The Alchemist (March 2017)

The brewery is open in Stowe:

https://alchemistbeer.com/blog/

Where is it?

Our Brewery and Visitors Center is located at
100 Cottage Club Rd in Stowe, VT.
Stop by for a taster, beer to take home or some schwag.

When is it open?

DAYS & HOURS
Tuesday – Saturday
11AM – 7PM

What's for sale *now*:

https://alchemistbeer.com/visit-us/

Other more generic info:

https://www.facebook.com/alchemistbeer

https://twitter.com/alchemistbeer

Q: Will there be a restaurant?
A: No. We will not serve food or full pints of beer. However, there is a lot of great food and drink near us. Feel free to ask the staff for recommendations.

Check out this link:

http://www.gostowe.com/dining

Also, not listed in the guide above is Doc Ponds, for food and drink:

https://www.docponds.com/

Q: What will you sell?
A: We will sell sample glasses of beer to taste, merchandise and packaged beer to go.

Q: What kind of beer will you sell?
A: We will have 2 year round beers that are available every day for sale— Heady Topper and Focal Banger. Other beers will rotate throughout the year. John will be bringing back many favorites from the pub days. When these beers are ready for sale, they will simply show up in our retail cooler. We will not be promoting or ticketing any limited releases.

Q: Will there be limits on beer purchases?
A: Yes. We are trying to accomplish 2 things with our daily allocations. We want to spread our beer out as much as possible. We also want to make sure our customers and beer enthusiasts can purchase enough beer so that the visit is worthwhile. When we open this summer we will start out with the following purchase limits per person: 1 case of Focal Banger and 1 mixed case of Heady Topper and current specialty (to be announced at opening). Of course, 4-packs can be sold singly, but only up to 3 four-packs of Heady and specialty per person.

Q: How much will beer cost?
A: 16 ounce cans are $12.50/4 pack or $75/case plus tax and deposit. All canned specialties will be sold at this price.

Q: Will you still distribute your beer?
A: We will continue to distribute Heady Topper (VT only) but not Focal Banger. We will pull back about 30% of our distribution so that we can have daily Heady Topper allocations in Stowe. All bars, restaurants and stores that currently carry Heady Topper will continue to do so. Our larger retail accounts will be pulled back more than smaller accounts. It is our belief that lines will diminish at these stores when our retail shop is open in Stowe. We hope that it becomes simpler for locals to buy a 4-pack at their local store.

Full credit to @F2brewers who posted the above back in July.

** Try not to arrive before 10:00 am. This causes an unnecessary line and traffic for the parking lot and creates trouble with The Alchemist's neighbors and the town. Thank you. **

Q: Should I come early?
A: We have a lot of beer to sell. It is not necessary to line up prior to our opening at 11am each day. If you visit us later in the day you should still have no problem leaving The Alchemist with beer. Please help us keep our neighbors happy and our parking lot manageable by visiting us throughout the day.

Q: Will you run out of beer?
A: We hope not. We are starting out with a limit of 1 mixed case so that we can spread our beer out as much as possible, but still make it worth a trip for beer. If we do run out of mixed cases later in the day, we will have plenty more Focal Banger to sell.

Q: How do I know what is available for sale each day?
A: You may visit our website to see what is for sale each day and the 4-pack limit for each beer.

Q: Are samples available?
A: Yes—we will have 2 ounce samples available for tasting.

Q: May I drink beer outside on your beautiful lawn?
A: Sorry, no. This is illegal. However, we have plans to create an outdoor area for sampling beer in the very near future.

Q: Do you have tours available?
A: No. However, our viewing area is in the brewery, right next to our canning line. We have lots of educational information and educated staff.

Q: May I bring my tour bus?
A: Sorry, no.

We open our parking lot at 10 AM. Please do not arrive before that time. Parking on Cottage Club Rd is prohibited. Parking on the street causes issues with our neighbors. RV & trailer parking is allowed only after 4 PM. Please help us maximize our parking spaces.

We look forward to seeing you in beautiful Stowe!

 

1: Can you max out the limit on each beer or are you limited to a mixed case per person?

You can buy up to the limit, for each beer listed, see the link above (from the first post ) in any combination of 4-packs. Case limit does not apply anymore. Limits are daily, per person.

2: Do they sell "limited edition" beers everyday? If so, when do those typical sell out and any example of what those beers are?

No. New limited beers will be listed, as they are released, on the website. Also, John likes to do videos describing them, which get re-posted on this thread. How long these limited beers last are a function of the limits, amount of cans produced, type of beer, and hype. Nobody can accurately predict the sellout time in general for all of them. John has given a time frame, on some of them, in his videos.

 

STERK WIT and LUSCIOUS cans released today. Limit is 6 four packs for each of them.

 

Read or search past monthly threads to find them. Also, you could just do a Google (or YouTube) search for John's videos.