Ever since the Vermont Pub and Brewery in Burlington, Catamount in White River Junction and the Long Trail Brewing Co. in southern Vermont helped usher in the era of microbrewing regionally and even nationally in the late 1980s, small breweries making beer with big taste have become the norm in the state. Just ask the national Brewers Association, which, based on the most recent numbers from 2008, declared that Vermont has the most breweries per capita in the United States, with Montana, Oregon, Maine and Colorado rounding out the top five.
According to the Vermont Brewers Association, a little more than 4 percent of the beer consumed nationally is craft-brewed, but the number in Vermont is closer to 20 percent. The state produces enough beer for 72.5 million pints a year and employs more than 350 full-time workers in the brewing industry who earn an average of $13 an hour. The promise of more breweries opening in the coming weeks means those figures will only climb higher.
To read more, and see other links to VT Breweries....
Left Field ParrotHead wrote:I wish my Burlington was this cool.
Come on down sometime...I'm only 90 miles south of Montreal...I have about 8 breweries/brewpubs less than 10 miles from our house...and the article is correct, local beer makes up a large part of what we drink. Here's another cool quote...
In 2006, MSNBC listed Burlington, VT as the fourth best city in the world for beer lovers behind Amsterdam, Berlin, and Brugge.{http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15642039/} This would make it the best in The United States.
Left Field ParrotHead wrote:I wish my Burlington was this cool.
Come on down sometime...I'm only 90 miles south of Montreal...I have about 8 breweries/brewpubs less than 10 miles from our house...and the article is correct, local beer makes up a large part of what we drink. Here's another cool quote...
In 2006, MSNBC listed Burlington, VT as the fourth best city in the world for beer lovers behind Amsterdam, Berlin, and Brugge.{http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15642039/} This would make it the best in The United States.
I'm not a huge beer fan but that's very cool! However I WILL be up for Tams visit/Brewery tour.
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Lucky You - I'll celebrate most anything about beer. On Monday a much anticipated English Pub opened in my town. I was there last night - 10 different drafts - great decor. They are celebrating opening with a Cask Festival this week.....you know where I'll be.
Snowparrot wrote:CDAWG, I've got to take No Parrot to Burlington. He LOVES beer!
C'mon down...we have a brew festival every summer on the waterfront, normally takes place in July....all the local brewers in one place, plus brewers from all over New England and Eastern Canada...check out the video of the main page of this site, and get the dates and brewers coming this year... http://vtbrewfest.com/
hey Chris.. just stumbled on this! (ouch!!!)
LOVE my numba' 9! I'll be heading your way as soon as I have wheels (and as long as I'm not heading to FL!).
We were talking about doing a limo and stuff... maybe we can try for another BN gathering?
TongaTam.com Great Woods 2015 ~ Another Voyage to Paradise April 23, 2016 ~ Campstock ~ High Seas Jamboree 2! ~ Annual after GW at the Combah! ~ MOTM 2015!
TongaTam wrote:hey Chris.. just stumbled on this! (ouch!!!)
LOVE my numba' 9! I'll be heading your way as soon as I have wheels (and as long as I'm not heading to FL!).
We were talking about doing a limo and stuff... maybe we can try for another BN gathering?
If you wannna turn it into a phlocking, we should do it in July at the Brew Festival.... http://vtbrewfest.com/
There are no shows scheduled for that week, so..... come on up and we'll drink some Vt beer and talkmore about it.
TongaTam wrote:hey Chris.. just stumbled on this! (ouch!!!)
LOVE my numba' 9! I'll be heading your way as soon as I have wheels (and as long as I'm not heading to FL!).
We were talking about doing a limo and stuff... maybe we can try for another BN gathering?
If you wannna turn it into a phlocking, we should do it in July at the Brew Festival.... http://vtbrewfest.com/
There are no shows scheduled for that week, so..... come on up and we'll drink some Vt beer and talkmore about it.
wish I could! Thats the family saco trip weekend! July is usually pretty booked up for me!
TongaTam.com Great Woods 2015 ~ Another Voyage to Paradise April 23, 2016 ~ Campstock ~ High Seas Jamboree 2! ~ Annual after GW at the Combah! ~ MOTM 2015!
TongaTam wrote:hey Chris.. just stumbled on this! (ouch!!!)
LOVE my numba' 9! I'll be heading your way as soon as I have wheels (and as long as I'm not heading to FL!).
We were talking about doing a limo and stuff... maybe we can try for another BN gathering?
If you wannna turn it into a phlocking, we should do it in July at the Brew Festival.... http://vtbrewfest.com/
There are no shows scheduled for that week, so..... come on up and we'll drink some Vt beer and talkmore about it.
wish I could! Thats the family saco trip weekend! July is usually pretty booked up for me!
TagAlong wrote:Love the VT brews. Switchback on tap, it's a wonderful thing.
Yeah Buddy!!! It's currently my favorite beer.
You & Carol should come up for the Brew Festival
Love to but summer weekends are promised to the 'comber
I can relate, if we lived close to the Cape, I'd be there every weekend too. As it is, we are currently working at finding a mooring for our sailboat, where we'll spend many of our weekends
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