Rutland Beer Works

Microbrewery in Rutland, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2014

Contact
41 Center St, Rutland, VT, 05701, United States
Description
Rutland Beer Works is a 15-barrel brewery in the heart of Rutland, Vermont. We started brewing at our downtown location at 41 Center Street, serving primarily on location at Hop’n Moose Pub with limited distribution in Vermont. Since expanding to a larger production facility at 136 Granger Street, we still have a full line-up of beers available at the Hop’n Moose Pub. With the increased production, Rutland Beer Works beer is available throughout the state in cans and on tap.

Visit us at the Hop’n Moose Pub and have a pint with a wood-fired pizza, sandwich, or burger. While you’re there be sure to check out the 7-barrel copper brewhouse up front and get fresh cans and growler fills to go!

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram for taproom event information including Open House hours and brewery tours.

Admin Note: Formerly known as Hop n' Moose Brewing Company that was established in 2014. In 2017-2018 Hop n' Moose opened a second brewing location and Rutland Beer Works was born. Hop n' Moose brands have been carried over to the Rutland name.

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 5 Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to English pint glass.
Appearance: dark brown close to black in the glass with a two finger eggshell white foamy head which dissipated nicely and left a little bit of lace
Aroma: sweet milk chocolate, sweet wood, sly touch of vanilla, sweet nuts and a little bit of sweet earthiness
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a fine malty sweet to subtle woody/earthy sweetness; finishes pretty dry with the woody tones and a little bit of cocoa-ish like powdery tones
Texture: medium bodied, leaning towards being slightly sessionable; light smoothness but once again that dryness running along the tongue gets pretty invasive
Overall: this has some great aromas and great flavors but if it wasn't as dry as it was, this could've been way better.
Tried from Can on 19 Mar 2026 at 22:16

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to mug.
Appearance: dark amber color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sweet caramel/toffee malts, woody spice, light earthy tones and a little bit of diacetyl
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine malty to earthy sweet quality; finishss malty with a touch of dryness
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, great smoothness
Overall: this might be closer to a Marzen but there's nothing wrong with that and I didn't mind that little bit of diacetyl.
Tried from Can on 18 Mar 2026 at 11:13

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: dark semi-murky amber/brown color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: some maple then light citrusy to lemony hops in the middle, with a nice clean malty tone underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas and adds in a slight woody spice tone; finishes mostly maple-y and with those hops
Texture: light to medium bodied - maybe a touch closer to medium; somewhat sessionable, smooth along the tongue
Overall: kinda went into this with semi-low expectations but was pleasantly surprised it turned out better than I thought. Yeah, I'd have this again.
Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2026 at 11:43

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: cloudy orange color with a two finger white foamy head which settled off at a nice pace to leave some light lace
Aroma: citrusy, piney and danky/hemp hoppiness; light malty notes underneath
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to bitter to bittersweet sort of quality; finishes piney and citrusy
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable; good smoothness; low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: nice enough APA I could possibly come back to.
Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2026 at 11:27

6.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 7 Overall 6
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: dark amber color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: peach sweetness, some sugar, light nectarine tones and some sweet grassy hoppiness
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a pretty sweet level initially as it seemed to take quite a bit of time for any sort of balance to occur; finishes peachy sweet
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, pretty smooth
Overall: not their best work but also not the worst beer on the market.
Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2026 at 11:18

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: semi-bright yellow color with a certain chill haze about it and a two finger white foamy head which slid off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: sprucy / piney tones up front with a grapefruity hop tone and a lemony hop tone then some pineapple, super light malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine clean sweet to bittersweet quality; finishes grapefruity, piney and subtle lemon
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, nice smoothness with some low hop bitterness assertiveness
Overall: it's like an East coast styled IPA meets a West coast styled IPA this is what you'd get and it's one I would return to.
Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2026 at 03:31

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: glossy orange to copper color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some slight lace
Aroma: floral, melon, papaya, mango then subtle grassiness; some malts
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a bitter to bittersweet sort of quality as the grassiness gets a bit stronger; finishes grassy, semi-melon, and some floral sweetness
Texture: medium bodied, leaning to being sessionable? Yeah, I think so; there's some smoothness but also a little bit of hop bitterness asssertiveness
Overall: an okay DIPA - maybe I'd return to this.
Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2026 at 02:59

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: bronze/copper color with a chill haze to it and two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: citrusy & floral to earthy to a kiss of herbal notes with a nice rye semi-sweet maltiness
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fair earthy sweet to herbal sweet and then pops in a sly zesty/slightly spicy note; finishes dry with a zing of the rye
Texture: light to medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; some smoothness; the rye seems to be tame in it's aggression and didn't zap my tongue as I thought it could have
Overall: pretty nicely done rye saison that seems a bit tamer than I thought in it's rye features; however this seemed to work and this would be a beer I would return to.
Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2026 at 01:36

7.6/10
Tried from Can on 13 Mar 2026 at 17:29

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6
Can from my father: pours amber with nice light beige head. Aroma is light caramel, malty notes. Pretty olde schoole amber ale. Low bitterness. Light sweetness. Malty. Fine.
Tried from Can on 07 Feb 2026 at 02:20