Vermont Beer Reviews

What gets brewed in Vermont, stays in … America.

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Woodchuck Private Reserve Barrel Select Cider

by Taylor Birkey | Green Mountain Beverage, Hard Cider, Mug, Pint Glass, United States, Vermont | 3 comments

Sometimes I take a break from reviewing craft beer and take a quick gander into the land of the cider. Without diminishing the excellence of craft beer, I believe that I can vouch for cider as a valid companion to beer. I first became interested in cider on a trip to...

Woodchuck Limited Release Summer Cider

by Taylor Birkey | Green Mountain Beverage, Hard Cider, Mug, Pint Glass, United States, Vermont | 4 comments

I know! Finally another random cider review! Tell me about it. This time it’s Woodchuck’s Limited Release Summer Cider. This will be my 3rd of 4 reviews of their limited seasonal ciders. So far I would say my favorite is the Limited Release Fall Cider. For...

Woodchuck Limited Release Winter Cider

by Team | Green Mountain Beverage, Hard Cider, Mug, Pint Glass, United States, Vermont | 10 comments

Taylor: Ever since tasting Woodchuck Cidery’s amazing Limited Release Fall Cider, I have been on a quest to try the other 3 Limited Release ciders and decide which of the family is king. Thankfully I was able to procure a 6-pack of the ever-popular Winter Cider...

Woodchuck 802 Cider

by Taylor Birkey | Green Mountain Beverage, Hard Cider, Mug, Pint Glass, United States, Vermont | 5 comments

I can’t say that I know much about draft ciders, but my life has been filled with apples from an early age (applesauce, apple juice, apple cider, apple pie, etc.)…so that’s gotta count for something. And there’s just something about cider that fits with Fall. The...

Woodchuck Limited Release Fall Cider

by Taylor Birkey | Green Mountain Beverage, Hard Cider, Mug, Pint Glass, United States, Vermont | 19 comments

Taylor: Not too long ago some of the PHM guys and I went to a fall beer tasting at Binny’s Beverage Depot in St. Charles, Illinois … it was a great time, and we tasted some really good Marzens and Pumpkin Ales (the best of which was Wild Onion Pumpkin...

Otter Creek Copper Ale

by Taylor Birkey | Altbier, Otter Creek Brewing / Wolaver's, Stange, United States, Vermont | 0 comments

One of the remaining bottles left in my fridge from a recent batch of beers from Vermont is Otter Creek’s flagship Copper Ale. This is an altbier, or old (style) beer. I think it is the first altbier I have tasted. Decent looking bottle with a so-so label....