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The Alchemist is a small family run brewery specializing in fresh, unfiltered IPA. Jen and John Kimmich co-founded The Alchemist, originally as a brew pub, in the village of Waterbury, Vt. in 2003. Today, the couple employs a staff of 24 and they produce and distribute 9,000 barrels of their flagship beer, Heady Topper, per year. Their second brewery and visitors center will open in Stowe, Vt. in late spring of 2016.