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 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Growlette from Andy.
This was poured into a nonic pint glass.
The appearance was a finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipates at a nice pace. Moderate stringy lacing here and there.
The aroma starts with a nice resinous pine, bitter citrus rind, delicate wheat malt.
The flavor wraps it all together. Lingering sweet to bitter resin/citrus aftertaste. Dry sweet resin to citrus finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation rides fairly low. Dry bitterness is the harshness on my tongue.
Overall, this was a nice APWA, but it is quite like every other APWA beer that Fiddlehead does.
Tried on 04 Oct 2016 at 20:14

7.8/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 6
Can into a pilsner showing cloudy orange peel with a finger and a half of clean white foam. The nose shows light tangerine, orange citrus, papaya and subtle bready aromas. The palate is fully carbonated but smooth with a light body. Flavors of moderately intense orange and tangerine citrus into a mid-palate of papaya with a sharp resinous IPA finish on the end and subtle oranges on the linger.
Tried from Can on 25 Sep 2016 at 09:14

7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 5.5
Sampler at the brewery showing cloudy yellow with a finger of clean white foam. The nose shows a moderately intense mix of grapefruit, pineapple, and pine. The palate is gently carbonated and medium bodied. Light flavors of resinous pine ending on a moderately zesty bitterness and juicy grapefruit appearing once again on the linger.
Tried on 25 Sep 2016 at 09:07

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours a very light yellow, cloudy, with minimal head. Aroma has some grass, some citrus. Flavor is very fruity--tropical, citrus, some grassiness, there’s a hint of lemon, even a touch of spice in the finish (am I crazy or do I taste some cinnamon or cloves?). It’s a pretty darn good double IPA.
Tried on 24 Sep 2016 at 17:31

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Can: Poured a hazy orange with white head. Aroma is tropical fruit hops. Taste is juicy hop bomb that never stops, but eases up just enough in the finish.
Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2016 at 21:44

7/10
Tried on 29 Aug 2016 at 17:56

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On tap at fiddle head brewing. Pours out dark brown almost black topped with a small tan head. Nose is holly almond joy candy milk chocolate sweetness ignore coconut and a nice vanilla. Taste is more of the milk chocolate sweetness roast malts a nice coconut kick and a vanilla.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jul 2016 at 12:26

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On tap fiddle head. Pours out a golden topped with a fluffy white head. Nose is dank hops a nice tropical fruit note and a great malt sweetness. Taste is more of the nice tropical fruit hops a dank kick and some rich malts well balanced.
Tried from Draft on 22 Jul 2016 at 12:22

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can thanks to Randy. Pours a cloudy yellow gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is strong tropical fruit, mango and tangerine, pine, must. Medium body, juicy hop, mango, dank, resin, light bitterness, really enjoyed this.
Tried from Can on 30 Jun 2016 at 19:23

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Growlette from brewery.
This was poured into a nonic pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy burnt yellow color with a slim finger’s worth of white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute leaving some light messy lacing all around the glass.
The smell started off with some sweet to bitter citrus rind and sliding over a fair amount of bitter piney-ness. As it warms, it starts to lean towards the lemon flavors.
The flavor embraces the piney and bitter citrus rind bitterness sort of harshness clinging to my tongue. Good amount of juiciness hits the bitteer qualities nicely. Quick bitter citrus rind aftertaste. Quick dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent dry clingy feel riding along my tongue.
Overall, really good American Pale Wheat ale, a bit juicier and has more bitterness than 3F’s Gumbalhead or Laggy’s Lil Sumpin Sumpin.
Tried from Can on 15 Jun 2016 at 16:46