Three Penny Taproom

Lots of very good local taps, notably lesser distributed Hill Farmstead. Humid inside,deck fully taken.half pours served. The Capital Town downtown is lovely.

Right in the heart of Montpelier, there is cheap metered parking out front. Very good taplist, but no flights, though they do half-pours and will do samples. Full kitchen too - they have the Impossible burger (but don't serve it vegan). Friendly service. Not as world-class a stop as the ratings suggest, but it's a worthy stop.

Visited in the middle of a Sunday afternoon, right at the tail end of the World Cup Final Hi Pitched Screaming that normally accompanies European football. long bar and some restaurant tables, second restaurant room next door. Lots of beers on tap, but the list is only visible from the front end of the bar, not the rear, and they don't pay Untappd, so you have to wander to the front of the bar to choose your beer. There are printed food menus though. Nice beer list, good variety of styles, with four or five Hill Farmsteads, a Lawson's, and some out of state beers. Pours vary in size, but smallish (10 ounce) pours of the normally 16 ounce beers are possible. Food is tasty. Server knew here beers very well and gave good advice. The town is very pretty too and is worth a short stroll.

Located in downtown Montpellier which another beautiful, bucolic Vermont town. Unfortunately on Friday night parking in town sucks. I ended having to park up a hill a 1/4 mile away. The place is divided into bar and restaurant portions. I settled in the bar. It always annoys me when taprooms don't have beer menus. It's poor custommer service if the only menu is written in chalk on a wall which can't be seen easily in much of the bar. They had some solid taps including a couple that they must have saved in their cellar but it was very crowded and very loud and i couldn't wait to get out of there.

A nice unsophisticated, very welcoming two-room establishment, one is the dining room, more quiet and the other is the bustling, laughing bar area. Good food, nice value with the typical Vermont carefully chosen ingredients. Excellent beer selection. The top breweries in Vermont are all well represented, including BackAcre in bottle. Always a fun visit in downtown Montpelier.

Hmmmm.....well...I parked down at Shaw’s and walked. Once there, pretty clean, and great service - fair amount of people there for a Tuesday lunch. Taps were mainly New England speckled with a nice dosing of Vermont breweries. And Rodenbach showed up on tap. My cheeseburger was really good. Value seemed somewhat reasonable for Montpelier area. But my only rhetorical question: how is this the best rated venue in Vermont? I guess the hype train has died on this place, IOW, a bit over rated. Please check out Blackback in Waterbury or Farm Tap & Grill in Burlington if any of you want top tier beer bars, just saying. Too many out of staters not knowing the rest of the VT vibe. Yes, this place this is over rated.

Visited around 1 pm on a Thursday afternoon. Street parking in downtown Montpellier. Not really an issue. We found a free apot maybe a block from the place, but would have walked further if we didn’t luck into this one. Inside is an old timy bar feel. Kind of Euro-centric. They had about 20 beers on tap with a few Hill Farmsteads and Rodenbach Alexander as the standouts. Also a focus on local VT beer. I didn’t see or ask for a bottle list, bit I assume there was one. The bartender was super friendly and knew all about the beer he had. Prices were reasonable. The only thing I didn’t like was not being able to do a flight. A half pour is as close as you can get. Regardless, the place is awesome, and definitely worth visiting when near the city.

Visited February 2016 and had 2 beers and some food. Nice place with interesting vibes and pretty good selection of beers.

This bar was a lot of fun, happy to finally make it here, felt like a mix of the cool vermont bars with a nyc craft bar, mix of local and not so local beers.

Separated into a bar and a restaurant. Restaurant has window a counter that faces the outside with backed stools. Dining area is mostly wooden booths without any padding. Light rock mostly playing the background. A rotating tap list of Hill Farmstead and other VT brews with one or two very rare Belgians. Rodenbacher Alexander was on tap when I went. Food is a bit pricey as is most Vermont. Small portion burgers for about $12. Pints run about $6 dollars or so some beers available in half pints.