This will be the world's quickest review, as really the Three Penny is a bar. Yes, they do serve a LIMITED amount of food, (on our visit it consisted solely of two kinds of oysters, a sandwich of onions and cheese and a cheese plate). So you do not stop here for a meal but rather for the fact that they serve the finest selection of beers in the Montpelier area.
A big sign proclaims "We proudly DO NOT server Anheuser Busch products" and that basically says it all. If your idea of a great beer is to order a Michelob ULTRA, then please do not stop here. But if you want a local, (or not so local), beer with great taste and flavor, then this is your place. IF you want to try something you have never heard of , then this is your place. Mike and I went with Foster by Hill Farmstead, who's beers are rapidly becoming my favorites in the whole wide world. Foster is a black wheat IPA with incredible flavors, Kris went with Edward also by Hill Farmstead, which is their American pale Ale and wifey went with a cider/mead combo which was interesting.
Service started out not too friendly, but by the time we left the young bartender was joking and seemed a bit more interested in us rather that chatting with her friend. Stools are not the most comfortable, no backs so no place to hang your coat and being a long narrow space it can get quite cold when someone opens the door. But for a taste of beer you can't find elsewhere, these inconveniences wont matter.
I give Three penny taproom an A rating and declare it a great neighborhood bar.
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