We are excited to host the 32nd Vermont Brewers Festival on July 18-19, 2025. The Vermont Brewers Festival is one of the premier beer festivals in the world, held on the waterfront of Lake Champlain overlooking the Adirondack Mountains. Established in 1991, it is the only festival hosted by the brewers themselves and will feature 36 brewers on Friday and 36 brewers on Saturday.
A handful of brewers will be at both Friday and Saturday sessions. You'll taste over 200 beers, many brewed exclusively for our festival. Enjoy live music, local food trucks, Vermont products, and games.
The festival is hosted by the Vermont Brewers Association, a nonprofit membership organization that was founded in 1995 to promote and strengthen the culture of craft brewing in Vermont through marketing, education and advocacy for Vermont made beer.
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Breweries:
We will have 36 breweries at each session with 10 out-of-state/country brewers joining us for this year’s festival. Having our brewers attend one to three tasting sessions rather than spending the entire weekend on the waterfront for four sessions will help ease the stress of running business and being at our event. Many brewers are still very much understaffed. We don’t want to overwork our brewers — instead we want to show them how much we appreciate them! To see the most up-to-date brewery line-up click here
NEW for 2025: To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Vermont Brewers Association we are launching a statewide collaboration beer fundraiser. The goal of this collaboration is to give participating brewers the flexibility to create a beer that best suits their brand and customers, while still tying into the larger collaborative spirit of the VBA. Each brewery can select the style they want to brew using one of the custom hop blends created for this milestone year and has access to discounted materials from several supplier vendors. These beers will be debuted at the Vermont Brewers Festival and you can learn more about the project & who is participating here.
Tasting Bracelet & Pour Size:
Each attendee will receive bracelets with 15 pull tabs on them to use for drink tickets. You may choose your sample size. You receive 15 beer samples with admission. You may purchase 5 extra beer tickets at the VBA tent for $10. Designated Drivers cannot receive any alcoholic drink tastings.
Food & Retail Vendors:
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Fermentation Tent:
We are excited to bring back the Fermentation Tent experience again this year! Join us for a 30 minute fermentation tent experience with one fermentation food producer, one brewer, a local chef, and Seven Days food and drink writer Jordan Barry to learn more about the fermentation process, connections between industries, enjoy panel discussions, and sample some of Vermont’s finest fermented foods and brews! Entry fee is $15 and includes 5 additional beer tickets. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the VBA tent if capacity allows. You can check out more information here.
Festival Exclusive Merchandise:
Vermont Brewers Festival exclusive merch will only be available for pre-order by June 13th and pick up at the festival only. Vermont Brewers Association merchandise will be available for purchase on site.
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All items are non-refundable under any circumstances.
This is a 21+ event. No children, babies, or persons under 21 will be admitted.
No pets allowed, service animals welcome.
