Small Business Collaborators
Switchback Brewing Co.
Switchback Brewing Company was founded in 2002 by Bill Cherry and his longtime friend, Jeff. Using brewing equipment from a defunct brewery in Arizona, the first batch of Switchback Ale was brewed during that summer and the first pint served was at Ake’s Place in Burlington, Vermont on October 22 of that year.
Located in Burlington's south end, Switchback is now a 100% employee owned brewery via an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the first of its kind in Vermont and the Northeast) and will remain locally-owned and -operated forever.
In addition to the employees, the brewery is operated by a management team with an off-site board of directors providing occasional support. This collaborative management style and environment of ingenuity assures Switchback will always be made locally and not by high-production operations.
In 2019 Switchback won the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce Community Impact Award for for their Switchback Gives Back philanthropic program.
Featured Collaborative Product
Habanero Lime Switchback Craft Beer Hot Sauce
This sauce starts with one of our favorite Vermont ingredients: Switchback Ale.
We take the smooth, malty beer from Burlington’s Switchback Brewing Company and build a bright, citrusy hot sauce around it with habanero peppers and plenty of fresh lime. The beer adds a subtle depth and roundness that you can’t quite put your finger on, but you definitely notice when it’s there.
The result is a hot sauce that’s lively, balanced, and just the right amount of fiery. The habaneros bring a clean heat, the lime keeps everything fresh, and the Switchback ties it all together.
It’s especially good on tacos, grilled shrimp, fish, burrito bowls, nachos, and anything that benefits from a little citrus and a little heat.
Basically, if it would taste good with a squeeze of lime and a cold beer, this sauce will probably make it better.
Heat: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 (5/6)
Ingredients: Red habaneros*, white vinegar, Switchback Ale, lime juice, salt. *All produce is grown on a small farm within 200 miles of our Vermont kitchen
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Supporting Small Farms
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Geoff KleisFamilia Farm - West Pawlet, Vermont
"Butterfly Bakery gives us a market we don’t have to invent or manage every single day. If I get a flat tire, I’m not missing my one chance to sell that week. Our days are more predictable and our mission is clearer. We can focus on growing 15 crops really well instead of juggling 30 just to stay competitive at the farmers’ market. I can focus on farming instead of marketing."
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Valerie Woodhouse & Eli HershHoney Field Farm - Norwich, Vermont
“We cannot overstate how beneficial and influential it has been working with Butterfly Bakery and just how impactful our relationship has been on the progress of our farm, getting us on track to grow peppers and seeing it as a viable commercial crop.”