Catamount Brewing Co. incorporated with the State of Vermont on Halloween of 1984, making it the very first craft brewery in the state of Vermont as well as a pioneer of small-batch brewing on the east coast.
They released many beloved beers including Catamount Gold, a hoppy golden ale, which won gold at the 1989 Great American Beer Festival, as well as Catamount Porter and Catamount Christmas Ale.
Catamount closed its doors in the spring of 2000. Later that summer, employee owned Mass. Bay Brewing Company purchased the Catamount Brewery and converted it to the Harpoon Brewery, where it fulfilled the long held dream of Catamount by opening a full service pub and beer garden – and where it released limited edition batches of Catamount beers from time to time.
But Mass. Bay Brewing didn’t only get a brewery out of the deal – they also got Brett Simmons, a Catamount Brewer who still brews at that very brewery to this day.
In collaboration with Mass. Bay brewers (and avid Catamount beer drinkers back in the day) Ryan Thompson and Tom Graham, Brett brewed Catamount IPA to bring the pioneering brand back for a new generation of Vermont beer drinkers.
Beer Finder
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MIKES STORE & COLLECTABLES
148 RT 5
HARTLAND, VT 05048p: (802) 436-3244
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SKUNK HOLLOW TAVERN
12 BROWNSVILLE RD
HARTLAND FOUR CORNERS, VT 05049p: (802) 436-2139
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KEDRON VALLEY INN
4778 SOUTH RD
SOUTH WOODSTOCK, VT 05071p: (802) 457-1473
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WOODSTOCK INN
14 THE GREEN
WOODSTOCK, VT 05091p: (802) 457-1100
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COBURNS
3 ELM ST
WOODSTOCK, VT 05091p: (802) 296-1494
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ZIGGYS PIZZA
254 PLAINFIELD RD
WEST LEBANON, NH 03784p: (603) 790-8277
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CIRCLE K
89 N MAIN ST
WEST LEBANON, NH 03784p: (603) 298-5567
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JAKES MARKET & DELI
1477 MAPLE ST
HARTFORD, VT 05001p: (802) 698-8106
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SALT HILL PUB
2 W PARK ST STE 100
LEBANON, NH 03766p: (603) 448-4532
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CIRCLE K
84 SAWYER BROOK PLZ
GRANTHAM, NH 03753p: (603) 863-5142
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RUM BROOK MARKET
249 ROUTE 10 N
GRANTHAM, NH 03753p: (603) 863-5471
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CIRCLE K
27 S MAIN ST
NEWPORT, NH 03773p: (603) 863-2757
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CIRCLE K
73 MAIN ST
HANOVER, NH 03755p: (603) 643-9750
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MURPHYS ON THE GREEN
11 S MAIN ST
HANOVER, NH 03755p: (603) 643-4075