For years, Mad River locals would line up for special releases of Sean and Karen Lawson's homebrew, dispensed from a converted maple-sugar shack at their home in Warren. In late 2018, the Lawsons opened this cavernous timber-framed brewery, taproom and store in Waitsfield, with 16 beers on tap, a convivial bar and fireside seating indoors and out. Beer lovers, rejoice!
Visitors can observe the goings-on at the production facility next door or bring home four packs of the brewery's trademark Sip of Sunshine IPA along with a dozen other varieties in exuberantly rainbow-colored cans.