Drop-In Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Middlebury, Vermont, United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Associated Venue: Drop-In Brewing Company

Established in 2012

Closed in 2026

Contact
610 US-7, Middlebury, VT, 05753, United States
Description
Great Beer in Focus

Welcome to Drop-In Brewing. Our focus is on creating top shelf beers that are unique, worldly, crisp and always drinkable.

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6.3/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pale yellow. Minimal head. Bright lemon and tart juicy acidic nose. Taste is overly spiced. Herbal turmeric and clove. Touch of orange juice. Lots going on and pretty overpowering
Tried on 28 Jun 2014 at 21:43

7.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
2 finger creamy head. Pale yellow. Filtered. Nose is very wheat forward with a touch of lemon. Taste is a weird mix. I like it but it finishes strange. Honey suckle melon and wheat with pepper and honey
Tried on 28 Jun 2014 at 21:42

6.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Thin red 1 finger head creamy off white. Nose is caramel and a touch of cornbread. Hearty and balanced. Had a candy corn persimmon strange earthy fruit things going on.
Tried from Can on 28 Jun 2014 at 21:40

5.5/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Dark brown red. 1 finger creamy. Almost no nose. Maybe a touch of sweetness. Sweet taste. Creamy some brown sugar and port wine or grape characteristics.
Tried on 28 Jun 2014 at 21:40

6.5/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Mild orange appearance. Minor soapy nose. Hay and graham cracker with a touch of orange citrus. Creamy mouthfeel. Banana and grahama cracker. Pretty sweet. Touch of peach
Tried on 28 Jun 2014 at 21:40

6.8/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
32 oz. growler direct from the Brewery. Black with lasting tan head. Aroma shows light barley, English malts and light Ale yeast.

Flavor is mild roast, hints of coffee and the malts tasting English for certain. Some light yeast without bitterness. Extremely dry texture, like putting a cotton ball in the mouth for a few seconds. Nice carbonation in a medium body. Very enjoyable and the brewer hits the style spot on, nice job.
Tried from Growler on 19 Mar 2014 at 15:09

6.8/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Sampled at Drop-In. Clear hazy amber color with thin head. Nose is decent amount of floral and citrus hops with caramel.

Flavor is hop forward with caramel and toffee malt backbone. Light to medium in body with the hops being assertive through out the brew. The finish is clean and hoppy with a light lingering bitterness.

Nicely crafted and will please any hop head that wants to drink an amber ale. Well worth a try.
Tried on 17 Mar 2014 at 23:34

7/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft from the source. Clear yellow color, thin head. Aroma is a hints of grain, honey and traces of floral hops.

Flavor shows light Belgian yeast upfront with honey and sweet bread/ biscuit body. The hops are pretty assertive in the finish. The hops are needed to tone down the sweetness. Carbonation gives a light creamy texture. Overall this is one one the best Golden/ Blond ales I have sampled in some time. This has character and that says a lot for the style.
Tried from Draft on 17 Mar 2014 at 23:18

6.8/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 6
Sampled at Drop-In. Clear darker amber color with thin head. Nose is toffee, European toasted malt, and almost dark fruit like.

Nice malt character. Ample caramel and toffee with light fruity hops or dark fruit in the back end. Toast and nutty secondary flavors. Some light lingering sweetness. Soft carbonation with a medium body. This would be easy to session, nice classic style.
Tried on 17 Mar 2014 at 23:16

6.9/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draught at the brewery on 2/7/14
Medium amber-tinted yellow body sports a white head, moderate lacing, high clarity and good retention.
Pine and grapefruit are sweetened by a touch of caramel maltiness, but they easily win out, keeping things very fresh and hoppy with a medium to medium-high strength of aroma. Quite lemony as well, with a a bracing kick of acids, especially as it warms.
Very dry, well attenuated base malts provide decent body, as the caramel malts just provide a bready texture that dosent quite mesh with the heavy hop assault. It’s not syrupy pine and hot resin but it’s very citric and quite bitter. Never a fan of crystal malt in heavily hopped American IPAs. AKA, I don’t like East coast IPAs. Not that this one is full-on east coast, being very very hop oriented, but it’s just a little unbalanced for me. No sign of the alcohol, as with the rest of their beers. The fermentation and yeast used at this place is great. Just a touch of earthy yeast character in their beers and no alcohol or other off-flavors in any of the beers I had. Furthermore, the beers are all fermented very fully and quite dry, but still have ample body to them. Excited to go back.
Tried from Can on 15 Feb 2014 at 15:56