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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8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Pours a slightly hazy dark amber from a can, good lacing. Man this smells good. Awesome citrus aroma, good flavor, a little bitter. Very good beer.
Tried from Can on 16 Oct 2017 at 21:42

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Hazy, pale, medium head. Med body, not bright hop, malts are okay. Kinda meh. 3 6 6 3 13
Tried from Draft on 12 Oct 2017 at 11:54

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours clear amber into a shaker. Off-white head with excellent retention recedes leaving spider lacing. Resin and malt aromas. Medium bodied with hot caramel and resin front to back. Lasting pith finish. Nice
Tried on 10 Oct 2017 at 21:27

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draught @ Ned Levine, Boston. Slightly hazy pale yellow, small frothy whitish head, piney aroma, medium carbonation, medium bitter piney taste with citrus flavor, smooth body, long medium bitter finish. Nice IPA
Tried on 02 Sep 2017 at 18:20

8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draught at Worden Hall, 7/6/17.
Fully hazy, though not soupy, straw-golden with white gold tints and a small but dense and well-retained, white head.
Very fruity with mango and light guava playing off of lime and meyer lemon. Great balance of tropical and citrus and nothing punchy or intense at all. Quite "subtle" if you could ever call Austra-NZ hops subtle. Perhaps there’s some Nelson or Galaxy in there? Whatever the case, there’s a soft wheat backing that adds gentle biscuit and a bit of general blandness that kind of works towards creating this more gentle, subtle aroma, whether intended or not. No alcohol or flaw and none of the awful compound that ruined all three of the beers I had of theirs two weeks ago.
Soft, very dry and with a heavy wheat-laden texture that slowly allows dry pineapple and tangerine note to emerge, gaining strength as the beer warms. Lime, red grapefruit and mango are picked up as well, though it never gets intensely juicy or overly hoppy. Low bitterness with touches of light honey from the malt and a very tight carbonation. No resin, alcohol, or flaw. Lovely stuff.
Tried on 26 Aug 2017 at 16:44

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
From can. Thanks George! Clear orange color with off white head. Malty and hopppy aroma, bread, grass, light pine, light floral. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation. 7-3-8-3-15
Tried from Can on 24 Aug 2017 at 07:48

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
From can. Thanks George! Hazy yellow golden color with white head. Malty and hoppy aroma, wheat, citrusy fruity, orange juice. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation. 8-3-8-3-16
Tried from Can on 24 Aug 2017 at 07:46

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
From can. Thanks George! Light hazy golden color with white head. Malty and hoppy aroma, citrusy fruit, tropical fruit, grass, pine, wheat, caramel. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation. 8-3-8-3-15
Tried from Can on 24 Aug 2017 at 07:45

8/10
Sunshine goodness :)
Tried from Draft on 19 Aug 2017 at 13:05

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Growler, 64 ounces, from and with Ian Gu�nard (merci!), savoured on December 9 2016; eye: black, opaque, minuscule ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: nutty, dusty, nut liqueur, vanilla, chocolate milk, finale in nuts with light presence of chocolate milk, light body, average carbonation, lightly bitter, slick texture; overall: correct

FRAN�AIS
Cruchon, 64 onces, de et avec Ian Gu�nard (merci!), savour�e le 9 d�cembre 2016; �il : noire, opaque, minuscule anneau de mousse beige, l�g�re dentelle; nez : noix, poussi�re, liqueur de noisette, vanille, lait au chocolat; bouche : noix, poussi�re, liqueur de noisette, vanille, lait au chocolat, finale en noix avec l�g�re pr�sence de lait au chocolat, corps l�ger, carbonatation moyenne, l�g�rement am�re, texture coulante; en r�sum� : correct
Tried from Growler on 15 Aug 2017 at 17:50