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We are a brewery in Tunbridge, Vt. We focus on hop forward, stout, and farmhouse ales. We brew on a 5 bbl system and do big contracted batches at Von Trapp.

We operate a small brewery in the hills of Tunbridge, Vermont with a tasting room in South Royalton. The Tasting Room for Upper Pass Beer Company is located on the green inside First Branch Coffee Shop.

Closed the South Royalton taproom during the Covid-19 Pandemic. After Simple Roots' closure at the end of 2025, moved in to their space and are aiming to re-open the taproom there by February, as well as purchasing an adjacent building to expand operations.
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7.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
4 pack at home. Cloudy yellow orange. Nose is tropical fruits dough. Tastes of peach, pineapple, mango, grass
Tried on 29 Apr 2021 at 03:29

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pours a hazy amber from a can. Interesting stone fruit and mint aroma and flavor, somewhat dry. Good beer.
Tried from Can on 15 Apr 2021 at 01:48

6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
16 oz. in a trade with johnnnniee, thanks for the chance. Deep ruby near brown color. Aroma and flavor are very old-school. Caramel, toffee and some lasting pine bitterness after the sip. Thinner body / texture. Well made but pretty boring. Too old school for my preference.
Tried on 29 Nov 2020 at 18:49

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can (9/16/20) from a trade with Johnnnniee--thanks, John! Appearance is turbid brownish-red with no sparkle, 2-finger width beige head with good retention and nice leggy lacing. Aroma is nice, sweet pine, floral over grains. Taste is strong piney hops dominant with background grain, light caramel. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with somewhat watery texture, soft carbonation and crisp, dry finish with lingering bitterness. Overall, nice to have something other than an IPA or a stout for a change but the malts were a little muted here (which is weird because it's usually the opposite). Mouthfeel a bit weak. Just OK.
Tried from Can on 12 Nov 2020 at 01:48

6.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
16oz can pours a neon orange, ring of white head. Nose has orange juice, followed by some dank notes, wet grass and weed mostly, stinky over ripe tropicals lurking. Flavor falls off a bit, dankness is still there but the citrus is faded, mango and guava now. Finishes with some bitterness but a bit thin.
Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2020 at 22:41

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bunch of 16oz cans pour a murky orange with plenty of frothy white head.  Nose plays the hits, orange, grapefruit, some melon, some herbs, some pine.  Flavor has a bit of a cracker back bone, followed by orange and tangerine, herbs, flowers, soap.  Full, dry finish.  Well made.  Easily consumed.  8 4 7 4 14
Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2020 at 11:13

7.6/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can pour in trade with AirForceHops--thanks, Chris! Appearance is hazy dark yellow with fine particulates, nice sparkle, finger-width foamy off-white head with decent retention and nice lacing. Aroma is dominant grapes/raisin and white wine, milder herb. Taste follows the aroma but the grape/herbal balance is about even with cracker malt backbone. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with frothy texture--an airy foam like the space between molecules--average-to-lively carbonation and strong finish as taste with lingering yeasty, crackery dry, slightly bitter finish. Overall,
Tried from Can on 04 Apr 2020 at 16:35

Thc drops and IPA beers are the only way to watch The Big Lebowski. Tropic thunder!
Tried from Can on 29 Mar 2020 at 19:22

7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Pours murky orange-tinged mahogany into a shaker. Off-white milkshake head with good retention recedes leaving spider lacing. Dark caramel aromas. Sharp and sweet with toffee and caramel upfront turning to roots and earth in the bitter lasting finish.
Tried on 08 Mar 2020 at 21:58

7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Worthy Kitchen Lightly dingy dark golden color with a thin off white head that dissipates quickly. Citrus tropical earth and light pine with some light bready malt to back it up. tasty
Tried from Draft on 02 Mar 2020 at 00:01