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Message: [QUOTE="8893, post: 2620919, member: 93"] Was in in the Stowe/Waterbury/Waitsfield VT beer corridor for a tremendous weekend of skiing. As usual, the NEIPA scene continues to boom there with perhaps a half dozen or so new (to me) breweries, in addition to ol' reliables like Hill Farmstead, Lawson's and Alchemist. Most impressive and refreshing to me, however, were the number of Pilsners and other lagers now on offer all around the area. Von Trapp's new brewery (right around the corner from the Alchemist, which makes for a convenient two-fer) is gorgeous and their beers--all traditional lagers--are excellent. Their Pilsner was my favorite, followed by their Weissbier and Helles. Food was very good, too. Hill Farmstead had a bunch of non-IPAs, most notable being "Mary," their excellent Pilsner. Their Biere de Mars was also outstanding. I also loved their "Shirley Mae," a porter on nitro. Blackback Pub in Waterbury also had Rothaus Pils from Germany on tap and it was fantastic. Queen City Brewery from Burlington was a new one to me, and their Hefewiezen was also terrific. As for new APAs/IPAs, Upper Pass's First Drop was very popular and tasted like the most grapefruity beer I've had in a while; and River Roost out of White River Junction was another popular new one with a lot of offerings throughout the area. Foley Brothers Grumpy Wench was probably the best one I tasted on this trip, but I didn't drink a ton of them and mostly sampled. [/QUOTE]