Hogback Mountain Brewing

Microbrewery in Bristol, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Hogback Mountain Brewery

Established in 2015

Contact
372 Rockydale Rd, Bristol, VT, 05443, United States
Description
We are a hyper-local nanobrewery in Bristol, Vermont with a 3 barrel brewhouse. Reserve your table for outdoor dining Fri-Sat for a true VT farm to pint experience!

Hogback Mountain Brewery was founded in 2015 by Kevin Hanson with his love of brewing.

In 2018 Jamie and Sam Sawyer were looking for a new adventure in the Vermont craft beer scene and Kevin was looking to have more time to mow his lawn. Everything made perfect sense and in 2019 Hogback Mountain Brewery will move from Kevin’s carriage barn to its new location on Rocky Dale Road in Bristol, Vermont. Though Jamie and Sam are changing locations and will branch out with a taproom this spring, the mission of "local supporting local" has never changed.

Sam is 2017 graduate of the American Brewer's Guild and is the creative force behind many of our brews.

TAPROOM is open!! ​Stop in to experience some true VERMONT beers crafted with Vermont-grown ingredients.

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
16 oz can from the brewery. Aroma is Pilsner malt with soft honey. Flavor is a direct reflection. Light body with a crisp texture. Doesn’t get overly sweet. This brewers seems to do light body summertime brews pretty well.
Tried from Can on 15 Jul 2024 at 20:28

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
16 oz can purchased at the brewery. Aroma has the correct yeast notes. Clove and banana are found in the flavor. A negative is it lacking the dense yeastiness that most hefes have. That said, it is lighter for the summer months. Decent.
Tried from Can on 15 Jul 2024 at 01:48

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Brewery draught, 7/5/24. Lightly hazy, pale white gold. Thin, lightly creamy, white head. Nose is spicy, as if coriander-like. Cracker or wheat? Clean, not really hoppy. Clean, crackery, spicy herbs and good bitterness. Very light, almost thin. Refreshing, dry.
Tried on 05 Jul 2024 at 20:24

5.6/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
4 oz draft at the brewery. Crystal clear Golden color. Flavor is mild honey malt with a hint of some sort of yeast. Doesn’t remind me of German Cole Sheese at all thinner body..
Tried from Draft on 05 Jul 2024 at 20:22

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
Brewery draught, 7/5/24. Clear golden. White head steadily to ring. Doesn't smell very kolsch like. Though it's clean, lightly malty, a bit of spicy hop. Clean malts, low but ample hop. More pale or blonde ale. Not getting much kolsch yeast.
Tried on 05 Jul 2024 at 20:21

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
16oz can from City Market. Dark brown with frothy beige head. Aroma is dark malts, nutty, tea. Taste adds light sweetness and bitterness, malty, woody, nutty, chocolate. Gets better as it warms.
Tried from Can on 28 May 2022 at 01:43

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From my brother: pours amber with a white head. Pine, citrus and caramel malts. Taste is rather bitter and has a hefty malt backbone. Not as bitter tasting as the IBU would imply. Classic IPA.
Tried on 24 Nov 2018 at 02:30

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
From my brother: pours brown with a beige small head. Aroma is caramel, nuts, malts. Taste is sweet, nutty, toasty. A bit oily. Good bit of bitterness. Not a bad brown ale.
Tried on 23 Nov 2018 at 04:20

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From my brother: pours deep gold with a white head. Aroma is light fruitiness, bread. Taste is on the sweeter side of kolsch. Mild hoppiness. Basic fruitiness. Good for what it is.
Tried on 03 Nov 2018 at 04:19

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
From my brother: pours slightly hazy yellow with loose white head. Aroma is a lightly funked lemon lime type thing. Light lemon lime sort of sourness. Seems sort of like kettle sour... weird or infected?
Tried on 29 Oct 2018 at 02:57