Vermont to get their hands on Heady Topper and Sip […]
Around the end of January, RateBeer announces their awards for best new brewers, best beers in the world, best beers by style, best beer destinations, and so on. Every year, Vermont is being recognized more extensively for the seriously good craft beer being produced throughout our great state. In 2017, a whole […]
What breweries are must-visits in Vermont? It seems like every other week, there’s a new brewery popping up in Vermont. It isn’t impossible to visit each and every one of them in a visit to Vermont, but it might be ill-advised… Back in the day, I visited all […]
Back in the summer of 2009 when Vermont was just starting to gain recognition as a leading producer of craft beer in the US, I finished the Vermont beer passport program from the Vermont Brewers’ Association in three days. Back then, it was manageable to drink your way around the state in […]