StyleNew England IPAs, stouts, full restaurant
Neighbourhoodsouth-end
Taproom hoursSun 12:00-19:00; Mon-Thu 12:00-20:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-21:00 (winter hours; verify summer extension on operator site)

Tip: Full kitchen; one of the few breweries in town that takes reservations.

Location

Address: 180 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401

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Citizen Cider Press House ★ 4.4

Hard cider, cellar series, full barsouth-endMon-Tue 12:00-19:00; Wed 12:00-20:00; Thu-Sat 12:00-21:00; Sun 12:00-19:00

Vermont's biggest cidery closed its Pine Street pub April 2025 and opened the Press House Pub at 180 Flynn Avenue October 2025, consolidating production.

Tip: Full food menu and cider cocktails; rentable for private events.

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Vermont Pub and Brewery ★ 4.3

British and American craft, year-round and seasonalchurch-street-marketplaceSun-Thu 11:30-22:00; Fri-Sat 11:30-23:00

Vermont's first brewpub and the longest-running brewery in the state. Greg Noonan lobbied Vermont to permit onsite brewing-and-consumption and opened Vermont.

Tip: The cask hand-pull is the bartender pick most evenings; the kitchen runs full menu until close every night.

Citizen Cider Press House ★ 4.4

Hard cider, cellar series, full barsouth-endMon-Tue 12:00-19:00; Wed 12:00-20:00; Thu-Sat 12:00-21:00; Sun 12:00-19:00

Vermont's biggest cidery closed its Pine Street pub April 2025 and opened the Press House Pub at 180 Flynn Avenue October 2025, consolidating production.

Tip: Full food menu and cider cocktails; rentable for private events.

Fiddlehead Brewing Company ★ 4.5

IPA-focused craft (Mastermind double IPA flagship)shelburneMon-Thu 12:00-20:00; Fri-Sat 12:00-21:00; Sun 12:00-20:00

Fiddlehead's original brewery and tasting room is in Shelburne, sharing a building with Folino's Pizza (BYO food encouraged across the hall).

Tip: No kitchen onsite; Folino's Pizza across the hall is the move and you can carry pizzas back to the tasting-room glasses.

Lawson's Finest Liquids ★ 4.7

Sunshine IPAs, lagers and limited releaseswaitsfieldDaily 11:00-21:00 (verify before driving up; brewery posts the week's hours)

Sean and Karen Lawson founded Lawson's in 2008; the Waitsfield destination brewery opened 2018 in the Mad River Valley (45 miles from Burlington).

Tip: Earned B Corp certification in 2023; the solar canopy in the lot is one of Vermont's largest.

The Alchemist Brewery and Visitor's Center ★ 4.8

Heady Topper and Focal Banger double IPAsstoweDaily 11:00-19:00 (verify on operator site; sometimes shorter)

John and Jen Kimmich founded The Alchemist in 2003; the Heady Topper IPA from this Stowe brewery (35 miles from Burlington) sparked the entire haze-IPA.

Tip: Same-day Heady-Topper four-packs sell out by midday on weekends; arrive at open.

Hill Farmstead Brewery ★ 4.9

Saisons, mixed-fermentation, double IPAsgreensboroWed-Sat 11:30-17:00; Sun 11:30-15:00

Shaun Hill founded the brewery in 2010 on family land in Greensboro Bend; the seventh-generation Hill descendant on a Northeast Kingdom plot held since 1788.

Tip: Download directions ahead; service is patchy past Hardwick. Retail allocations rotate.

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