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Hyland Orchard & Brewing
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5 reviews for Hyland Orchard & Brewing
I absolutely love apple picking for about 5 minutes ... I can pick about 10 apples, eat one perfectly red one, and then I'm done. After that, walking around the orchard and fields is fine for a bit, but then I'm ready to bonk people with the apple picking pole, or lay down and nap.
Hyland gives me plenty of other great distractions which I think are integral parts of a realllly great apple picking trip. Beer, petting zoo, cheap food, live music ... and did I say beer ??? Oh yea, and the apples are good, orchards pretty, etc. etc.
The live music is under this really large wooden pavilion-structure-floating-roof-thing ... so a bit of a sprinkle is no biggie. What's more is that the live music is often quite great, like the "Drunk Stuntmen".
The food is pretty decent fare, served at good prices. Burgers, dogs, and apple-y things.
The Pioneer Beer brewed here is really good too, everything from Pale Ale to Stout!
One thing that really peeves me is when quint, wonderful orchards and farms turn into amusement parks, charging admission, etc. (aka Lookout) ... Hyland is great in that they have free parking, entrance, animals, and music ... don't change, please!
Altogether, it makes for a very happy and fun full day of entertainment.
Just went this past Saturday to the Hyland Orchard and Brewery for the fourth annual "Apples A Go Go" trip with about 20 of my friends. Hyland is such a hidden gem I almost don't want to review it. If you are a parent this place is perfect. It has beer and wine for you and a petting zoo, tractor rides, as well as short trees that you don't need a ladder to pick for the kiddies. If you are like all my friends and arrive without any children Hyland is also perfect. Beer, wine, live bands, and no crowds. Given the lack of people you aren't bombarded with kids running everywhere like you would be at Honey Pot in Stowe.
Years past the orchard sold food however popcorn and ice cream novelties were the only food being sold this year. When I asked about purchasing some food one of the owners informed me that they weren't selling food this year but we could order take out from the pizza place down the road. We had 6 large pizzas delivered to us and ate and drank our beer sitting on the grass in the orchard. This place is one of my favorite spots in New England.
Went here for a private function, and drank a bunch of Pioneer Brewery beers. They have a lot of IPAs and pale-like beers, but they all taste pretty darn good! We had a group of about 50 people and we fit easily.
There was a spread of food and the space was big enough to eat, mingle, drink, and be merry. If you're in the neighborhood and want to taste local brews, I highly recommend stopping here!
I knew I would love this place as soon as the party van pulled out of JP to take us there. Megan C. organized this amazing outing to Hyland Orchard and Brewery and I reccomend not only the place but renting a van/driver because it was only $30 per person for 20 of us, no worries about drinking and driving and was a sh*t ton of fun!
The apple orchard is quaint! It's very small and you can pick about 15 different types of apples within feet of each other. Even though it was a gorgeous day and small place it didn't feel crowded at all.
There is a kick ass band playing right next to the orchard- they seem to take requests if you ask loudly enough. The brewery has about 8 types of beer that you can buy inside and two types you can grab at the tent outside, by the band. The beer was fresh and yummy but stay away from the wine, far away.
Food, drool. Not your typical apple orchard fare (see my previous orchard review) but a great apple crisp with ice cream is available as well as hot dogs, meatball subs, burgers etc.
The best part- we played horse shoes with the locals! I had never played before and had a blast! I actually got a "ringer" which roused some applause. The people who work at the orchard were super friendly and gave us tips and just made us smile all afternoon- or was that the beer?? Anyway it was fun!
There are also barn animals for those are dig that- goats and such.
My review is slightly biased since I was pretty much drunk the entire time but I think that's the point- Collen N. called our trip "apple drinking." We also played some stick ball with fallen apples- watching those suckers explode is amazing.
We love that there is a local brewery right in town! The beer is yummy- we take growlers home with us every time we go.