Fiddlehead Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Shelburne, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Fiddlehead Brewing Company

Established in 2011

Contact
6305 Shelburne Rd, Shelburne, VT, 05482, United States
Description
Fiddlehead Brewing Company is located just outside of Burlington, VT in the scenic town of Shelburne. Our owner and Brewmaster Matt “Matty-O” Cohen opened the doors on New Year’s Eve of 2011 and since then we have gained worldwide acclaim with our lineup of approachable, multidimensional beers.
When we first opened in 2011, we did so with a completely manual 15 barrel system and just 30 barrels of capacity. Within the first month Fiddlehead IPA, the flagship ale, was on tap with at over 50 bars and restaurants in Vermont.
With the immediate success, we quickly outgrew the 3,000 sq foot space that was split between retail and production. After the last fermenter was added in 2015, we knew we needed a bigger boat.
In January of 2017, our brand new 10,000 sq foot brewery opened for production just behind the tasting room. The added space meant room for more fermenters as well as some much needed upgrades like a laboratory, grain silo, office space, and our own canning line. This expansion has allowed us to increase distribution of kegs and cans within our home state, branch into New York and Massachusetts, and renovate our tasting room (coming soon!).
While we do not currently offer tours of our production facility, our knowledgeable tasting room staff is always happy to chat about our beers and the brewing process. Our beer can be found on draft or in cans at over 650 Vermont establishments as well as an increasing number of locations around Massachusetts and New York State.
The tasting room remains at the original Shelburne Rd. location, as do countless memories of where it all began.

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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 8
Can pour into shaker pint glass from Andover Liquors. Appearance is lightly hazy, golden yellow with greenish tinge, nice sparkle, finger-width foamy, off-white head with fair retention and spotty soapy lacing. Aroma is strong pine over milder tropical fruit and citrus, earthy resin. Taste is strong pine, milder citrus and late mango. Palate is medium bodied with smooth, thick texture, average-to-lively carbonation, pleasant alcohol warmth and mix of sweet and bitter finish. Overall, pine dominant with some sweet citrus and tropical fruit to balance the bitter--wouldn't have guessed that many IBU. Good.
Tried from Can on 12 Aug 2018 at 03:04

7.5/10
Juicy, smooth, well-balanced hops
Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2018 at 17:54

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On tap at Fiddlehead, pours a cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out dank hops, with light resinous oils and biscuity malt. Flavour is super juicy, with citrus hops, lots of dankness and a lightly oily palate. Robust and wonderfully balanced. Excellent.
Tried from Draft on 08 Aug 2018 at 01:35

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On draft, pours a fairly clear amber gold with a medium white head. Nose is tropical fruit and stone fruit with a bit of lemon. Flavour is very close to the aroma and strength. Long bitter finish.
Tried from Draft on 02 Aug 2018 at 02:48

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
On tap at Beer Culture, pours an opaque cloudy peachy golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out dank hops, with a little pot and stone fruit pithiness. Flavour is along the same lines, with dank hops, light pot, pithy stone fruits, and a bit of pine. Pithy and dank, with a very nice balance. Great stuff.
Tried from Draft on 30 Jul 2018 at 05:32

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft at The Reservoir in Waterbury Vermont. Cloudy yellow. Floral fruity aroma. Taste is bittersweet tropical fruit. Very tasty
Tried from Draft on 18 Jul 2018 at 01:36

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
From tap. Piurs deep orange, small white head. Solid hoppy. Slight hop burn. Dry, bitter and solid hoppy finish.
Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2018 at 10:29

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draught at Mule Bar, 3/24/18.
Bright, glowing, hazy, lemon pie color has that translucent shine that Fiddlehead seems to always do so well. White head is small, but dense, and sits nicely at cover.
Lemon, pineapple and light cat seem to suggest at least a good portion of Citra in the hop. Earthy, dusty, lightly plastic-like house yeast character seems in-check (sometimes it dominates and ruins their beers). No resin or alcohol. Lingering lemon, black pepper and orange tea.
Lemon and some plastic, pithy, dusty notes from yeast and seemingly older hop. Quite dry but with some wheat-like texture. More heavy, crackery, borderline popcorny, grainy character that I associate with this brewer. Hops are fine, mostly showing lemon with low bitterness and resin. Good carbonation, zesty and mostly tight. Retronasal, with warming as well, shows some juice and spicy, dank character.
Tried on 26 Jun 2018 at 23:21

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
On tap at City Tap Room Boston. Clear gold colour lasting white head. Tangerine grapefruit aroma. Soft and welcoming but piquant too. Smooth. Easy drinking. Some bitterness on the finish. Bit fizzy. Good citrus flavours though. I mean pretty good. Fresh flavour fullness lacks on swallow
Tried from Draft on 14 May 2018 at 21:12

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at Beer Culture. Pours a clear yellow gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces. Aroma has dank pine and grass with an earthy grain backbone. Flavor has has dank pine with sweet grass and grains supporting.
Tried from Draft on 22 Apr 2018 at 18:25