Down a dirt road in Albany surrounded by fields of burdock, Vasilios Gletsos brews one-of-a-kind beers using a wood-fired copper kettle, locally foraged ingredients and a beer cave 15 feet underground. Gletsos, 47, moved to Vermont to join Bread and Puppet Theater in 2001, then founded Wunderkammer Biermanufaktur in 2016; it remains his solo project. Wunderkammer is German for “cabinet of curiosities.”
The brewer combines his love of art and foraging to create an unusual array of beautiful beers. He designs all the labels and has used sumac, yarrow, goldenrod and lichen in his brews. Inspired by artisanal European traditions, Gletsos produces just a couple hundred barrels annually and distributes the product himself.
In the latest episode of “Stuck in Vermont,” Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger visited Gletsos for a tour of his brewhouse and beer cave.
Filming date: 7/25/25
Music: The Great North Sound Society, “Pink Sunrise”
This episode of “Stuck in Vermont” was supported by The Vermont Community Foundation.
This article appears in Aug 20-26, 2025.
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