Episode 44: Brewphoria Part 1

Brewphoria at the Canal Street Pub in Reading, Pennsylvania is a semi-annual beer fest that’s brought some of the best breweries from the region and beyond to our hometown since 2007. We were lucky enough to arrange to set up shop and record at this year’s edition of the event. Canal Street is truly a gem of the city of Reading (and the host of the Berks County Homebrew Club meetings) and the perfect venue for this legendary but not-over-crowded beer fest. After sitting down pre-game with our featured guests, the Evil Geniuses, our ever diligent photographer/DD/brand ambassador Rich gathered up the representatives from the majority of the 19 breweries pouring there to sit down, share some beers and chat a while.

Due to length, this will be a two-part episode. Listen to Part Two.

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Trevor Hayward and Luke Bowen, Owners

• Turtle Power – 5.5% ABV Grapefruit Pale Ale
• Naughty or Nice – 7.2% ABV Winter Warmer
• Trick or Treat – 7.8% ABV Chocolate Pumpkin Porter
• Purple Monkey Dishwasher – 6.7% ABV Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter

Brett Kintzer, Head Brewer and Production Manager
Stoudts Brewing Company

• The Quaffer IPA – 4.3% ABV Session IPA
• Belsnickel Lager – 6.0% ABV Spiced German Lager

Trevor Fitzgerald, Regional Sales Manager

• Pils Noir – 4.9% ABV Black Pilsner
• Hop Five IPA – 6.0% ABV English IPA

Colin Presby and Tom Scoglio, Brewers

• Belgian Tripel – 9.7% ABV Tripel

Bryan McDonald, Brewer

• Bahrhill Estate – 6.5% ABV Belgian IPA

Dain Shirey, Marketing Manager and Co-owner

• Paideia Pale Ale – 5.0% ABV Pale Ale
• Hegemony Stout – 8.0% ABV Stout

John Stemler, Brewmaster

• C.O.B. – 8.3% ABV Imperial English Brown Ale Aged on Coffee
• Pumpky Brewster – 7.8% ABV Pumpkin and Sweet Potato Belgian Golden
• Community Kölsch – 4.8% ABV Kölsch