Long Trail Brewing Company

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Long Trail Brewing Company

Location	Bridgewaters Corners, Vermont United States
Year opened	1989
Active beers
Long Trail Altbier	Altbier
Long Trail Double Bag	Strong ale
Long Trail Hefeweizen	Hefeweizen
Long Trail Hit The Trail Ale	Brown ale
Long Trail India Pale Ale	IPA
Long Trail Blackbeary Wheat	Fruit beer
Seasonal beers
Long Trail Harvest Ale	Amber ale
Long Trail Hibernator	Scottish ale
Long Trail Belgian White	Witbier

Long Trail Brewery is a microbrewery located in Bridgewater, Vermont, USA. It was opened in May of 1989 by Andy Pherson, who now serves both as the company's president and brewmaster. The company's first brewery was located in the basement of the Bridgewater Woolen Mill in Vermont's Green Mountains, but by 1995 the company had become popular enough that it was able to relocate to a state-of-the-art brewery and visitor center (featuring an open-air deck overlooking the Ottaquechee River) in Bridgewater Corners, VT.

Long Trail makes a number of different styles of beer, mostly English-style top-fermented ales, but its flagship beer is Long Trail Ale, a Düsseldorf-style altbier. It also participates in the tradition of brewing a "Sticke" Alt (from a dialect German word for secret) known as Long Trail Double Bag, though unlike the German originators of the style, Long Trail makes Double Bag available year-round. During the 1990s it also brewed a Kölsch-style ale as a spring seasonal. In the summer of 2006 Long Trail added a hefeweizen to its list of brews. In the Fall of 2007, they changed the Blackbeary Wheat offering to full-year availability. It was previously Long Trail's summer seasonal brew.

Long Trail distributes its product throughout New England, and in New York and New Jersey. 40% of its beer is consumed in Vermont.