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Three Needs Brewery and Taproom
Type: Brewpub beer info
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Hours: 4:00 pm to 2:00 am every day
Taps: 12
Bottles: 1-3
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RateBeer Brew Tour Guide's Comments
New beers tend to appear every couple of weeks and you never know what you’re getting. Stronger Belgian and English styles have tended to be very good to excellent; lower alcohol, more traditional session ales and lagers not so great. No food at all, very small and somewhat claustrophobic. Can be very crowded at almost any time, though 4-5 pm and Sun-Mon nights aren’t usually so bad. Vastly improved since the smoking ban went into effect; the beer is much better than I gave it credit for when I couldn’t taste or smell it through the haze.
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| Beese |
Pretty fun bar, with a bit of a rugged atmosphere, but not by any means an unwelcoming one. A fairly large selection of beers split pretty much evenly between their own beers and various guests, I went in a few times over a couple of days and the turn over of beers was quite impressive. Their own beers weren’t particularly good, on the whole, pretty watery and lacking in flavor. The Coffee Stout (made with a large dose of coffee beans) was particularly undrinkable. The Chocolate Thunder Porter was the only beer of theirs which I thought was good (and it was rather good). If it weren’t for the good turn-over of guest beers, this place probably wouldn’t be worth going to. The service is pretty good, although one girl worrking behind the bar asked for my ID every time I went to the bar, wasn’t sure if her memory was shot or if she was winding me up.
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 Sammy |
Very loud but good music system. Some guest taps, which is lacking at other Burlington taps. Very safe area.Beer is OK, single guys take note there were 80% women drinking beer here on a Tuesday, higher than the already noticeable Burlington average. Certainly influenced by Quebec, certainly lonely.
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| mariano42 |
this bar is a lot of fun. Happy hour is when I have traditionally gone to watch the simpsons. Everyone goes there for the Simpsons which is turned on really loud. Gone is the homer hear that sat atop the bar for many years, he is missed. The beer is great too, the brewer is not one to brew the same thing the same way twice it seems so it’s always an adventure.
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| agl108 |
Visited on part of my Burlington vacation. Was there for happy hour on a weeknight. Agree with others regarding the ’freak’ regulars. One bartender working that I felt ignored us a bit, she obviously knew we were not locals. She almost seemed pissed I didn’t order a Duff (Saranac). Pretty shitty music too, unless you enjoy Maneater. Nonetheless, worth stopping by if you’re wandering the streets of Burlington.
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| notalush |
Casual, local pub feel inside, with one pool table at the back of the room - not sure where they make the beer in this cramped space - perhaps the bathroom? - the place was a miss when I went in - only two house-brewed beers on tap, and about 5 or 6 others, the highlight of which was Magic Hat Beet Beer (woohoo?) - in their defense, their Vienna Lager was mighty good - the patrons and bartender were all really friendly, so I’m sure when the place is "on," it’s a really great place to get a beer - this visit, however, just didn’t do it for me.
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| hophead75 |
Small brewpub, basically consists of a small taproom with a pool table and some tables and chairs. Interesting crowd on a saturday afternoon- Hippies, hardcore/punk/oi guys and some older townies. Crowd, when I was there was not very friendly- seemed like they had that "who is coming into my bar" attitude. Sampled 5 of their beers and they were not very good, perhaps I had bad luck. Would go back solely because it is only a couple of blocks from Flatbread and VT Pub and Brewery.
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| josarah |
Previous reveiws seem pretty dead on. Beer is what you come here for(or maybe The Simpsons) bartenders are great, table service is suspect and clientel is diverse. Stop for a beer when in Burlington
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| IPAGEEK |
Diverse crowd, a bit wierd not all that friendly intent on watching very loud TV.
Beer selection was good drank the SN Celebration.
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| Quevillon |
J’ai été cette été là, pas ma préféré!
Le choix de leur produit n’était pas gros, la clientèle bizzard à épeurant, la place était poche et sombre.
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| jjpm74 |
This place is hit or miss. This past weekend, it was definitely a hit thanks largely to their dopplebock which is one of the better examples I’ve had. Their selection was decent beyond that, but not without a few strange brews. Smoked alt?
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