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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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
A hazy creamy golden ale with a thin white head. A light hoppy aroma with citrusy notes. In mouth, a light pleasant ale with english hops, very restrained, light and quaffable. On tap at brewpub, Inbièrenationale IV, May 2007.
Tried from Draft on 05 Mar 2009 at 17:48

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
A golden ale with a thin white head. A light malt and floral hops. In mouth, a delightful ale with light malt, floral hops, all restrained, making for a good quaff. On tap at brewpub, Inbièrenationale IV, May 2007.
Tried from Draft on 05 Mar 2009 at 17:40

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
A golden weizen with a thin white head. A very classsy weizen aroma with oranges, bananas, and light cloves. In mouth, loads of cloves and bananas, oily, very sustained fruitiness. Loads of esters. On tap at brewpub, Inbièrenationale IV, May 2007.
Tried from Draft on 05 Mar 2009 at 17:38

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
A golden ale with a thick creamy off white head . A pleasant floral aroma with nice orange notes and a bit of menthol. In mouth, a classy I2PA with intense bitternes, a light grapefruit and menthol. Medium bodied. On tap at brewpub, Inbièrenationale IV, May 2007.
Tried from Draft on 05 Mar 2009 at 17:35

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
A hazy orange dark amber ale with a thin lacing light moka head. A sweet maple,vanilla and hops in aroma. In mouth, a nice floral hops with sustained bitterness, crisp malt, grapefruits, rich bodied. On tap at brewery 13 Oct. 2008.
Tried from Draft on 27 Nov 2008 at 20:49

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
A reddish brown ale with a thin moka coffee lacing head. Aroma is pungeant, with nutty roastiness. In mouth, a fresh balanced light malt with sustained nutty bitterness. Spot to style. On tap at brewery 13 Oct. 2008.
Tried from Draft on 27 Nov 2008 at 20:44

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
A lightly hazed golden ale with a thin creamy lacing white head. A light orange peels and cloves aroma. In mouth, a restrained malt with light cloves, light bodied. On tap at brewery 13 Oct. 2008.
Tried from Draft on 27 Nov 2008 at 20:40

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap at Blind Tiger - whoa, this one is hoppy for a stout - the pour is nice and black, with a dark tan head - the aroma is of strong, pine-like hops, roasty character, some chocolate - the strong hops in the flavor enhance a powerful woodiness, some tobacco, coffee, and bittersweet chocolate flavors - I normally don’t like hoppy stouts, but this works.
Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2008 at 22:12

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Tap at Blind Tiger - well dammit to hell, the one beer I was really looking forward to at this event and it wasn’t very good - reddish-purple, kool-aid looking beer - the aroma is heavy with grapes, some wheaty character, mild yogurt/tart qualities, a kind of berry/fruit juice thing going on - the flavor is a bit sweet and juice like, with very mild funky character way in the back - the flavor reminds me a bit of fruit-flavored yogurt - very mild acidity - maybe it the "wild" bacteria have more time to do their thing, this will be better, but for now it’s just meh.
Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2008 at 22:09

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap at the brewpub - explosive, grassy, piney hop aroma, with a huge, dry, woody character - very crisp, herbal, earthy simcoe hop flavor, balanced with a perfect malt backbone, not getting sticky like most - hops remain center stage, and keep the finish very dry and woody - reminds me of Sixpoint Gemini - nice.
Tried from Draft on 05 Aug 2007 at 12:38