Long before Heady Topper or Hill Farmstead, Vermont was already at the forefront of the American beer revolution. In the 1970s, the big-name brews like Bud and Coors ruled the roost, and homebrewed beer was still as illegal as moonshine. But a small group of Vermonters--people like Tim Matson and Lee Anne Dorr--weren't the kind to let a little thing like the law stop them from enjoying their own brews. They shared their concoctions with friends and...