![]() ![]() If it's just John and I, and we're not reporting to anyone, we can do whatever we want with our money. Even if you are a socially responsible business, you have stockholders who look at their returns. And as soon as a company goes public it becomes about money. “It took us so long to get to this point because John and I want to remain the owners. “Yep, we're making as much beer as we will ever make. “We're making as much Heady Topper as we will ever make at our facility,” she said. Our growth is going to be through our social footprint and our environmental footprint.” This is all the beer we're ever going to make. What makes The Alchemist itself a unicorn? Well, when was the last time you met a business owner who didn't talk about growing their business? We run our distribution company out of the Waterbury plant, too, because we have a nice space for it and it's right off of I-89.” We make 10,000 barrels in Waterbury of Heady Topper, and here in Stowe we make 10,000 additional barrels of Focal Banger and all of the other flavors. It has 52 employees who enjoy great benefits. ![]() The Alchemist has its own distribution company with three refrigerated trucks. The company has two bottling plants: One, in Waterbury, is devoted to Heady Topper the second is a spacious, light-filled brewery in Stowe, which also has a visitor’s center, a store, a tasting bar and a lawn for parties. Heady Topper is one of several popular brews made by The Alchemist, a $26 million-a-year operation founded, privately owned and run by brewer John Kimmich, 47, and his wife, businesswoman Jennifer (Jen) Kimmich, 46, who serves as the company's CEO. There’s beer, and then there’s Vermont beer It's the rarity plus the taste that makes Heady Topper a unicorn.Īlchemist, Hill Farmstead earn national recognition Yes, it's a fresh, fizzy, hoppy, citrus-y, lovely beer, but it's coveted status - its unicorn status -comes partly from the fact that it's made in limited quantities and sold - also in limited quantities - only within a 25-mile radius of where it's produced. Men's Journal calls Heady Topper, “America's most coveted beer.” names it one of the 100 best beers in the world. (It has a sister IPA named Focal Banger that tastes like the whole marching band went through your mouth. Perhaps the best-known is Vermont's own The Alchemist, which makes Heady Topper, an unfiltered double India pale ale (IPA) with an 8 percent alcoholic kick and enough hops to make the inside of your mouth feel like someone's been playing a bass drum back there. Less well known are unicorn breweries - they make the unicorn beers. Photos by Randolph T Holhutīy Joyce Marcel ( This article first appeared in the July issue of Vermont Business Magazine) There are beers. ![]()
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