OUR THIRD ANNUAL FERMENTATION FESTIVAL

  • Join us for Wild Culture, our Fermentation Festival celebrating the wide world of natural fermentation in our food and beverages

    Sunday October 18th, from 12pm to 4pm
    Ticket link coming soon.

VENDORS

We are thrilled to share a line up of Vermont craft vendors celebrating fermentation in all its forms. Vendors will have samples and goods available!

  • CIDER, BEER & MORE

    Montpelier Vineyeards
    Old Merl's Mead
    Humbiont Fermentary
    Watson Wheeler Cider
    Kramer & Kin
    VT Cider Lab
    Eden Cider
    Old City Farmentation

  • FOOD FERMENTS

    VT Adventures in Fermentation
    Bridge St Bread
    Mt Mansfield Creamery
    Rhapsody Natural Foods
    Pearl St Pizza
    Chef Nadav

DEMOS, MUSIC & MORE

Enjoy a fermentation demo when you visit! We'llalso be offering complimentary sampling and behind-the-scenes "mini-tours". Plus, we'll have live music and delicious cocktails, bar snacks and small plates available for purchase.

  • DEMOS IN THE BACK BAR

    1pm - VT Adventures in Fermentation will be doing a demo on kraut-making for the home kitchen
    1:30pm - Watson Wheeler Cider will be doing an apple tasting and discussing which apple qualities make the best ciders
    2pm - Bridge St Breads will be doing a sourdough demo
    2:30pm - our bar team will do a demo on making tepache, a lightly fermented pineapple "juice" we use in cocktails that makes use of the rinds and peels

  • TOURS

    Join us at 1pm and 3pm for complimentary tours of our distillery floor and barrel room. Learn more about fermentation and distillation! Just check in at the host stand a few minutes before tours start (please note - tours are for 21+ only).

  • SAMPLING

    We'll be offering complimentary samples of spirits in our retail shop, including samples of our newest release of Phyllis Rye Whiskey, aged in maple barrels.

  • MUSIC

    Musical acts coming soon!

  • COCKTAILS & SNACKS

    We'll be featuring cocktails, bar snacks and small plates for purchase. No table service, just order at the food stand and at the bar.

TICKETS & HOURS

  • Tickets are needed for the event from 12pm to 4pm, and to access the demos and the mini-tours. You can purchase $8 tickets in advance online, or $10 tickets at the door on Sunday 10/18 (kids 12 and under are free, but please note that people under 21 are not allowed on the tours).

    Our cocktail bar and retail shop will remain open in the front bar for regular service.

    TICKET LINK COMING SOON.