Vermont Cheese and Butter is a creamery in Barre, Vermont. A few friends and I did a short tour of the creamery, followed by a tasting. We sampled creme fraiche, marscapone, bonne bouche (the favorite) and a delicious fresh goat cheese log rolled in crushed red pepper flakes. I loved it all, but everyone seemed to go crazy for the bonne bouche in particular - it was the perfect amount of creamy and pungent.
From there we went to lunch at the Shed Brewery in Stowe, Vermont, where we all ordered "brewskis" the sampler of beers on tap. Since Stowe is a tourist skiing destination, this gimmick fits right in. I enjoyed the darker beers, the porter and the Mountain Ale, their award-winning brew. The seasonal beer on the far end was a raspberry beer that I was not fond of.
We got a menu of the samplers in front of us, which I always appreciate far more than the server's lightning-quick run-through of the beers in a sampler.
From the Shed we went to Rock Art Brewery, a mere 20 minutes down the road. For the purchase of a $3 tasting glass, you try all the beers on tap for free. We sampled their current pale ale, Sunny and 75, their Belgian-style summer seasonal, American Red, which was my favorite, and Ridge Runner, a barley wine.
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