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The Magic Behind Microwbrews

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Magic Hat Brewing Company, Alan Newman The Magic Hat Brewing Company was founded in 1994 by brewer Bob Johnson and entrepreneur Alan Newman in order to make the best tasting beers on the planet. In the years following the duo’s very first 15-barrel batch of beer, the South Burlington, Vermont company has become one of the Northeast's leading microbreweries. Distributed today from Maine to Virginia, Magic Hat is known for its distinctively flavorful offerings and imaginative recipes that combine ancient brewing traditions with the miracles of modern science. Created in the company’s unique brewery and Artifactory, Magic Hat’s family of fermentations includes three year-round beers, a full line of seasonal ales, and a variety of special single-batch "Wonder Beers." Magic Hat has been hailed by the appreciative palates and grateful connoisseurs everywhere who enjoy the brewer’s pours more than any they’ve explored before.

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Pop Soda Pop Soda is all natural, handcrafted Vermont micro soda. We brew authentic flavors of handcrafted soda from scratch using traditional brewing methods and natural ingredients. As Pop Soda is unfiltered and contains fibers from all natural ingredients in each bottle, we call it "pop with pulp." Pop Soda is brewed, conditioned and bottled at our seven barrel micro soda brewery in Moretown, Vermont.