McNeill's Brewery

Microbrewery in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: McNeill's Brewery - Out of business

Established in 1992

Closed in 2022

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90 Elliot St, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Description
Since 1992, McNeill’s brewery has consistently offered some of the Northeast’s finest beers. Brewmaster Ray McNeill has won accolades far and wide, including thirteen national and international awards.

Critics and food writers alike have praised McNeill’s products, including the Albany Times Union, “McNeill may be the best brewer in America,” or All About Beer Magazine, “The jewel in the crown of Vermont’s many fine beers.”

In 2008 McNeill opened the long rumored packaging facility just north of the venerable brewpub.

Today, McNeill’s packages ten different beers plus seasonals.

The brewery, closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, burnt down and was demolished in 2022.

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6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pours mahogany into an English pint. Tan head tophats rim then prunes and craters leaving chunky lacing. Chocolate and coffee aromas. Thin with slight burnt rubber upfront turning to chocolate in the bitter chocolate and smoked resin finish.
Tried on 05 Feb 2010 at 14:49

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Pours black into an English pint. Mocha head with excellent retention recedes leaving spot lacing to skim surface. Espresso and chocolate syrup aromas. Thin with upfront roasted coffee turning to a lasting dark chocolate finish.
Tried on 20 Jan 2010 at 18:20

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draught at Barcade, New York
Cloudy amber color. The aroma is lightly resiny and cheesy, with a touch of vanilla. It has a good caramel and toffee flavor, with just some residual sweetness, final resins and strong hopping. Very good.
Tried on 14 Dec 2009 at 00:46

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
on tap-pours a retaining light tan head that laces and hazy orange color. Aroma is citrus/pine (cascade, maybe Simcoe. Nope, I’m told columbus), some medium malt. Taste is resin/herbal/citrus-orange/pineapple hops, secondary sweet/syrupy medium malt-bisciuty. Medium/full body.
Tried from Draft on 07 Dec 2009 at 13:03

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
on tap-pours a disappearing light brown head and black color. Aroma is roasty dark malt-cocoa powder, raisin, some earthy hops. Taste is roasty dark malt-anise/cocoa powder, raisin, some earthy hops.
Tried from Draft on 07 Dec 2009 at 13:02

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
8th August 2008. On tap at GBBF. Hazy dark brown beer. Sour dry IPA with lots of grapefruit bitterness. Not the smoothest or subtlest of IPAs but sure wakes the taste buds! Low carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 28 Nov 2009 at 10:48

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
more of an english ipa than an american. leaned more to the flowery hops than the citrusy hops. not bad but a little hard to define.
Tried from Can on 02 Oct 2009 at 09:35

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours deep amber into a snifter. Off-white micro head with medium retention recedes leaving spot lacing. Dark caramel and pine aromas. Sweet summer pit fruit and caramel upfront. Lasting dry pine resin finish.
Tried on 06 Sep 2009 at 21:05

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6
Pours bright mahogany into a shaker. Off-white head recedes leaving spider lacing. Mild caramel aromas. Crisp and slighly sour with caramel from in the slightly hopped finish.
Tried on 03 Sep 2009 at 17:23

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
22oz bottle-pours a dissipating light tan head and copper color. Aroma is medium malt-caramel, orange. Taste is orange/some pine hops, medium malt-caramel, towards medium body. Easy, malty, towards a PA.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2009 at 15:15