May 3 - May 9 New England Trip

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Arrive in Burlington and get settled into our hotel overlooking Lake Champlain. For those who are in town early enough, we'll stroll over to Church Street for a casual welcome drink just down the hill from the University of Vermont.

Vermont is, understandably, considered one of the best places in the country for craft beer, and we're going to make the most of it! After breakfast, we'll head out for The Alchemist, where we'll get a tour of the production facility before tasting Heady Topper and whatever other stellar options they have on tap. From there, since it's impossible to get to all the stellar options in the Green Mountain State, we'll head to a beer lunch at Blackback Pub, where we'll pair some offerings from some other great local producers with a fantastic meal. Then, we'll head down the road to Lawson's Finest, where we'll get a Sip of Sunshine on the back patio before we head back into town to enjoy some of Burlington's best, finishing at Foam Brewing on the lakefront.

After you grab breakfast, we'll point ourselves toward Hill Farmstead, one of the top breweries in the world. We'll taste and poke around the grounds before making a stop for lunch and tasting at Schilling Beer, which is making great lagers to match their amazing riverside location. Then, we head to Portland for the night. We'll get settled into the hotel before hitting Old Port's stellar beer scene.

Wake up to a great day in one of the nation's great beer cities. We'll get some of the city's finest options at Bissell Brothers, Belleflower, and Rising Tide before watching the Portland Sea Dogs (Red Sox affiliate) host the Reading Fightin' Phils (Philadelphia) in a Double-A Eastern League match-up at historic Hadlock Field, where we'll also enjoy dinner. Post-game, we'll make an optional visit in the Old Port. 

Relax at the hotel and explore around the Old Port a bit before we head south, making a stop for some stellar tastings at Barreled Souls. We'll check out a few of New Hampshire's best before we get to Manchester, New Hampshire, where we'll watch the Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays) host the Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates). 

Haven't had enough stellar IPA's yet? Well, we'll fix that! After you enjoy breakfast at the hotel, we'll make the trip to the mind-blowing campus of Tree House Brewing, whose Julius is perhaps the perfection of the New England IPA. We'll have plenty of time to sample and enjoy a pizza lunch before one more surprise treat. Then Saturday night, we'll get a night of baseball unlike anything else as we take in Cosmic Baseball at Polar Park, the home of the Worcester Red Sox. 

Alas, our trip will be coming to an end, but not before we have one final big paired brunch at Trillium. We'll be wrapped up by 1:00 so you can catch a late afternoon flight out of Logan. (Want to extend your stay in Boston a few extra days? Let us know and we'll give you some hotel, brewery and other recommendations.)

• Six nights' hotel accommodations (all at least three stars)
• Three minor league baseball games
• Six breakfasts
• Three custom paired tasting meals
• At least 10 additional beer tastings with some behind-the-scenes visits mixed in
• Dinner at the ballpark two nights
• Private van service between all destinations 
• All hotel and van driver tips

*Schedule subject to change based on the ever-changing brewery landscape. Final itinerary will be provided a month before the trip.

• Standard Double-Occupancy Hotels $2,900
• Single-Occupancy Hotels $3,600

Don't need a hotel Monday night? Let us know and we'll adjust your billing!

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