Thoughts on new Burlington area breweries?

Queen City isn't open yet and haven't posted a date or hours yet (however, they are very close - probably within next couple of weeks). Burlington Beer Company grand opening (to public) is Sat and Sun. Fiddlehead just canned Second Fiddle and it's available at the brewery right now. Not sure if/how much they'll have by the weekend.

This weekend is the Vermont marathon and one of most crowded 3-day weekends for the city, so Burlington will also be packed.

 

Fiddlehead just did a canning run today of Hodad and an IPA for sale at the brewery now.

 

Went to Four Quarters on Saturday. They had five beers to sample and I came away very pleased with the visit. Very flavorful low gravity beers. Thought the Opus Humulus was excellent and since I'm partial to smoky beers and took home their red ale, Chrysalis. If you're headed to Beverage Warehouse, would be worth a quick stop. They currently fill their own 32 oz flip top bottles and will fill glass from other breweries if you bring it. Four 2 oz pours runs $5. Check their hours before going, currently only open limited windows from Fri-Sun.

 

Four Quarters is worth the stop if you are in town, not something I would travel great distances to try but everything I tasted was pretty good. Can swing into the Mule Bar as well, for some good local drafts (recently had a bunch of Lost Nation offerings, HF Everett I believe, local ciders, etc).

 

Follow up on 14th Star. It's been about a year since I went, but they've really taken off. Their beers are available around Burlington and definitely worth a try, believe their bottles are only available at their shop. Their space is small but they are about to expand into a much larger spot that used to be a bowling alley. Depending on how often you come up to VT, and what else you're doing while here, you may want to wait until their new space opens up.

Another spot worth a visit is Citizen Cider's new place on Pine Street. They typically have 7-9 offerings and you can get a taster of 5. They've got food and a good vibe, definitely recommend.

 

i haven't been to citizen cider's new place yet, but i can say for sure that i am addicted to all of their ciders - and i've heard great things about their new place. i call them "citizen crack".

if you go to the mule bar, make sure to grab lunch at misery loves co. it is amazing.

 

+1 for Misery Loves co, no trip to the Burlington area is complete without stopping in for a mindblowing bite to eat. And they are right around the corner from Four Quarters, Bevy warehouse and right up the street from mule bar

 

Visited Infinity last month. Beers were a little uneven, but the good half was pretty good. Really liked their strong red ale. The saison was a little bland, but that is compared with HF et al. Clean, mostly good beer. They are very small and have only been open a few weeks.