Current Operations:
We have reopened Jasper Murdock’s Alehouse for dinner service Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday Evenings. We will have socially distanced seating available on our patio and in the pub. Guests should make reservations HERE or call ahead for availability, 802-649-1143. We will also be offering take-out during normal Restaurant Hours. Monday-Wednesdays we will have our bar open and be offering small appetizer plates but our kitchen will not be open, you can place orders at the bar and find a place to relax outside on our patio or one of our porches. Reservations will not be needed on these evenings. Masks are required when you are not seated at your table and our guests should follow social distance requirements of 6 feet while at the Inn.
Hours:
Bar and Small Plates: Monday-Wednesday 4:30-8:30pm
Dinner and Take-Out: Thursday-Sunday 4:30pm-8:30pm
Our Brew Master, Jeremy Hebert is proud to welcome you to the Brewery at the Norwich Inn, home of Jasper Murdock Ales. Our Ales have won 4 silver and a gold medal in recent years at the Great International Beer Competition.
President James Monroe dined at the Norwich Inn in 1817 while on a horseback tour of the New England frontier. Alas, history does not record whether he had a beer. But if he did, it was most likely brewed at the Inn. Vermont had no commercial breweries at the time, and the local beers were brewed in very small batches. Even the biggest copper kettle provided just enough ale for the brewer and his guests.
In 1993, this Vermont brewery tradition was revived at the Norwich Inn when Jasper Murdock’s Alehouse began producing traditional English-style ales in 5-gallon glass jugs. By 1995, an historic livery building was renovated and outfitted with a new four-barrel brew house, enabling 125-gallon batches. Though the vessels are now larger, we remain one of the smallest breweries in America.
Jasper Murdock’s Ales and Lagers are crafted from the finest malts and hops, occasionally including hops grown in our own hop garden here at the Inn. Because filtration can strip flavor and body from a beer, the yeast is allowed to settle out naturally in an extended cold-aging period to ensure that all the goodness reaches your palate. The beer is then pumped underground from the beer cellars to our pub at the Inn.
Our beers are sold only at the Inn. Bottled brew in many of our varieties is available by the 22 ounce bottle, by the case or the 5 gallon keg. Call ahead and place your an order to pick up when you come to the Inn.