The name HopBack Amber Ale comes from the hopback vessel in the Tröegs brewhouse. A hopback is an additional chamber that acts as a filter, clearing trub from the wort like a whirlpool, while also increasing hop aroma in the finished beer. The ...
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PA Breweries Take the Taps at The Liberty Tap Room
On Sunday, October 19, Liberty Taproom in Reading, PA held their second annual PA Tap Takeover. All 32 indoor taps were turned over to several Pennsylvania breweries from newcomers like Funk Brewing Company in Emmaus, PA to local staple Stoudts ...
Capone’s in Norristown Turns Forty
Capone’s Restaurant, Bar, and Bottle Shop, located in Norristown, PA celebrated 40 years this weekend with a seriously epic line up of beers. In fact, Capone’s website said the line up was “the best draft line up of very limited drafts that we ...
Stoudt’s Brew Fest Battles Cancer
On Saturday, October 18, Stoudts Brewing Company in Adamstown, PA held another set of successful Brew Fest sessions. This time, the Brew Fest was to raise positive awareness and support for breast cancer, working with “Living Beyond Cancer.” ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Boxcarr
Starr Hill Brewery was founded in Charlottesville, Virginia in September 1999 when Master Brewer Mark Thomas returned to Virginia after living in Portland, Oregon. The original Starr Hill location was a historic storefront on Main Street, which ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Out of Your Gourd
Redhook Brewery, one of America’s first “craft” breweries, was founded in 1981 by Gordon Bowker and Paul Shipman out of the energy and spirit of the early 1980’s in Seattle, WA. The original brewery was located in a former transmission shop in ...
Catching Suds at Beach Brewing
Beach Brewing Company was founded in Fall 2010 in Virginia Beach, Virginia by Justin MacDonald. At first, they were brewing only 12 gallons at a time. Later, a 5 barrel brewhouse was purchased from a small brewery in New Hampshire, which they ...
O’Connor Brewing Grew from Backyard Homebrewing
O’Connor Brewing Company, located in Norfolk, Virginia, was founded by homebrewer Kevin O’Connor in 2010. He was so passionate about craft beer, he even wrote his final thesis on how to open a brewery. The original beers - Green Can Golden Ale, ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Xocoveza Mocha Stout
Every year Stone Brewing Company hosts an American Homebrewers Association-sanctioned homebrewing competition. This year’s winner, Chris Banker, brewed a chocolate, cinnamon, nutmeg, chile pepper and coffee-infused milk stout, built to mimic the ...
Sass is Sweet at Smartmouth Brewing
Smartmouth Brewing Company, located in Norfolk, Virginia, opened in November 2012 by former corporate lawyer, Porter Hardy IV. His homebrew experimentation has led to one of the Southeast's most promising startup breweries.
