Switchback Brewing Co. is a brewery in South End, Burlington.
Editorially verified May 31, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Closed Monday and the dog-friendly patio is the seat; the Beer Garden Smokehouse kitchen closes at 20:00 even when the bar runs to 21:00.
Address: 160 Flynn Ave, Burlington, VT 05401
Queen City has 16-plus taps that rotate through German lagers, English ales, monastic styles and Scottish winter warmers from the renovated South End.
Tip: BYO food or order delivery as there is no kitchen onsite; the beech-smoked lager pours faster than the South End helles.
Burlington Beer Co. moved its taproom from Williston to a 14,000-square-foot former brick warehouse on Flynn Avenue in 2021. 48 taps and a 46-foot bar;
Tip: Full kitchen; one of the few breweries in town that takes reservations.
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.
Queen City has 16-plus taps that rotate through German lagers, English ales, monastic styles and Scottish winter warmers from the renovated South End.
Tip: BYO food or order delivery as there is no kitchen onsite; the beech-smoked lager pours faster than the South End helles.
Burlington Beer Co. moved its taproom from Williston to a 14,000-square-foot former brick warehouse on Flynn Avenue in 2021. 48 taps and a 46-foot bar;
Tip: Full kitchen; one of the few breweries in town that takes reservations.
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.
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'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.
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.
