
STOWE, VERMONT
In a Moroccan red barn-like lodge along the mountaintop of ski-bound haven Stowe, rustic green-walled hillside depot,
THE SHED RESTAURANT & BREWERY, became a brewpub in 1994.
Visited November ’06, its right side bar area served brewer Jim Conroy’s swell tapped beer samplers (in old wooden ski trays) as well as frozen daiquiris, West Indian rum drinks, and sandwiches-burgers-appetizers. Exquisite left side Gardenroom Greenhouse dining area and huge back patio satisfied quieter patrons.
Quaffed dry white-breaded, maize-husked, spice-tingled, grapefruit-soured
West Branch Golden Canadian Ale, green apple-tart, date-fig-soured, candi-sugared
Belgian Wheat, woody Simcoe-Centennial hop-embittered, grapefruit-apricot-dried
National IPA and bitterer alcohol-doused, orange pith-dried, peach-pear-grapefruit-tinged
Spawn Double IPA.
The Shed’s mainstay,
Mountain Ale, merged fig-sugared prune-dried bruised orange prowess with morning dewed grape-tobacco moisture and whiskey-soured fruitcake finish.
Bought in growler,
Scottish Porter had oily, coffee bean-embittered, chocolate-cappuccino-creamed, sour fig-laden propensity.
On a snowy afternoon, January ’09, fought icy roads to do revisit. Had tuna fish salad with peppery gin-soaked banana-bruised orange-sugared cotton-candied
Tripple, a true fave.
Quaffed nitro-soft, mocha-fronted, ice coffee-backed, hazelnut-walnut-singed
Strongman Porter thereafter.
Dessert was dry burgundy-like
Shady Monk Quadrupel, boasting stewed prune, raisin, and fig souring and Belgian-spirited dank basement mustiness.
Phone number: 802 253 4364