The Alchemist

Microbrewery in Stowe, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 2003

Contact
100 Cottage Club Rd, Stowe, VT, 05672, United States
Description
The Alchemist is a family run brewery specializing in fresh, unfiltered IPA. John and Jen Kimmich originally opened The Alchemist as a 60 seat brew pub in the village of Waterbury in 2003. After eight years of success and growing popularity, they decided to open a small production brewery. Today The Alchemist currently operates two breweries in Vermont and distributes Heady Topper and Focal Banger throughout the state.

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8.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Can from trade with ClarkVV--thanks, Clark! Inky black with ephemeral thin head, nice sparkle, nice viscosity, no lacing. Aroma is strong bourbon, rye, sweet, earthy malts, chocolate, toffee. Taste is strong bourbon, sweet, earthy malts, chocolate, rye and caramel. Thick texture, full bodied, average carbonation and finish as taste. Thick and sweet with a bunch of barrel as an offset. I'm loving sipping this! I guess much more than my posse.

Tried from Can on 24 Dec 2025 at 02:52


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can from my bro. It pours murky blonde with a medium fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, green, weedy, piney, floral, twist of citrus, weedy, dank, bong rips, biscuit and sponge cake. The taste is dry, weedy, green, dank, some rawness, bong rips, floury bread, twist of citrus, juicy, bright, stone fruits, grapefruit and peppery spice with a drying, actually quite bitter finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Nice one.

Tried from Can on 14 Dec 2025 at 16:15


Finally tried this! From what I heard, its not what it used to be

Tried on 12 Oct 2025 at 20:03


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can. Opaque. Thick head. Some stone fruit hops, okay malts. Medium bitterness, stone fruit, pear, and some alcohol coming through as well. Decent balance. Today, it’s just another hazy.

Tried from Can at Blind Tiger Ale House on 27 Sep 2025 at 05:32


4.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 17

Like many of the mythical \"best beers on the planet\" DIPAs, this is a powerhouse hop bomb, but the rest of the world has probably caught up to it. Grapefruit, grass, orange and some tropical fruit notes are pretty fresh and juicy. Not sure it is hitting at 120 IBUs though. The malt is sweet and a bit chewy with a classic caramel undertone.

Tried on 23 Sep 2025 at 20:12


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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Ingeblikt op 12 mei 2024, dus hoog tijd dattie open gaat. Een pikzwarte kleur met een ferme bruine kraag, die niet al te lang blijft. Geuren van mokka, geroosterde mout, iets rood fruit. In de mond is het dikke mokka, zoet, flink geroosterd, iets rood fruit. Smaak is redelijk zoet, maar met een lekker geroosterd bittertje. Alcohol voelt behoorlijk sterk aan. Lekker dikke body. Afdronk met koffiedik, iets bitter. Erg lekker.

Tried from Can from J&B Craft Drinks on 30 Aug 2025 at 18:35


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Appearance is hazy orange, with a foamy 1-2 finger head. Aroma is hop resin, mango, pineapple chunks, orange, citrus fruit, fresh tropical fruit, stewed fruity notes, hints of raisin and dark fruit. Melon and stone fruit. Taste is lots of bitter hops, orange peel, tangerine, stewed hoppy fruit pineapple, grapefruit, hop resin, clingy hop bitterness in a lengthy finish. Very intense and bitter. Bitterness off the scale really.

Tried from Can on 28 Aug 2025 at 05:38


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can (5/14/25) from trade with CLW--thanks, Chris! Cloudy orangey-yellow with light sparkle, decent head with good retention and trace lacing. Aroma is strong lemon, mild herb and baguette crust. Taste is super strong lemon with herb and background bread crust. Frothy, fairly thick texture, lively carbonation, finish as taste that then produces surprising dry, moderate bitterness. Excellent strength for 4.7%. Kind of a strange mix of lemon and herb. Then ends on odd bitter turn. Liked it but didn't love it.

Tried from Can on 08 Aug 2025 at 01:40


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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can J&B 2025-08-07 HOPnick Göteborg
AR: dark roasted malt, tropical fruity
AP: dark brown, high fluffy dark brown foam
F: dark roasted malt, tropical fruity

Tried from Can from J&B Craft Drinks on 07 Aug 2025 at 14:16


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8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

An at home, 2nd August 25, from J and B Craft Drinks, Amsterdam. It’s pithy and assertively bitter, overall delicious as I remembered it

Tried from Can on 04 Aug 2025 at 17:40