We are excited to host the 31st Vermont Brewers Festival on July 19-20, 2024. 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 35 brewers on Friday and 35 brewers on Saturday. A handful of brewers will be at both Friday and Saturday sessions. You'll taste over 100 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.

Three Sessions.

We will have three sessions this year. One on Friday evening, and two on Saturday.

Our Brewers.

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 a 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!

Out of State/Country Brewers.

We will have 10 out-of-state/country brewers joining us for this year’s festival.  

Beer Tasting Bracelet and Choose Your 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. 1 sample/pull tab = 3 oz; 2 samples/pull tab = 6oz; 3 samples/pull tab = 9oz. Beers over 8% ABV require additional pull tabs. You may purchase 5 extra beer tickets at the VBA tent. Designated Drivers cannot receive any alcoholic drink tastings.

Fermentation Tent.

In the past, we have had an educational experience tent with chocolate, cheese, and beer pairings. This year, we will have a fermentation tent with samples of locally fermented goods (and beer!) and panel discussions. Tickets for this experience will be sold on-site and will be $15. These tickets include 5 additional drink tickets.

Tickets

• Tickets are $60 in advance and $65 day of. No refunds. Rain or shine.
• This is a 21+ event. Anyone under 21, including Designated Drivers and children, are prohibited. Valid IDs required to enter event.
• Dogs are not allowed unless they are registered service animals.
• Limit one tasting session per day for each ticket holder. You may not purchase tickets to consecutive sessions, but you may purchase tickets to sessions held on separate days.

Merchandise:

• Pre-order by June 14th and pick up at the festival!

For questions about the event, please review the event website here or contact [email protected]