Freak Folk Bier

Microbrewery in Waterbury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Freak Folk Bier

Established in 2019

Contact
28 Stowe Street, Waterbury, VT, 05676, United States
Description
Mixed culture, Oak fermented Beer. Brewed and blended in Vermont.

Freak Folk Bier has been years in the making. Conceptualized by two professional brewers looking to explore their creative instincts and to escape the monotony of the typical brewery lifestyle and mentality. This is our attempt to have complete control over how our beer is brewed, fermented and presented to our local community. Our goal is to remain a humble little company and to grow organically.

We strive to present world class wild and farmhouse- inspired beer to an ever growing community of beer and wine enthusiasts to share and contemplate.

Admin Note: Freak Folk Bier is brewed at Queen City and then aged in wooden vessels. The brand was started by Queen City's head brewer Lillian MacNamara and Ryan Miller of Kent Falls, Aqua ViTea Kombucha, and many others.

Permanent taproom opened in Waterbury, VT.

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8.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9.5 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Pours a hazy, banana-creme color, with smallish head. Aroma is citrus and tropical fruit. Flavors follow. Very soft, smooth mouthfeel. Mild levels of hop bitterness in the finish. Very good, as most FF beers tend to be.
Tried from Can on 04 Jun 2026 at 21:51

9/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9
Pours a hazy, gold-banana, with minimal head. Aroma is dank, with bright citrus and tropical fruit. Flavors follow, with light underlying sweetness. Very soft and smooth mouthfeel. Moderate hop bitterness in the finish. Pretty much perfect!
Tried from Can on 04 Jun 2026 at 17:22

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can at home in the garden, 9th May 2026. Pours thick and yellow hazy hop soup. Taste is juicy fruits, dry, moderately bitter and delicious.
Tried from Can on 10 May 2026 at 08:07

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Tried on 09 May 2026 at 14:25

8/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
Pours a hazy, banana pudding yellow, with minimal head. Aroma is pretty muted, but with citrus and tropical fruit notes. Flavors are citrus, white wine, some saison-like spice. Mouthfeel is perhaps a touch thin. Moderate hop bitterness in the finish.
Tried from Can on 07 May 2026 at 23:26

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Canned 4/7/26, drunk 5/4/26.
Big citra vibes with some stone fruit and sweet malts. Bit of earth, wood, light mineral, light fruit salad. Pretty easygoing stuff. Not massively aromatic. Maybe a hint more pine than I'd like, too.
Clean, soft, succulent, with big, honeyed malts, but good attenuation. Pine spice and lots of fresh squeezed OJ meets stone fruit and various fruit salad elements. These past couple FF IPAs have been extremely low on bitterness, and this is the same. Good maltiness, flavors (though a bit too much weird pine bitterness) and attenuation, but just so, so low in bitterness.
Tried from Can on 04 May 2026 at 23:31

8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
16oz can pours a murky yellow, ring of white head. Big nose, nice, huge tropicals and stone fruits, booze, fruit roll ups, lychee, loads happening. Flavors are more clear but still big, mango and orange creamcicle, grass, lychee, booze, pineapple. Finishes full, long and sweet.
Tried from Can on 01 May 2026 at 23:06

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Canned 4/7/26, drunk 5/1/26.
Clementine, pineapple, mango. Smells very Citra-like. But there's a bit more mineral and slight white grape/wine. Not too much gummy fruit (what I've previously associated NZ Cascade with). Juicy, very fruity, with big white bread sweetness from the malt.
Nice and zesty to start, though lots of sweet malt begins to creep in. Spice and mineral with light white grape and lots of easygoing tropical fruit. Ends with a lot of white bread-like malt, juicy citrus and tropical fruit. Pushing it a bit on the juicy, sweet, low bitterness aspect (as most NEIPAs are), but still quite drinkable.
Tried from Can on 01 May 2026 at 21:39

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Canned 4/7/26, drunk 4/29/26.
Big stone fruit and white wine. Lots of mineral, lots of white bread and honey with some citrus on the end. Fruity ester, round and juicy. Very prototypical NEIPA.
Juicy, fruity, round and soft with decent bitterness. Some mineral and light sulfur with juicy citrus and moderate white wine. Very straightforward stuff with, perhaps, a bit too much malt for its own good. Lots of honey, white bread and such. Hops could use more acidity for a beer of this size.
Tried from Can on 29 Apr 2026 at 22:16

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
16oz can clear gold, white head.  Grainy nose, doughy, yeast, a little sulfur.  Flavors follow.  Lightly sweet.  Doughy.  7 6.5 7 7 7
Tried from Can on 27 Apr 2026 at 19:25