

Bay Brewing, though, will operate the pub and beer gardens at both of the former Long Trail locations.

As part of the deal, WhistlePig agreed to buy Long Trail’s Middlebury facility, and it will soon do its bottling and distilling there. Kenary said he didn’t want to acquire both Long Trail breweries in Vermont, one in Bridgewater Corners and the other in Middlebury, but he knew someone who did: the CEO of WhistlePig Whiskey, based in Shoreham. Kenary said Harpoon will soon brew Long Trail, Otter Creek, and Shed brews from this location. It began 22 years ago when the company purchased the Catamount Brewery in Windsor, which is now a Harpoon Brewery that features a pub and beer garden. Though based in Boston, Harpoon has a long history in Vermont. “They would compete in our backyard, and we would work to compete in theirs,” Fulham said. That overlap has of course led to some friendly competition over the years, though Fulham said he and Kenary always “respected each other.”
HARPOON IPA ALCOHOL PERCENT SERIES
Harpoon 100 Barrel Series Black IPA is 7 percent alcohol by volume. “The Fulhams had been in the investment for a long time, and they were kind of ready to move on,” he said, adding that Harpoon had the brewing capacity to absorb Long Trail - and the companies’ retail footprints overlapped. Harpoon's black India pale ale is the new installment in its 100 Barrel Series. In exploring different contract agreements with Harpoon, Kenary said it became clear to both brewers that an acquisition made the most sense. We used a mix of our favorite American hops including Chinook. This Imperial IPA is brewed with loads of pale malt and just enough caramel malt to provide a sweet malt backbone to balance the hop intensity. A monster addition to the Harpoon 30-Pack. At 6.0 ABV, it is citrusy, balanced, and refreshing making it the perfect beer to enjoy on the beach or slopes. Leviathan IPA was the first in our Imperial Series of beers, and one of our favorites. It is brewed in Boston, MA and is a regional favorite on the East Coast. “As a heritage brand, which is what Long Trail and Harpoon are, we were looking at, ‘How do we operate differently when people are drinking hard seltzer, wine, spirits, and non-alcohol.’” Harpoon IPA is a craft beer classic that is styled after an English IPA, but with distinctly American hops. And here is an evolving beer alcohol content list of a lot of different types and styles of the beer. “The craft beer run-up has been a great run, but the craft beer trends have been down,” said Fulham, whose family fund purchased Long Trail in 2005 after exiting the Seaport seafood business. A few most common beer ABV’s are: Bud light alcohol content 5. Long Trail was planning to consolidate from two breweries to one and Fulham asked whether Harpoon could produce a few of its beers - which have been brewed in Vermont since the company’s founding in 1989, long before the recent explosion of craft brewing.
