30th VBA Anniversary Beer Collaboration
The Vermont Brewers Association is turning 30!
To celebrate the 30th anniversary, the Vermont Brewers Association is 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 and raising money for 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 of our Allied Partners. We hope to launch this beer July 17th, the Thursday before the Vermont Brewers Festival and are excited to celebrate the VBA with our membership and craft beer enthusiasts!
First Pours: Anniversary Collab
Participating Breweries
Burly Irish Red IPA
A Red IPA pouring a deep ruby red color with rich malt flavor and a tantalizing floral aroma. An homage to our founder Greg Noonan in collaboration with Vermont Pub & Brewery & Lawson’s Finest Liquids.
B-DAY Pils
Two Heroes & 1st Republic Brewing Company collaborated on a dry hopped Pilsner with the VBA hop blend
VBA 30- Hoppy Hefeweizen
A German Wheat beer dry hopped with the VBA Ale Hop Blend. A collaboration between 14th Star Brewing Company & Ten Bends Beer.
Thirsty Thirty
India Pale Lager – WTF is it?!? A Cold IPA? A hoppy pale Lager? Try it and decide for yourself. This beer was brewed in honor of VBA’s 30th Anniversary with a lager hop blend selected by a group of Vermont Brewers. Collaboration between Black Flannel Brewing & Weird Window Brewing.
Choice
New England IPA brewed with Oats hopped with Hopsteiner’s VBA Ale Blend, Krush Lupomax, HBC-1019 Lupomax & Krush Quantum Brite Terpenes
Space Camp
Double IPL brewed with Hopsteiner’s VBA Lager and Ale Blend & Galaxy Omni Terpenes. Brewed in collaboration with Prohibition Pig and Good Measure.
Hop S.M.A.S.H.
S.M.A.S.H. Beer-Single Malt & Single Hop Pale Ale. Golden Promise Malt and our 30th Anniversary VBA blend hops from Hopsteiner. A collab between Pro Pig and Mill River Brewing.
VBA Celebration
English Pale- mild malt backbone, fragrant floral hop presence (thanks Hopsteiner!), mild diacetyl. Perfect for toasting the VT Brewer’s Association!
The Rice Choice VBA 30th Anniversary Lager
Rice lager brewed with the VBA hop blend, pilsner malt and flaked rice. Subtle and smooth, the hops complement the beer’s clean, refreshing character without overpowering it.
True North
Altbier 30th Anniversary VBA Celebration Beer
VBA 30th IPA
Hazy IPA with a blend of hand selected hops by VBA Members. Lotus, Solero, Trident hops
Big Three Oh
West Coast Pils, 30th Anniversary Brew- Brewed in collaboration for the VBA turning 30. With Blue Ox Yankee Pilsner malt from Lisbon Falls, Maine and hopped with the signature “Ale Hop Blend” selected by VBA members. Light and crisp.
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Fourth Class
One for the pioneers. Fourth Class is our nod to Greg Noonan and Bill Mares, who drafted the legislation to legalize brewpubs in Vermont which led to the creation of the “Fourth Class” license in 1988.
Brewed to commemorate 30 years of the Vermont Brewers Association, this 4% lager features Proximity Malt’s ReGen Pils and a VT brewer-selected hop blend (Contessa, Akoya, Sterling, HS09326). Notes of biscuit and spice, with a clean finish.
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Pending Beer Name & Description
Pending Beer Name & Description
Participating Supplier Vendors
We have partnered with several of our Allied Partners who have graciously discounted materials for our member breweries to use. We ask that you use any supplier discounted ingredients only in association with this initiative to benefit the Vermont Brewers Association.
Donate for your 30th Collab
Hop Selection
Part 1 of this project invited member breweries to take part in developing two exclusive hop blends with Hopsteiner—one for ales and one for lagers—crafted during a live hop sensory session at the Spring Tech & Ed Day on April 8th.
Some VBA History…
The Vermont Brewers Association was founded in 1995 by Greg Noonan to promote and strengthen the culture of craft brewing in Vermont through marketing, education and advocacy for Vermont made beer.
In the craft brewing industry, few people are as well known as Greg Noonan who made significant contributions to the art of brewing and played a major role in shaping the landscape of Vermont’s beer culture. One of his notable accomplishments is opening Vermont’s first brewpub in Burlington, The Vermont Pub & Brewery in 1988. Breaking a 94 year old drought, Burlington had it’s first brewery since prohibition.
