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.
From the cask at the American Flatbread Real Ale Regatta. Poured black with a thin brown head that dissipated quickly to the edges and remained there. Aroma had a good amount of roast with some backing chocolate and a hint of dark fruits. Flavor lacked the dark fruits and began with dark chocolate but finished dry with strong roasted and coffee notes.
From tap at American Flatbread. Dark roasted malty and slight breadish aroma. Dark roasted malty and breadish. Lingering dark malty and bitter. Roasted malty finish.
A golden helles with a thin white head. A nice biscuitty malt with light chalky notes, and light honey. In mouth, a light and smooth Helles with grainy malt, light German hops, not bad. On tap at American Flatbread, July 17 2010.
A golden vienna with a thin white head. In aroma, light chalky malt with smooth German hops. In mouth, a decent malty beer, with light herbal hops, medium bodied. nothing special. On tap at American Flat Bread, July 12 2010