Washington State has not won an Apple Cup since 2012. That was Baxter’s first year with this beer column, and he chose a beer for that game from an out-of-the-way Vermont brewery that most readers could not obtain without travel (you may remember that we lived in Vermont at that time).
This year, Baxter is going back to what works: He is picking a beer from an out-of-the-way Vermont brewery once again. Luckily, I went back to Vermont for a wedding this summer and was able to grab a few beers for him to choose from at Hill Farmstead, my favorite brewery in the country.