Founded in 2015, the Southern Vermont HomeBrew Festival celebrates the creativity and craftsmanship of homebrewers from across the Northeast. The outdoor event brings together talented brewers from Vermont, Massachusetts, New York, and beyond to share small-batch beverages that are rarely available to the public. Over the past decade, several brewers who first poured at the festival have gone on to open professional breweries, making the event both a showcase of emerging talent and a celebration of the region’s vibrant craft beverage culture. The festival features more than 30 homebrewers and over 125 unique beverages, along with live music, food trucks, and local artisan vendors, creating a relaxed street-festival atmosphere in the scenic Southern Vermont landscape.​

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​The Southern Vermont HomeBrew Festival was founded in 2015 and is meant to highlight the unbelievable talent of the home brewers in our region, many of whom now have their own professional breweries! We tap the finest home brewing talent from Vermont, Mass, NY, and beyond!
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Plan to join us for our Award Winning Festivals for an experience like no other! Enjoy unlimited beverage sampling (beer, wine, cider, mead) and vote on your favorite beverage!

Event Highlights:
  • 30+ of the Best Regional HomeBrewers
  • Unlimited Beverage sampling - 4oz samples
  • Over 100 unique beverages you can ONLY sample at our festival
  • Beverages include Beer, Cider, Wine, Mead
  • Expect a variety of styles to include Sours, Pastry stouts, NEIPA's, Porters, Pilsners, Fruited Mead, Belgians, Hard Ciders, White and Red Wine, and more!
  • This is an OUTDOOR EVENT!

Vote on your Favorite Home Brewery, Favorite Beer, Favorite Non-Beer, and VIP Hour Beverage
Enjoy shopping with many unique vendors including Hot Sauces, Jams and Jellies, Spice Blends, Beef Jerky, Roasted Nuts, Sweet Treats, Pottery, and Hemp Products to name a few!

​Our festival puts safety first and foremost and will follow any and all VT State Health and Safety Guidelines

Two Great Articles about our 2026 Festival!

Bennington Banner

​Vermont Country Magazine
For the May 3, 2025 festival, we were joined by the incredible duo that is Travel New England. They did a wonderful job capturing the essence of our festival. Take a look and find out what's its like to attend a Southern Vermont HomeBrew Festival!
“What started as a small celebration of homebrewing has grown into a regional event that showcases incredible creativity,” said festival founder Will Gardner. “Many of the brewers who poured here years ago now run successful breweries, and it’s exciting to see how much the homebrew community has grown over the past decade.”

Past Brewer Spotlights!

Past Festivals