Heady Topper appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Heady Topper double IPA · Burlington
Hazy, intensely aromatic, 8% double IPA from The Alchemist in Stowe. Drink from the can; do not pour. Considered the beer that started the New England IPA category.
John and Jen Kimmich founded The Alchemist as a Waterbury brewpub in 2003 and began canning Heady Topper from a new Waterbury cannery in 2011; production expanded to the Stowe brewery and visitor's center in 2016. The unfiltered haze, the floral citrus aromatics from late hop additions, and the 'drink from the can' instruction on the label became blueprints for an entire category of US craft beer. Sister IPA Focal Banger followed in 2014.
Where to eat in Burlington:
- The Alchemist Brewery and Visitor's Center
- Mule Bar
- Vermont Pub and Brewery