Craft Beverages
Vermont’s Craft Pours
Vermont’s locally grown and crafted cheese, produce, and meats complement the crisp ciders brewed in small batches around the state and the Green Mountain terroir of local wine. Ice-hardy Vermont grapes and fruits like blueberries, rhubarb, apples, and raspberries make for wines pressed with the taste of the place, and Vermont’s cider makers elevate local fruit to an impeccably crafted pour. Vermont’s dessert wines are made from grapes harvested after the arrival of winter, when the juice of the grapes is highly concentrated and super sweet. Vermont’s award-winning distillers are producing a wide variety of products, from vodka and maple liqueurs to gin and rye whiskey. To sample Vermont craft beverages, plan to visit wineries, cideries, and distilleries around the state for tastings and tours.
Vermont Distillers
From America’s most awarded gin to gold-medal-winning vodka and the world’s most awarded rye whiskey, Vermont’s distillers put the state on the map. Sip your way through a statewide tasting tour from Hell’s Gate Distillers up north to Saxtons River down south.
The Tasting TourBarr Hill at Caledonia Spirits
Named America’s most awarded gin, Barr Hill is made with local honey by Caledonia Spirits, with a tasting room in Montpelier.
Read More about Barr Hill at Caledonia SpiritsLearn MoreSmugglers Notch Distillery
Recognized internationally, this distillery at the foot of Mount Mansfield produces vodka, gin, rye, rum, bourbon, and liqueurs and offers guest experiences at four tasting rooms across Vermont.
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Producing award-winning spirits, including rum, apple brandy, and bourbon, in the scenic Mad River Valley.
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Small-batch spirits are distilled with Vermont-grown grain and local ingredients in Windsor.
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This Bennington hot spot serves cocktails and a full menu with seasonal outdoor seating in addition to selling spirits.
Read More about Village Garage DistillersLearn MoreWhistlePig Whiskey
Makers of the world’s most awarded rye whiskey, WhistlePig’s tasting rooms in Quechee and Stowe offer an elevated drinking experience.
Read More about WhistlePig WhiskeyLearn MoreVermont’s Craft Distillers Offer Unique Pours
Vermont’s craft distillers support an industry burgeoning with innovation and creativity. Sample craft pours and take home a few bottles of your own.
Swirl and Sip Vermont Wines
Vermont winemakers blend hardy grapes fit for a four-season climate with classic imports for flavorful wine. Taste the Green Mountain terroir in specialty pours like ice wine, where frozen fruit becomes a dessert drink.
Learn MoreShelburne Vineyard
Cold-hardy hybrid grapes, including La Crescent and Marquette varietals, set this Champlain valley vineyard apart in New England.
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Experience tours, tastings, live music, and events at this shoreline vineyard and winery in South Hero.
Read More about Snow Farm Vineyard and WineryLearn MoreBoyden Valley Winery and Distillery
This winery’s pastoral setting in Cambridge sets the stage for delicious wine, ice wine, cream liqueur, and more.
Read More about Boyden Valley Winery and DistilleryLearn MoreSpecialized and cold-hardy hybrid grapes such as La Crescent, Marquette, and Neptune grow in Vermont, as do more widely known varietals such as Riesling and Baco Noir.
Cideries in Vermont
Get to know Vermont’s cidermakers, keep up with new releases, view cider cocktail recipes and follow the cider trail from the Vermont Cidermakers Association.
Learn MoreWoodchuck Cider
Founded in 1991, Woodchuck Cider innovates hard cider with flavors like blueberry, pear, and sangria. Their Middlebury tap house features tours and tastings.
Read More about Woodchuck CiderLearn MoreChamplain Orchards
One of the oldest operating orchards in Vermont, Champlain Orchards crafts cider from 175 varieties of apples, peaches, pears, plums, and more.
Read More about Champlain OrchardsLearn MoreEden Ice Cider
Local, cold-hardy fruit is naturally cold-concentrated as it freezes and then pressed into sweet, delicious ice wine.
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Sample flights and take in live music and events at this Stowe cidery.
Read More about Stowe Cider Learn MoreVermont orchards grow more than 150 varieties of apples.
Non-Alcoholic Beverages
There’s nothing dry about Vermont’s non-alcoholic craft beverages. When you want the taste of an IPA, a crisp cider, or something bubbly without the buzz, Vermont’s craft beverage producers have you covered.
Rescue Club Brewing
Zero Gravity Craft Brewing produces Rescue Club, a hoppy non-alcoholic beer, in their Burlington plant.
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White tea, white cranberry, and ginger elevate this non-alcoholic sparkling beverage brewed in Dorset.
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Botanical bitters blended with seltzer liven up this non-alcoholic Vermont beverage.
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This lightly sparkling drink is made with an old-time mixer called shrub.
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Microbreweries, Macro Flavor
Craft Beer
With several beers named best in the world, Vermont’s brewers are heavy hitters. The Green Mountains’ craft beer industry is booming, leading the nation in breweries and brew pubs per capita and racking up honors and awards for quality and innovation.
The Spirit of Sustainability
Vermont’s distillers work with sustainability in mind. At SILO Distillery, spent grains are sent to farmers to use as feed and water is recycled.
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