All roads lead to VT-100

My dad loves directions and highways. At the top of the list is (apparently) VT-100. It’s basically the anti-Dayton, OH. Take that for what it’s worth. The point is that VT-100 got us to where we needed to go: Stowe.

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Breweries / Restaurants

While here, we’ve checked out quite a few breweries and local restaurants. One called Alchemist had a super cool vibe, with party lights throughout the brewery, reflecting off of their stainless steel tanks. They also had great beer (and prices). Another one of the breweries (Lost Nation) used wild yeast (which means basically leaving a bucket of grain-water outside until it turns to beer) — that was pretty tasty (and unique).

Another one, called the Von Trapp brewery was built by the family that inspired “The Sound of Music”. Von Trapp had a huge brewing facility and lodge-like tasting room / restaurant with taxidermied African animals all over the walls. The place reeked of privilege but we had a good time.

Generally the food was great everywhere we went around Stowe, but the highlight was some hole in the wall called “Aladdin” (cultural appropriation?). They had the best falafel I’ve ever had in America. YUM!

I’m missing a few of the breweries / cideries / restaurants but this isn’t a food blog…

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Skiing / Shredding the Gnar

Stowe is a legit mountain with legit snow and a legit town. One of the first runs we sent it down was a black diamond with huge bumps top to bottom. We like bumps as much as the next guy, but it caught us a bit off guard after skiing nothing but groomers so far this (early) season. Was great being on a ‘real’ mountain again with real snow everywhere (even the glades were decently filled in). 

Overall, Stowe is the best ski town and mountain that we’ve been to in New England. The food was good, there were craft breweries everywhere, a great local vibe, and the mountain itself had soft snow and challenging terrain.