The Bobcat Cafe & Brewery

Brewpub in Bristol, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Bobcat Cafe & Brewery

Established in 2002

Contact
5 Main St, Bristol, VT, 05443, United States
Description
Temporarily closed as of 07/29/2026 until further notice.

Located at the heart of the Green Mountains, we have the absolute pleasure of serving homemade food that is fresh and creative alongside handcrafted beer. Our brewmaster uses high quality grains, hops and yeast to create beers that are fresh, flavorful and accessible to a variety of palates. We are excited to be a part of America's craft beer revolution and are thrilled to be able to serve some of the best beers the country has to offer.

In the kitchen, our goal is to create food that is wholesome and interesting to insure locals and visitors return often. We design our menus around the seasons and what is available in and around Addison County while borrowing techniques from a range of world cuisine. We work hard to bring quality and consistency to the table, offering food that is informal enough for a quick meal with neighbors but worthy of an important celebration.

The Bobcat Cafe and Brewery opened in 2002 as a community supported business designed to be a “third place” (a social retreat or meeting space away from home and work). Today we continue to support the community by hosting Wednesday night benefit dinners and by providing a comfortable and fun spot where neighbors and friends can meet up and enjoy a beer and a meal together.

Come check us out and enjoy!

Chef/Owners
Erin and Sanderson Wheeler

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6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 5 Overall 6
16 oz can in a trade with tfontana, thank you. Can date: 4/16/25. This sat at the brewery for 15 months??!! Say what??!
Aroma is malt, bread and let’s see… yep, more malt.
Flavor is orange marmalade, bread, malt, with a slight astringent finish. Gets more stringent as it warms. What else do I find here? Oh yeah, a bit more malt. Pretty much junk.
Tried from Can at The Bobcat Cafe & Brewery on 27 Jul 2026 at 22:19

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can (4/16/25!) "fresh" from the brewery last week! Hazy, orange-light brown, tons of sparkle, large head w/excellent retention, soapy lacing. Aroma is strong sweet, lightly tart, citrus and pine. Taste follows aroma. Smooth texture, lively carbonation, finish as taste. Amazingly, some hops have survived but I can't imagine this is what this tastes like fresh. Didn't occur to me to check the date of the 4-pack they retrieved while I was in the rest room. Maybe a commentary about how slowly craft beer is selling these days but not a great reflection on the brewer to be selling beer this old. However, I can only rate the beer in front of me. Perhaps make sure you have beer in the brewery vs. to go.
Tried from Can at The Bobcat Cafe & Brewery on 26 Jul 2026 at 02:42

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
6 oz draft. Aroma of cracker malt and tea leaves. Flavor follows with a English ale yeast presence. Has a old world English character. Different for certain.
Tried from Draft on 06 Jul 2024 at 03:04

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
6 oz draft. Flavor is quite good for the gravity. Chocolate, coffee, roasted barley. Medium body with a lightly roasted malt finish. Very respectable
Tried from Draft on 05 Jul 2024 at 20:59

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Brewery draught, 7/5/24. Dark, undetermined clarity. Small, light tan head quickly to ring. Nose has more fruit and such with some decent base malt. More than an Irish dry, that is. And yes, not an Irish dry. Just a nice, light but very flavorful American stout with plum, raisin, licorice and long, subtle char lingering. Very fruity with ample malt for its size. Great attenuation.
Tried from Can on 05 Jul 2024 at 20:55

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Brewery draught, 7/5/24. Lightly cloudy, lemon. Small, white head. Yes definitely mango, with sweet malts and nutty wheat. Sweet and juicy with soft, chewy wheat. Lemony bite with pineapple. Dries out, decently. Seems a pretty standard mango American wheat.
Tried from Can on 05 Jul 2024 at 20:46

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Brewery draught, 7/5/24. Hint of haze, amber-hued golden-brass. Well-retained, off, white head. Smells like tea and crumpets with butter. Some endearing (or not) funk/sweat. Woody, floral, basic cracker malts with some caramel/crystal toastiness. Bitter pine and resin, soft buttered toast and sweat. Light bodied, not thin, sone sweetness but pretty dry. Resin doesn't linger or overwhelm. It's like an English pale ale with PNW hopping.
Tried on 05 Jul 2024 at 20:37

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
16 oz draft of the summer ale. Flavor of lemon, soft yeast, wheat background. Light body with a lingering lemon finish. 🍋
Tried from Draft on 05 Jul 2024 at 20:36

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Clearish bright amber color white head. Maple aroma. Taste is sweet malt forward caramel. Not bad.
Tried on 28 Jul 2018 at 16:18

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 4.5
Poured into a pint glass, the appearance was a dark brown color with a cap of a white head that dissipated immediately barely leaving any lace.
The aroma had some soft milk chocolate tones with some sweet banana and then a light sweet creamy coffee-esque quality coming out as it warms.
The flavor stayed sweet throughout with the underlying sweet creamy coffee portion touching the milk chocolate and banana pretty nice. Sweet blended malty chocolate to banana aftertaste with the same sort of finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionability about it. Low carbonation feels good. ABV feels appropriate.
Overall, though missing the clove spice and wheat bite, it’s a decent beer as is. Just not a true dunkelweizen.
Tried on 12 Feb 2017 at 17:50