Archive for 'Brewery'

Aug201021

Steve Koenemann

1

Harpoon Fights Hunger in Vermont

Last Saturday it was my very great pleasure to be a volunteer at the 9th Annual Harpoon Point to Point ride to benefit the Vermont Foodbank. This bicycle riding event, a collaborative effort by the Vermont Foodbank, the Harpoon Brewery, and The Point Radio Network, was established to raise awareness and funds for the Vermont Foodbank and its efforts to end hunger in Vermont. The 2009 event raised about $98,000 and was the Foodbank’s largest single fund raising effort for that year. This year the fund raising goal for this event is $150,000.

May201029

Steve Koenemann

5

Rock Solid Rock Art Brewery

Matt and Renee Nadeau started the Rock Art Brewery out of the basement of their house near Johnson, VT in 1997. Then a one-man operation, Rock Art has seen significant growth since then. In 2002, the Rock Art operation moved from Matt’s house to their current location in a very industrial looking warehouse [...]

May201008

Steve Koenemann

6

Hill Farmstead – Brewer’s Talent, Family History

Even for Vermonters, Greensboro, VT is just a bit off of the beaten path. There are no Interstate highways, freeways or even what most people would consider major highways nearby. Get off of the larger paved roads that do exist and your GPS is quickly made useless by the network of unpaved roads [...]

May201001

Steve Koenemann

1

The Hills Are Alive With – Lager

I can name that tune in… probably never, as I am terrible at that game. However, many of the rest of you will recognize the first part of that phase as the first line in the theme song nearly immortalized by Julie Andrews in the 1965 movie “The Sound of Music”. The movie [...]

Apr201017

Steve Koenemann

3

The Magic Hat Experience

A while back I had the very great pleasure of again visiting the Magic Hat Brewery in South Burlington, Vermont. I say again, but you should understand that my visits to their facility were about 15 years apart. Though not first on the Vermont beer scene, Magic Hat embodies the essence of what [...]

Nov200925

Steve Koenemann

0

Long Trail to Purchase Otter Creek?

I can’t find any other confirmation this morning, but Andy Crouch at BeerScribe.Com is reporting that Long Trail Brewing Company (opened in 1989) of Bridgewater Corners, Vermont is in the process of purchasing Otter Creek Brewing Company (opened in 1991) of Middlebury, Vermont.  If this is true, then it represents a noteworthy consolidation of two [...]

Nov200921

Steve Koenemann

5

Alchemist Magic

Normally I am one to bring the beer that I buy back to my house, where I can enjoy it in the comfort and quiet of these familiar surroundings. Occasionally though I do like to get out and sample it closer to the source. One of my absolute favorite local watering holes is in [...]