"You need to have an intimate relationship with your beer. You should sweat a little when you make beer"... That's legendary💪🍻.

One of the most impressing things about this is that he’s the owner and can tell you about every piece of equipment what it does and how it operates. So much of that is lost in today’s business owners

I wish John would sell his beers worldwide, I love his philosophy and would love to buy and support his dream, from a humble homebrewer in new zealand

This should be the blueprint for all modern breweries! Amazing job 🙌🏼

Vermont’s beer scene is probably the best and most focused in the country.

Literally one of the finest operations on this blessed planet. Love and luck.

Ah, man I could listen to this chap all day tell the story of beer. Every single point he made is so so true.

As a brand new and tiny brewery in the UK this is exactly the kind company we inspire to be. This man's passion for his craft both quality wise and ethically is and should be the inspiration for any aspiring craft brewery both big and small. Great video guys!!!!

There are breweries making NEIPA all over the world, but even today, the beers of that style that are actually from New England are still the best.

I've never been lucky enough to have their beer but I think these guys just became my heros!

Watching this video as I sip a freshly cracked Heady Topper made it even more enjoyable!

Another reason I love my home state! John your the man! Put this much passion into what you create and the whole is a better place

Yup these guys get it hence consistant high quality heaven sent beer.

Your content has evolve in a very delight direction .... I loved it!!!

Most insightful beer channel on KZfaq 👍

A brewery all others should aspire to! Great video

Awesome job.. Love it every single part !! Cheers from Brazil

What an incredible guy. All the more reason to love their beer even more.

Carrying on the legacy of Greg Noonan, one if the icons of craft beer...

They deserve everything coming their way! Wow!

I'm greatly inspired by this man. Cheers!

Wow, this was an amazing video! Thank you! I have got to get me a Heady Topper one day and travel to VT and see this awesome brewery!

Amazing! Incredible inspiring content!

Nice tour 👍🏻 place looks amazing 😯

I've been runinng a still for a decade and a half. I can tell you for certain, this guy or s a passionate fanatic of frementation.

this was an awesome video, also it was cool seeing one of the most respected breweries in America.

Awesome person. Thanks for what u do Alchemist.

Beautiful the empathy and community sense

18:05 It's amazing to see one of the best breweries in the world using the malt from my home town here in the UK. Castleford is only a small town of approx 40k just outside Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Proud moment for me :)

This warmed my heart a little.

I'm headed to Stowe next week, can't wait to try this!

What a great episode!

great video on a landmark brewery! I was lucky enough to get into heady back when they were still brewing out of waterbury, right before they got flooded... they are an amazing brewery and to this day, I still maintain that focal banger is their opus ;)

Love headdy, love the brewery, and now love this channel. Subscription acquired.

Subscribed. Utterly fantastic showcase.

Best chapter so far!

Thank you for this documentary on beer and sustainability awareness if we all do our part it will be a better world. The alchemists are amazing and a great example to us all. Cheers.

Genuinely inspirational

Brilliant video so informative... great job

This should be the blueprint for all breweries going forward. Inspirational!

Just WOW!!!!!!!!! I new The Alchemist was a great Brewery but who new it went this far.

What an amazing 'short'. Am now about to watch the full documentary. Not a beer drinker, at all..but stumbled upon your channel by accident and have been captivated by this 'art form' ever since. From the short time I've been watching info about brewing, it seems there are a lot of people with so much passion about the end result but with just as much passion regarding the people and their role in the future of the planet. Rather impressive when a huge company not only offsets their footprint on the environment but actively adds back to it on top, for example when explaining they generate more electricity than needed so supply surplus to the pensioner centre to avoid them having electricity bills. Can't speak for his 'product' but if its got an ounce as much love and care as this guy has then I can see why it's so well loved. Again, what a fantastic piece of content 👌

I live in Australia and would really love to see not only the quality of beer produced in my county to be at this level but the environmental sustainability to be anywhere close to the alchemist! They are not only amazing beer producers/brewers but amazing people! I am going to do so much reasearch into the environmental sustainability of brewers based upon this very alone on your wonderful channel. Thank-you so much the craft beer channel for educating me and I will certainly be “shouting” you guys a beer for the information you have given me off this video alone, if I’m ever in England again after this “bullshit” is over!! Thanks again Matthew Salt Perth Australia 😊

Excellent.

amazing!!!

epic. what a class act.

I really like the Evolution Ideas Of This Alchemist Company! Will support them in my next Beer 🍻🍺 Purchase! Thanks for sharing this Video Brother 👍! Tucson Arizona Desert 🏜️

This guy's a legend. What a brewery he is running. Brilliant video guys, live your channel.

So damn good! Great job again, guys.

This video is so inspiring

The energy. Most quiet workplace floor 🤣

Impressive!

excellent

And that’s why I love John and Jen. The Alchemist is in my top 5 breweries of all time and can’t wait to get back to Vermont soon. Great video!

Wow! That story really got my eye wet. Probably I will never have a chance to taste a beer from the Alchemist as I'm far far away, that's sad because I'd only drink the beers crafted by the people with this philosophy. What they've created there is brilliant, especially in means of environment and working class. Love & respect!

It really is great beer. I reviewed heady topper and focal banger and they got a good review from me.

Keep the content coming!

Just found the channel, this is inspiring.

I take your point but to be fair, our inertia is also down to the size of our wallet. I'd love to do all this but can barely afford a bottling machine that isn't basically a rusty, oxygen injector. Fantastic interview and inspiring brewery nonetheless!

I’ve been looking for one of these for like 3 years. Just randomly happened upon 3 cans. Almost couldn’t believe it.

Im truly in awe of the mission they have to be better.

The content of this channel is awesome. With all the talk about their philosophy of using limited technology, I'm reminded of Firestone Walker which seems to have embraced automation big time. FW mainline beers are still very good (and certainly very consistent). Of course FW does have an awesome barrel program.

My wife and I consider ourselves so lucky that we got to see the original Alchemist (now Prohibition Pig) before it was flooded in the storm. My only regret is we didn't take more pictures. This was long before the new facility was built but luckily the nearby second facility was up and going. I can still recall reading all I could on the topic and how John was quoted to say things you hear in this video today. His concerns back then on how the first location could no longer be used for brewing centered around trying to make sure the location could be used for something to benefit the town of Waterbury and the workers. Not once did you read about his concern over lost profits. As a home brewer living in Texas I cringe at the amount of water that is wasted and it pales in comparison to a commercial brewery. You can't do what he does without building a facility from the ground up but anyone who does build a new facility really should follow that model. I know other breweries do similar things but I don't think they advertise it enough. I like that John isn't happy with some of the NEIPA we have today. I do laugh and sometimes regret that Heady Topper was ever created because of where the NEIPA mania has gone. To be fair, this is all the fault of "us" crazy beer fans who have put in the demand for this style. Nothing makes me cringe more than to hear how someone will enjoy the taste of a certain NEIPA but score it poorly because it wasn't hazy enough.

Never knew the full story behind Alchemist. Went from totally awesome company to out of this world contributor to their industry and community.

I love this. Being from the UK I've never even tasted their beer.

Come to New Jersey and you will see some of the best beers and the best brewers in the world. Brix City brewing, Icarus brewing, Kane Brewing will make you rethink beer forever.

Been feeling a little dejected recently and needed a refreshing reminder that ethical and sustainable brewing businesses can help save the world while putting a slightly drunken smile on the face... ... so watched this again, and have a restored hope.

I love heady topper its one of the smoothest ipa iv ever had..i gotta say cloud candy by mighty squirrel brewery is 🔥🔥🔥also

I love how he has a beer in his hand the whole way through

Best episode so far. What a brilliant bloke & unreal brewery. I want to try some of their beers so bad. Do you guys, or anyone else know if they are available in Australia?

Last year I rode my motorcycle from MD to VT just to go to the Alchemist. It was 100% worth it. Wish there was a way to enjoy more than just tasters at the brewery. However, if that was the case it would probably be mobbed all the time.

Never had their beer (im one of the minority not really into ipa) but love their ethics and outlook. Ill have to visit on my yearly visit to hill farmstead

Cool mentality. If only more people had a similar outlook. Not every company needs to be a globe-straddling behemoth.

As a brewer I too feel ya gotta sweat alil when ya make a beer. It's no fun to just push buttons, that's not brewing. Keep it up guy!!

Okay I fuck with John. He really loves his beer

New Glarus is another company that really puts effort into being sustainable. What a great interview. Knowing the philosophy at New Glarus, I would not be surprised if they are friend, or at least like minded to the folks at The Alchemist.

So what is your take on John's views of NEIPA? Have they become too thick and chalky? Or is that part of the point of the style, to be massive, almost tannic and all encompassing?

Drinking a can of this liquid gold as I watch this video. If you do are fortunate enough to come across this awesome beer, definitely drink one from the can. 👍🏽

Great vid, yeast is key too. You never hear the same about wine for some reason.

i loved it,, im from Nepal im not professional but i wants start brew beer here in nepal i want to conect with you and get more information about brewing and brew equipment . if it is possible i wants visit this factory side as soon as possible

Excellent job...so inspiring!!! Cheers from Brazil.

Tagay!!!

The more that the owner described the beer, the more I thought: "WOW, that sounds disgusting!" I realize that taste is subjective, but things like this still amaze me and cause me to wonder how far someone can push things and still have people swear to love it and stand by it. He proudly declared that the hops smell/taste like cat piss again this year and I wondered what it would take for someone's palate to appreciate that...

Sick video. Fuck I want to try a Heady Topper so badly.

Did John make any reference to the grain bill of the Heady Topper? Just wondering if any of that haze is also achieved by using other grains like wheat/oats, or if it's purely from the yeast and dry hops (plus the lack of filtering/pasteurization)...

Big Hank Scorpio vibes from John

I wish these guys distribute to the Bay Area more frequently.

Can you explain why they cut the bags at 4:58? Thanks!

God I love that fucking guy

These boys at alchemy sound like a modern day-brew-Jesus... I volunteer as tribute to be their dank-hop-disciple.

Concerning the malt bags. The maltster I buy from uses malt bags made of a cardboard material. Not sure if there is some different material inside, but it just feels like thin cardboard.

KZfaq needs to add a LOVE-LOVE-LOVE button, not just a Thumbs-Up button

Well now I need to get some Alchemist beer. Does it often get exported to the UK or is grey market shenanigans?

19:03 Is that a photo of Johnny Knoxville on the wall?

"The best IPA" that most people can't buy or find.

Conan is English yeast.... would you ever have guessed!

how can i get my eager hands on a heady topper? haha

Hah that's a nice euphemism for getting people pissed. 'Influencing people.' Whatever you want to tell yourself, beer man.

I laugh inside when people tell me that Heady Topper and Focal Banger have been passed by so many New England area breweries making IPAs.... Heady Topper is actually what it is supposed to be.. and it has stayed that way. The best IPA I've ever had for sure. As far as environment everyone should take care of their area no matter what the Earth is doing weather wise. Be smart. Be nice. Good news is the Earth has grown much greener as China and India have worked to plant and replace trees destroyed in the past. That is a good thing. Cool idea with the bags. Reuse is often better than recycling.

What about capturing the CO2 from fermentation to use again instead of using fossil CO2 for carbonation and serving (which is the norm)?