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Hunting IPAs in Vermont? This Beer Concierge is at Your Service

December 5, 2016 by Anne-Marie Marais Leave a Comment

Matt Canning Beer Concierge Hotel Vermont

(Originally written for BillyYTZ.com – no longer live)

As beer lovers know, Vermont isn’t just for ski trips.

Just as people have travelled to destinations for specific foods, restaurants or wine, the rise of craft breweries has inspired people to become beer travellers. If you’re part of that suds-seeking audience, how would you like to have a beer concierge at your service? Beer lovers, meet fellow aficionado Matt Canning of the Hotel Vermont in Burlington, now helping like-minded travellers navigate the phenomenal beer landscape of this hilly part of New England.

The hotel couldn’t help noticing the growing interest in beer in recent years. It was receiving more and more inquiries about which breweries to visit, what beers were the best, and how to plan a trip in order to experience as much of the Vermont beer scene as possible during a single trip. Recognizing how important beer tourism has become, the hotel designated Canning – also the hotel’s front desk manager – as its first beer concierge in May of 2014, and tasked him with combining his hospitality experience and his beer and brewery knowledge to create a unique beer tourism program for guests.

“A lot of people tell me I have the best job in the world,” Canning says. “I agree … but insist that it is not all fun and games. There are countless hours of laborious research and development.”

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Filed Under: Beer, Destinations, People, The World, Travel, U.S.A Tagged With: beer, Craft Beer, north america, USA, Vermont

9 questions for Anchorage Brewing Company in Alaska

April 9, 2016 by Anne-Marie Marais Leave a Comment

Brewing beer in this corner of North America poses a unique set of challenges, but founder Gabe Fletcher has created a business in just a few years.

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA-Being a lover of craft beer, I do my best to visit and meet with brewers when I travel.

While enjoying a visit and tour of the Anchorage Brewing Company’s brewery and beautiful tasting room, I chatted with founder Gabe Fletcher about his experience as a brewer in the far reaches of North America.

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Filed Under: Adventure, Attractions, Beer, Destinations, Food, Life, People, Solo Female, Travel Tagged With: alaska, anchorage, beer, Craft Beer, craft brewery, north america, USA

Burlington, Vermont: Cracking a brew in frozen Vermont

February 19, 2015 by Anne-Marie Marais Leave a Comment

Switchback Brewery

BURLINGTON, VERMONT—They’ve got a lot brewing in Burlington. Beer tourism is growing in popularity across Canada and the U.S. And I found the city that has it figured out: Burlington, Vermont.

The best place to start your beer pilgrimage is the Hotel Vermont and a conversation with their beer concierge, Matt Canning. That’s right, a beer concierge. With all Burlington has to offer, this is a necessary position in a hotel that’s right in the middle of the brewing community.

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Filed Under: Adventure, Attractions, Beer, Destinations, Food, Music, The World, Travel Tagged With: beer, Burlington, Citizen Cider, Craft Beer, Hotel Vermont, north america, Queen City, Switchback Brewery, USA, Vermont

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