Fiddlehead Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Shelburne,
Vermont,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Fiddlehead Brewing Company
Established in 2011
Contact
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.
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.
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Buffalo Wild Wings, Shelburne, VT. The bartentder just taped a fresh keg, sweet!! Deep hazy gold, huge ruffly head. Aroma and flavor are dank. Pine resin, grassy, garlic, scallions , green leafy hops. Bitterness is long lasting. Light malts to try and balance but the hops are loaded up here. Overall, lots of dank goodness, I like this a lot.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2014
at 10:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz. can. Awesome idea for a porter. Dark brown some light head. Nose is chocolate and vanilla. The flavor delivers exactly as the can describes! Chocolate malt base, with nice amounts of vanilla and a subtle flaked coconut in the finish. This porter is sweet but not overly so.
This brewery does a great job infusing the vanilla and coconut. I enjoyed the hell out of this tall boy!
This brewery does a great job infusing the vanilla and coconut. I enjoyed the hell out of this tall boy!
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2014
at 02:44
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Prohibition Pig for our New England Gathering. Orange amber color with light head retention. Aroma is very herbal with light hints of pine resin.
Flavor shows a good balance of malt and hops. The herbal hops take over the sweet bread and pine notes. Thicker body with an almost chewy texture. I really enjoyed this brew. I would drink this again, very nice DIPA.
Flavor shows a good balance of malt and hops. The herbal hops take over the sweet bread and pine notes. Thicker body with an almost chewy texture. I really enjoyed this brew. I would drink this again, very nice DIPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2014
at 02:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours deep gold into a shaker. White head with good retention recedes leaving spot lacing. Resin aromas. Well balanced with resin and bread front to back.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2014
at 16:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap: Poured a clear amber color ale with a medium size foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of floral citrus hops is quite nice and very refreshing. Taste is mostly dominated by nice floral hops notes with lightly sweet malt backbone with nice grassy feeling and medium bitterness. Body is about average with good carbonation. Enjoyable and refreshing.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Jul 2013
at 10:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dégustée en fût au Farmhouse Tap & Grill à Burlington, VT. De couleur ambrée et claire. Nez de malt sucré, léger de biscuits et de houblon herbeux avec des notes épicées (coriandre, traces de poivre) et d’alcool ainsi que des traces de pain. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen ainsi qu’une texture aux notes huileuses et aux petites traces crémeuses. Goût de grains de malt moyennement sucrés aux petites notes rôties lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un léger goût de pain et d’alcool avec des notes de biscuits puis en finale l’on retrouve une légère amertume de houblon herbeux avec des traces de caramel doux. Post-goût moyen aux notes sèches, légèrement amer d’alcool et de houblon herbeux avec des notes de grains sucrés. (12 mai 2013)
Tried
from Draft
on 22 May 2013
at 01:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Growler from Nikki in Vermont. Pours a hazy golden colour with a white head, average retention and a little lace. Fresh mild hop nose, with the citrus notes. Wet mouthfeel with just a tad dryness in the finish. Again, the nice hop that is light, but effective. A nice IPA with beautiful Cascades, but not overpowering like most American IPA.
Tried
from Growler
on 29 Mar 2013
at 16:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
*120429-Fiddlehead IPA–growler-thanks hbmason-pours yellow/gold with a white head and trailing lace. Aroma is citrus/herbal, 2nd grain. Taste is a biting citrus/herbal hops [cascade and golding?], 2nd grain/light malt-bready. Occasional," something is clashing. 746313=3.3 *121022- -on tap @Three Needs-tight white head with trailing lace-hazy gold. A-resin", lt malt. T-resin hops, lt malt. Easy. 747414=3.6
Tried
from Growler
on 25 Nov 2012
at 11:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
growler-shared @dmac’s from trade with hbmason, thanks Tim-white ring-yellow. A-sweet lt malt, honey, floral. T-sweet lt malt/grain, honey, floral/fruit hops.
Tried
from Growler
on 25 Nov 2012
at 08:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
growler-thanks hbmason-pours mahogany with a cascading tight tan head with lacing. Aroma is roasty/chocolate/molasses-medium malt. Taste is chicory, dusty cocoa/molasses-medium malt, some earthy hops. Towards medium body.
Tried
from Growler
on 25 Nov 2012
at 08:44