[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 14123-14124]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         WATERBURY, VERMONT, THE BEST BEER TOWN IN NEW ENGLAND

  (Mr. WELCH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELCH. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to bring attention to the town 
of Waterbury, Vermont.
  There was an article in The Boston Globe identifying it as the best 
beer town in New England. In this small town, beer pilgrims from across 
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country flock to appreciate and enjoy the finest beer in America. It's 
the quality of the beer that's brewed that's really revered. Let me 
just tell you about a few.
  It's the home to the Alchemist cannery, which makes an IPA called 
Heady Topper. I can tell you personally that it's really good. The Beer 
Advocate, the bible of the beer community, rates it as the third best 
in the world. The beer is sold in cans, but it sells out early, so get 
there early.
  It's not hard to see why it's so popular when it's the third best in 
the world, but there are others there. Waterbury is the home to a 
number of restaurants: the Prohibition Pig, the Blackback Pub, and 
Arvad's, to name a few with great beers.
  Vermont is coming back from Hurricane Irene. In Waterbury, it's one 
beer at a time.

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