von Trapp Brewing

Brewpub in Stowe, Vermont, United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
Associated Venue: von Trapp Brewery & Bierhall

Established in 2010

Contact
1333 Luce Hill Rd, Stowe, VT, 05672, United States
Description
A Little of Austria, a lot of Vermont

Welcome to von Trapp Brewing

Enjoy flavorful, crisp lagers at von Trapp Brewing, located at the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont.

Over the course of many visits to Austria, Johannes von Trapp, the youngest son of Maria and the Baron, gained an appreciation for the crisp, clean Austrian lager beers. When the craft beer movement in the United States gained momentum in the early 1990s, there was a noticeable lack of focus on lagers. It’s not surprising, considering that lagers are more challenging to brew, take longer to mature, and are therefore more expensive to create. For two decades Johannes dreamed of building an Austrian-style brewery at the Trapp Family Lodge, and in 2010 that dream came to fruition.

A humble brewery with the capacity of 2,000 barrels per year attracted attention under the name Trapp Lager, and the brewery received requests from all over the United States. The von Trapp family, who had always been reticent to commercialize their family heritage, realized that they had a product deserving of the family name. The new facility, completed in 2015 under the name von Trapp Brewing, allowed the family to expand beyond their home territory and spread the gospel of craft lagers.

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6/10
Tried on 17 Aug 2016 at 19:53

4/10
No NCBC or Devil's Backbone
Tried on 17 Aug 2016 at 19:42

7/10
Smokey, malty, good by the fire in the fall. Give me more.
Tried on 17 Aug 2016 at 19:32

7.2/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
The Sampler, Brooklyn tap: pours golden with a white head. Aroma is flowers and light citrus and biscuits. Taste is moderately bitter but not at all hop slaughter. Good balance. Very drinkable.
Tried from Draft on 14 Aug 2016 at 22:39

5.9/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can - Light sweet grains. Clear gold with a decent white head. Nice touch of grains and bitterness.
Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2016 at 15:23

7.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can at home in London - picked up in Waterbury. Pours clear gold, effervescent, with a billowing, frothy white head. Crispy biscuits and pale grains in the nose, some citrus peel. Light sweet flavour, fairly dry, with more pale biscuits, lemon peel, moderate grassy bitterness. Light bodied with lively carbonation. Clean finish, crisp and drying, with more biscuity sugars, dry hay, crispy cereal grains, more lemon peel and grass. Great stuff. Really drinkable.
Tried from Can on 01 Aug 2016 at 14:06

6.6/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
from a tall-boy can. Thanks Grant for sharing. very pale golden, 2 finger creamy white head. smells nice, a little nutty and sweet paired with a light wheat aroma and pine. thin mouthfeel, tons of older hops with a lot of pine here. not sure how I feel about the hop onslaught. Decent beer.
Tried from Can on 31 Jul 2016 at 15:52

7.4/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, I like me some IPL and been wanting to try Von trapp for a bit. Orangey gold big pillowy head. Nose is floral hops and some bready notes. Tastes floral, some grass, light peppery tones, sourdough, Pilsner malt. Slight sticky palate and lingering hops.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2016 at 23:01

6.9/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at Sander stag. Pours clear gold with a frothy, white head. Biscuit and cereal in the nose, some toasted hay, very slight caramel. Light sweet flavour with more biscuity character, faint leafy bitterness, more cereal, hay. Light bodied with fizzy carbonation. Fairly crisp on the finish, with dry pale bread, dried cereal grains, light bitter straw. Nice lager.
Tried from Bottle on 03 Jul 2016 at 08:00

7.2/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
12 oz. bottle purchased at Prost, North Hampton, NH. Nearly clear gold with just a slight haze. Aroma shows a light lemon peel with a mild floral hop presence. Pilsner malt is also evident.

The flavor is exactly as the aroma leads you to believe. Pilsner malt backbone with a mild bitterness after the sip from Floral hops. No date code on the bottle but this must be a fresher bottling. Hops are alive and doing well. Good lighter body with a fresh mouthfeel. It is a nice IPL.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2016 at 12:20