@Normal:Nano-brewery

opens in Cabot

CABOT — The Vermont Brewers Association announced the opening of Grateful Hands Brewing at 2211 Route 2 in Cabot.

Considered a nano-brewery because of the size of each batch of beer (20 gallons), owner and head brewer Ricky McLain said he’d sell just growlers to start with from the brewery and at farmer’s markets. But he said he wants to be bottling eventually.

“My motto is Small-Batch Dark Ales,” McLain said, and he begins each beer name with the expression “Because everybody needs a little … (Insert beer name here).”