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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Expansion at St. Boniface Brewing in Ephrata, PA Nearly Complete
Back in June of this year Steph and I hit up the First Annual St. Bonifest at St. Boniface Brewing Company in Ephrata, PA. While there, we spoke with co-owner and marketing head, Dain Shirey who told us about the exciting plans for expansion at ...
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 ...
We Are Worthy: Stone Brewing Picks East Coast Location
After months of highly-publicized searching and negotiations, Stone Brewing Co. has announced the site of their east coast operation.
Reaping What They Brewed: Homebrew Harvest at The Brewery at Hershey
Summer is the season of beer festivals. You hear that over and over again when you start to chat with people involved in the world of craft beer and homebrewing. By volume, so many craft beer festivals take place during the summer months that a ...
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 ...
