Booth: Lawson's Finest Liquids

Sean! Loving the Little Sip! It's getting me excited for the New England Summer to arrive!

 

I got too excited and drank my Little Sip yesterday

 

This is fantastic and so smooth
- How does the ingredient list/grain bill relate to the regular Sip of Sunshine?
- And, is it thinking of Vermont, or do I get a hint of Maple sweetness?

Thanks, Sean (from New England)

 

Sean, good seeing you on the fest stream, I met you back at Two Roads CT collaboration, quick question, with the Finishing up on COVID will you have more collaborations with breweries in New England?

 

My first Lawson's was a trade from a BA that grabbed a numbered bottle of Fayston from Sean (as reported to me) at a farmer's market. Wonderful stuff.

 

re: Sean's pour. I remember seeing a video of the Scottish guy who ran (runs?) the brewing program at UC Davis. He'd say, in a Scottish accent, "POUR WITH VIGOR!"

 

A hearty greeting from SW Washington state. Lived in MN before coming here. Getting ready to pop our first VT beer.

 

Thanks for replying to others’ questions, Sean. First online fest and enjoying your livestream.

Etiquette might dictate removal of the photo (mods, feel free to edit it out), but three of us got to try it here and all thoroughly enjoyed it. Surprised to see the “Little” was 6.2% (shows how much research I did for this).

 

Cheers from Arizona! Welcome to BeerFest!

 

First time Lawson's taster and it is delicious!

 

Sean, if Bernie Sanders were to drink your beer (and hopefully he does) which beer would that be?

 

The Maple Triple is a sublime drink. Not an everyday sipper, but I'd love to hit it yearly.

 

Great Job Sean, Little Sip was perfect to start with!!!!

 

Maple sap beer sounds awesome

 

Definitely putting my New England friends on lookout for Triple Sunshine!

 

Charlie Bamforth, the Pope of Foam! He's now at Sierra Nevada I believe.

 

Thanks a lot Sean, it was great to hear from you! I've had the privilege to try a couple of your beers now, and have loved each of them. I was super excited to see that you were included in the box. Hopefully I can make it to the northeast soon so I can have a few more! Cheers!

 

When and where can I find the maple triple?

 

Triple Sunshine!!! What!!!!!!!!!

 

I enjoyed the beer as it warmed up. Got a nice tropical citrus flavor and it’s nice and clean

 

Hi Acrosa7794, There's a little bit above in the question about how we started Lawson's Finest. The short answer is that by 2013 (5 years into our journey) the demand for our beer was overwhelming. My wife Karen and I were not ready to hire a bunch of employees. We had young kids and wanted to focus on quality of life, plus we didn't have the capital to build a production brewery. After reading about Two Roads plans to open a brewery that would include contracting for "today's craft brewer" with Phil Markowski and a team of industry veterans, I met them to discuss the idea of brewing an IPA there. And as they say, the rest is history! For a little more history, read this article:
https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/blo...school-lawsons-finest-liquids-sip-of-sunshine

 

Yes please Kisdaring! Can't wait to share that with y'all!

 

Thank you! Cerveza es bueno! Indeed!

 

Thanks for asking GoodTimeCharlie. No plans to expand beyond the Northeast at this point in time. I appreciate you looking for our beer when you are within striking distance!

 

Oh Roadhorn, how I will miss the VBF this July for the second year in a row. Can't wait to get back to festing with you!

 

I don't have a beer in the shower often, but when I do..make it something light, low abv and absolutely crushable!

 

Mirrorball, please do! We are super excited to re-open our beer garden at our Waitsfield, VT taproom in May. Follow our social and check our websites for updates. You can also book at stay at our original house next to the 7bbl brewery in Warren, VT. Cheers!

 

Yes suadps22! Definitely, we've been in 9 states since 2018 and plan to keep being a regional brewery. We are very thankful for our distribution partners in each of our territories across VT, CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI.

 

Cheers to you Navysqurl! Thanks for joining us!

 

Hey Seanweizen, the recipe is almost the same as the Sip of Sunshine, except we use less malted barley (recipe is exactly proportional for each malt) to make the alcohol finish at 6.2%. There is no maple in there, but there should be a little malt sweetness to balance the hop-forward profit on this beer.

 

Yo teemoney! Thank you! Yes, please come visit us in Vermont when you are back to traveling. Our beer garden will be re-opened for in person service in mid-May!

 

Oops, that Ok. There will be more tomorrow

 

Hey Sean! Loving little Sip here in Nebraska. Looking forward to a New England Brewery tour soon! Loving the pine flavors

 

Foam is beer! haha Thanks Jaycase for invoking Charlie Bamforth. Brilliant guy. Before cold and fresh were the industry standard, Charlie was preaching that the most important factors to beer quality are time and temperature. Keep it cold and enjoy it fresh! Amen

 

Hi Sean

thanks for adding little sip to the fest lineup. Love the sunshine and am happy to see it regularly on the shelves in the Boston area.

Any plans for double sip to appear on the shelves? Last saw it a year ago and it quickly disappeared.
Stay safe , be well , brew more Lawsons!

prosit!

 

Hey WunderLlama, Thanks for the props! We only sell our Double Sunshine IPA at our brewery and taproom location in Waitsfield, VT (except for a special drop or two). Our Ruby Red Grapefruit Double Sunshine IPA is a "once a year beer" that has been so incredibly popular...we have to unleash it a little wider next year

 

Never had a planned trip to Vermont but now I do. Great talk.

 

Sean- Hope you're still following the thread. No question, just a shout out. Thank you for the effort with Two Roads. I've lived in CT my entire life and have stated many times on BA that Sip (original) is my "house beer". Despite all my other beer purchases, I almost always have some in the beer fridge.
Can't wait for the right post-pandemic situation and some spare time in my own schedule to visit your new facility in VT!