CBC - The Beer Thrillers https://thebeerthrillers.com Central PA beer enthusiasts and beer bloggers. Homebrewers, brewery workers, and all around beer lovers. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 14:44:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://i0.wp.com/thebeerthrillers.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-The-Beer-Thrillers-December-2022-Logo.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 CBC - The Beer Thrillers https://thebeerthrillers.com 32 32 187558884 Cox Brewing Company (CBC) Announces Closure At End of the Year https://thebeerthrillers.com/2023/10/11/cox-brewing-company-cbc-announces-closure-at-end-of-the-year/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cox-brewing-company-cbc-announces-closure-at-end-of-the-year Thu, 12 Oct 2023 02:36:30 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=12623 Cox Brewing Company Announcement

Just moments ago Cox Brewing Company (CBC) made the unfortunate announcement – that their brewery will be closing at the end of 2023. Just twenty minutes ago on Facebook they posted a “Brewery News” update, stating that December 31st, 2023 will be their last day.

This is the second veteran owned brewery to be closing in the Central Pennsylvania area (with Tattered Flag closing in Middletown, Dauphin County).

Cox Brewing Company has been brewing for over eight years in the Rheems / Elizabethtown area of Central Pennsylvania. A huge proponent of home brewers, always offering assistance, as well as running events and local home brew meet ups, as well as participating in the Lititz Brewfest with giving prizes to home brewers.

Their closure will be felt in the brewing community as well as the home brewing community. A staple at many Central PA brewfests – like the Reinaissance Faire Brewfest at Mount Hope, at the Autos and Ales Brewfest in Hershey, the brand new Hershey Brewfest, the Fort Hunter Brewfest, the Lititz Brewfest, the old Lancaster Brewfest, and many more.

The Announcement

At 9:33 PM on 10.11.23, Cox Brewing Company posted the following on Facebook:

After running this family business for 8.5 years, we’ve decided that December 31, 2023, will be the last day we are open. With the rising cost of goods and services coupled with a 2024 military deployment, it’s time to let go.

Our families are incredibly proud of what we’ve been able to build together for the members of this community – we know it is more than just a place to drink craft beer. Our garage is sacred ground, and this decision was not easy for us.

We have watched love grow here and friendships develop; we also lost friends who were like family, and miss them. It has always been our priority to make the garage comfortable for our Veterans and first responders.

We dedicate these last three months to our loyal customers. We are grateful (especially during the shutdowns) for your support, showing up, and choosing Cox Brewing Company.

So, some good news…

Wednesdays are back, we have a lot of beer to drink, and the parties and events will continue! So come over, get some pints, visit with the BEST brewery staff in this business, and help us finish strong! We will not go gentle into that good night. We’ll see you at the garage.

Cheers and with much gratitude,

Nick and Tim

Cox Brewing Company (CBC) – Facebook Post

Cox Brewing Company

Cox Brewing Company was one of our absolute favorite stops and breweries. I’ve gotten to meet so many great people there and at the many different hang outs and parties at both the Rheems location as well as their Elizabethtown location next to the Pizza shop.

I will miss sitting with Ron Bell and others and listening to great stories and getting home brew advice.

Amy also enjoyed the location as well, and we had a tremendous time recently when we had brought Scarlet along.

I wish nothing but the best for Nick and Tim and hope the deployment is safe, and wish them the best in their future endeavors. Hopefully only good and better things to come from them, the area, the brewers of the area, as well as so much more. We know this decision couldn’t have been easy and I’m sure it was a fraught and tough decision.

For More Articles From The Beer Thrillers

For more articles from The Beer Thrillers that we’ve written about Cox Brewing Company, check out the following:

The Battle of the Breweries (2023)

Cox Brewing Company had a fantastic showing in this year’s Battle of the Breweries; losing to fellow veteran owned brewery – Tattered Flag Brewery and Distillery in the Conference Finals.

Voting is still going on (for about three more hours) for the tournament finals. You can vote here:

For More Information on Cox Brewing Company

Cox Brewing Company (CBC) – The Garage – Brewery Sign

For more information on Cox Brewing Company – check out their Social Media Platforms. But first, Untappd describes Cox Brewing Company thusly:

Cox Brewing Company is a micro brewery from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. It has 152 unique beers and over 14,100~ ratings. It has a global average rating of 3.76 (as of 10.11.23). It’s Untappd description reads: “Cox Brewing Company (CBC) is a veteran-owned brewery located in Elizabethtown, PA in the village of Rheems.”

Find them on social media at the following:

Brewery News

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]]> 12623 Rally Point – Cox Brewing Company – Taproom Opening Friday, September 4th 2020 https://thebeerthrillers.com/2020/09/01/rally-point-cox-brewing-company-taproom-opening-friday-september-4th-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rally-point-cox-brewing-company-taproom-opening-friday-september-4th-2020 Tue, 01 Sep 2020 22:15:00 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=4222
Cox Brewing Company’s Rally Point Taproom (Photo Courtesy of Cox Brewing Company Facebook page)

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020, marks the final day of Cox Brewing Company‘s current location and brewery and taproom. But its not the final chapter for the veteran owned brewery.

Their new taproom has been in the works for a while now and despite all the difficulties of 2020, it is finally due for its grand opening on September 4th, 2020, at 5:00 PM. The new taproom is located at 50 Veterans Drive in Elizabethtown.

As per Cox Brewing Company’s website there is some rules to visiting the new taproom on opening day (primarily due to COVID-19 guidelines by the state), a brief summary is here:

“Briefing: When you plan to visit, please enter through the main entrance (not the patio door) and as always, please wear your mask while not seated at your table. Anyone who has dined out recently knows that any customer who wishes to consume alcohol on premises must also purchase a meal. Being neighbors with PizzAtown makes this very easy.

Customers can go order their meal at the PizzAtown counter or use their smart phone to order take-out online and eat it at your table with your pint or flight. This will ensure the state guidelines are being met, it’s much appreciated! Check out this article from Breweries in PA on visiting protocol.” (Cox Brewing Company’s Website).

The Rally Point Taproom Interior (Photo Courtesy of Cox Brewing Company’s Facebook Page)

The new taproom is a big step up for the veteran owned brewery. The new taproom is set-up to be a much bigger improvement upon their old location. As per their website, the new tap room will boast: ““the new space will have a 20-foot bar, a dedicated stage for live music, a bunker, outdoor patio, and delicious menu options on the property from our friends at Pizzatown.”

Cox Brewing Company (Rheems Brewery) (Photo Courtesy of Lancaster Online)

The ‘old’ facility in Rheems is closing on Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 and was the home base for the brewery for the past several years. I (B. Kline) had gotten to visit it a few times, once being their 2nd Anniversary party, which was a complete blast. The old Rheems location was a garage and was an intimate, Cheers like place where people knew everyone, and everyone knew everyone, much like many hometown breweries in the Central PA area. It will be missed, but the new location looks to be offering a lot that the old place could not and will be a massive step up for the brewing company.

Cox Brewing Company (Rheems location)

The old location was the home base since 2015, and has served the brewery well. Cox Brewing Company started in 2015 and has been located there since the beginning. Cox Brewing Company is a veteran owned brewery and in the five years since they’ve opened, as been one of the highly regarded Central PA breweries, making some extremely delicious beers over the years.

Their Untappd page reads: “Cox Brewing Company (CBC) is a veteran-owned brewery located in Elizabethtown, PA in the village of Rheems.”

On opening day (Friday) the beer lineup for Rally Point (as per their website on 9.1.20) looks to be as such:

  • Liberty Lager
  • 82nd Amber Ale
  • CH-47 IPA
  • Fat Cow Coffee Porter
  • Cryo Citra
  • Tropic Lightening
  • IP-X
  • Clockwork Oranjse
  • The Big Red One
  • SR71
  • Worthog Wit
  • 17022

An impressive lineup for their opening day that I can’t wait to personally dive into. They will be offering flights and drafts on Friday, so you will definitely be able to get your fill! I know I’ll be there Friday, and can’t wait.

Cox Brewing Company – Rheems (Photo courtesy of their Facebook page)

Cox Brewing Company on their Facebook page posted the following about their last day in Rheems tomorrow – September 2nd, 2020:

“Just a quick reminder we’re open tomorrow in Rheems for our last night up on the hill. We’ll be pouring take-out only. There will be an off-premises location open if you decide to hang out for a bit. #veteranownedandoperated, #gratitude#community#goodtimes#rheems ##CBC#elizabethtownpa#coxbrewingcompany#craftbeer#customerexperience#pabreweries#pacraftbeer#pabreweries#drinklocal#coxbrewingcompany#cbc#lancastercounty#veteranowned“

The hours for the new location will be:

  • Wednesday – Thursday: 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Friday: 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM
  • Saturday: 12:00 PM – 11:00 PM
  • Sunday: 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
  • (Monday and Tuesday: Closed)
Cox Brewing Company’s current logo

For more information, you can follow Cox Brewing Company on their Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter pages. As well as check out their personal website – Cox Brewing Company Homepage.

For more information: Grand Opening: Rally Point, September 4th. (Breweries in PA)

Be sure to follow us here at The Beer Thrillers by clicking the subscribe and follow buttons below. Leave any comments you wish, we always love hearing from you all and will respond. Let us know if you are planning on coming out tomorrow for the Rheems’ location’s last day or if you are coming out Friday for the grand opening; I’m (B. Kline) planning on stopping out both days.

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Cheers everyone and hopefully see you in E-Town on Friday!

-B. Kline

Cox Brewing Company – Rally Point Taproom (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania) (Photo courtesy of their Facebook page)

]]> 4222 November Recap https://thebeerthrillers.com/2019/12/07/november-recap/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=november-recap Sun, 08 Dec 2019 00:04:57 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=1630 November was certainly one interesting month! The Beer Thrillers pumped out an incredible volume of blog posts – 34 in total. From four different people. Two being brand new writers for us. Myself – B. Kline – I pumped out 30 blog posts, one per day. It was quite the adventure, quite the journey. My blog posts averaged 1016 words per post, and there was 30 from myself alone, from beer reviews, brewery reviews, news, tidbits, events, and all kinds of things in between. From a large host of locations, from beers in bottle, draft, and can, from several new breweries, and many old standby’s of the blog. And just like I challenged myself to do a new blog post each day, I had also challenged myself to drink a new beer each day (new as in new to me, and a unique beer to myself), so this was certainly a very interesting, challenging, and fun month.

Some days the blog posts were easy. Other days not so much. Some days I had the blog post done at 7:30 or 8AM… other days I’m struggling to get the blog post done, and wrapping it up at 11:58PM.

I never truly felt like I had burnt myself out…. until I came to doing this recap blog post. Thats why its now December 7th and its getting posted; when this was meant to be posted on December 1st. And I still don’t think I’m ‘burnt out’. I think its a case of ‘start-up issues’. The hardest part about any blog post is starting the blog post. Like writing anything, the hardest part is the beginning, is putting ink to paper, or to type those first few words. So, as the time stretched from December 1st… to December 2nd…. to December 3rd…. I hesitated and procrastinated more and more, and this post went further and further by the wayside. So for that, and for the fact that the blog as a whole hasn’t had a single post in December, and no new blog post in a week, I apologize. For those of you who were looking forward to this recap posting of my “November NaNoWriMo Challenge”, I apologize. And yes, I know I’m not REALLY doing a NaNoWriMo, and I know I’m not using the term correctly.

But this is the recap post, and it is finally going live. I apologize for its tardiness, but hopefully you will enjoy it all the same.

I met all three of my self-set hard challenges for November, and fell short of a soft-challenge for myself. My hard challenges were: 1) One new blog post per day, 2) One new unique beer per day, and 3) One 1-mile or more walk per day. These challenges I completed. (Figured the 1-mile or more walk would counter-balance the fact I was drinking every day.) The soft challenge I failed was hitting my 10K steps per day. And I only failed that one day…. ironically the second day of the month. I only got 8.8K steps that day, mainly due to a friend gathering and party and having gone to it right after work.

But you all don’t really care about the challenges, and just want to see the recap right?! So here’s whats going with that. I’m going to make a list here of the dates (November 1st, November 2nd, November 3rd, etc.) as headings, and then underneath it, list the different blog posts we posted that day (mine, J. Doncevic’s reviews, AJ’s Default Brewing post, and the guest writing blog post by Let Us Drink Beer). I will also list what new unique beer I had each of those days (or in the cases of some days, ‘unique beers’). So lets to it!

NOVEMBER 1st:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Pumpkin Spice Stout (Newfangled Brew Works)
  • Catchin’ Feels (Tattered Flag)
Pumpkin Stout by Newfangled Brew Works

NOVEMBER 2nd:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Rose Cider (Wyndridge Farm)
  • Blood Orange Cranberry Tart Ale (Troegs Independent Brewing)
  • Strawberry (Delp Brother’s Home Brewing) (Friend’s Homebrew at the party)
St. Thomas by Pizza Boy Brewing Co.

NOVEMBER 3rd:

Blog posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Wicked Watermelon (Redd’s Brewing Company)
Walker Station Stout by Pretoria Fields Collective

NOVEMBER 4th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Secret Machine – Key Lime & Tangerine (Dewey Beer Company)
  • Intergalactic Warrior (Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.)
  • King Sue (Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.)
Flight of beers from ZeroDay Brewing

NOVEMBER 5th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Wicked Black Cherry (Redd’s Brewing Company)
King Sue by Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.

NOVEMBER 6th:

Blog posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Wicked Apple (Redd’s Brewing Company)
Intergalactic Warrior by Toppling Goliath Brewing Co.

NOVEMBER 7th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • There’s Nuttin’ Butter Than a Nice Pair of Cam Pants (Westbrook Brewing Co.)
S’Mores LazaRIS by Boneshire Bew Works

NOVEMBER 8th:

Blog posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Broken Heels (New Trail Brewing Co.)
Ghost 782 by Adroit Theory
There’s Nuttin’ Butter Than a Nice Pair of Cam Pants by Westbrook Brewing Co. and Edmund’s Oast Brewing

NOVEMBER 9th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Schwarzbier (The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery)
Secret Machine – Key Lime and Tangerine by Dewey Beer Co

NOVEMBER 10th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Adjective Animal (WISEACRE Brewing Company)
Broken Heels by New Trail Brewing Co.

NOVEMBER 11th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Tattered Dreamz (Tattered Flag)
  • Twin Mount .50 (Newfangled Brew Works)
  • Government Overspending (2019) (Tattered Flag)
  • Seven. Point. Six. Two. (Tattered Flag)
  • 556 Stout (Cox Brewing Company – CBC)
Adjective Animal by WISEACRE Brewing Company
Colonization by Adroit Theory

NOVEMBER 12th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Boat Drinks: Pina Colada Berliner (Crosstown Brewing Company)
556 Stout by Cox Brewing Company (CBC)

NOVEMBER 13th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Alcatraz Sour Apple (Johny Bootlegger Beverage Company)
Boat Drinks: Pina Colada Berliner by Crosstown Brewing Company

NOVEMBER 14th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Alpha Abstraction Vol. 8 (Wild Leap Brew Co.)
Veteran’s Day flight at Tattered Flag

NOVEMBER 15th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Double IPA (Newfangled Brew Works)
  • Lager (Newfangled Brew Works)
Alpha Abstraction Volume 8 by Wild Leap Brew Co.

NOVEMBER 16th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Birra di Levante (Levante Brewing Company)
Double IPA by Newfangled Brew Works

NOVEMBER 17th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Syndicate City Sour Peach (Johny Bootlegger Beverage Company)
Lager by Newfangled Brew Works

NOVEMBER 18th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Tickle Parts – Passionfruit (Levante Brewing Company)
Birra di Levante by Levante Brewing Company

NOVEMBER 19th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beer:

  • Great American Apple Pie (Stout Brewing Co.)
Tickle Parts – Passionfruit by Levante Brewing Company

NOVEMBER 20th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Mechanicsberry (Appalachian Brewing Company)
  • Bargain Black IPA (Appalachian Brewing Company)
  • Embers Remain (Appalachian Brewing Company)
  • Ragged Edge Espresso Stout (Appalachian Brewing Company)
Beer flight from Appalachian Brewing Company

NOVEMBER 21st:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Newfangled Pils (Newfangled Brew Works)
  • Nitro Stout (Newfangled Brew Works)

NOVEMBER 22nd:

Blog posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Darwin’s Forehead Salted Brown Porter (Fonta Flora Brewery)
  • NVP (Nitro Series) (Breckenridge Brewery)
Darwin’s Forehead Salted Brown Porter by Fonta Flora Brewery

NOVEMBER 23rd:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Gotta Get Up to Get Down (WISEACRE Brewing Company)
Newfangled Pils by Newfangled Brew Works

NOVEMBER 24th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Paradise Lost (Southern Prohibition Brewing)
Gotta Get Up to Get Down by WISEACRE Brewing Company

NOVEMBER 25th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Crowd Control (Southern Prohibition Brewing)
Paradise Lost by Southern Prohibition Brewing

NOVEMBER 26th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Citraquench’l (Heist Brewery(
Moon of Vega by Equilibrium Brewery

NOVEMBER 27th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Scratch 394 – Mango Tangerine Lime Tart Ale (Troegs Independent Brewing)
  • Scratch 395 – Pineapple Passionfruit Guava Cherry Tart Ale (Troegs Independent Brewing)
  • Scratch 396 – Dry-Hopped Pale Ale (Troegs Independent Brewing)
  • Mad Elf 2019 Vintage (technically not a ‘new’ beer, but my first of this year’s vintage) (Troegs Independent Brewing)
  • Coco-Nator (non-scratch version) (Troegs Independent Brewing)
Citraquench’l by Heist Brewery

NOVEMBER 28th: (Thanksgiving)

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Azathoth (Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company)
Azathoth by Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company

NOVEMBER 29th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Not My Style, Might Rate Anyway (Pizza Boy Brewing Co.)
  • Visions of Yesterday (Pizza Boy Brewing Co.)
My sampler flight from Troegs Independent Brewing

NOVEMBER 30th:

Blog Posts:

Unique Beers:

  • Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Gose (Westbrook Brewing Co.)
The food spread at Official BBQ and Burgers, with a beer from Pizza Boy Brewing Co. (Visions of Yesterday)
Reformation Brewing (photo courtesy of Let Us Drink Beer)

Whew, what an exhausting month November was. I think part of the reason it took me so long to get the energy to do this recap post, was knowing the amount of formatting involved and the photos…. and now that the challenge is over, a malaise kind of settled over me. Like my job was completed. I started this post this morning before work, and had to finish it now after an extra hour or so of work on it this evening. I still want to put in some statistics of the month, for the blog, and for myself, and will most likely come in and do the edit for that later tonight or tomorrow. I will also add the tags and categories. But for now, I just want to get this live and up on the internet. Its 7PM and this is long overdo.

I would like to thank my contributors and co-authors on this blog for making this month (and all the time in general) go so well, and for providing so much help, fun and entertaining blog posts to read, and for helping so much with the blog! Thank you J. Doncevic, AJ Brechbiel (Default Brewing), and Let us Drink Beer Blog. My blog post for Let us Drink Beer’s blog will go live tomorrow and I will provide a link here for that in the statistics edit I will do. In the meantime you can read their post about their upcoming additions to their blog here: Let us Drink Beer: Exciting Additions Coming Soon!

Cheers and I hope you all enjoyed all of our blog posts in November. Heres to the rest of 2019, and then on to the future, 2020, and the next decade!

-B. Kline

EDIT:

Some statistics from the month here at The Beer Thrillers:

Blog posts:

  • 34

Unique authors:

  • 4
  • B. Kline, J. Doncevic, AJ – Default Brewing, and Let Us Drink Beer

Visitors and Views:

  • 2,767 Unique Visitors
  • 6,293 Total Views

Twitter Followers:

  • 95
  • (Goal was 100, just missed it)

FaceBook Followers:

  • 130

Most Vewied Posts:

Breweries reviewed/beers of their’s reviewed:

  • Boneshire Brew Works
  • Tattered Flag
  • Newfangled Brew Works
  • Cox Brewing Company
  • Adroit Theory
  • Troegs Independent Brewing
  • Pizza Boy Brewing Co.
  • Levante Brewing
  • WISEACRE Brewing
  • Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company
  • Southern Prohibition Brewing
  • Heist Brewery
  • Toppling Goliath Brewing
  • Dewey Beer Co.
  • ZeroDay Brewing
  • The Millworks
  • Appalachian Brewing Company
  • Crosstown Brewing
  • Fonta Flora Brewing
  • Westbrook Brewng Co.
  • Equilibrium Brewery
  • Pretoria Fields Collective
  • Wild Leap Brew Co.
  • New Trail Brewing

Styles:

  • IPA
  • Double IPA
  • Black IPA
  • Brown Porter
  • Stout
  • Pilsner
  • Lager
  • New England IPA
  • Belgian Dubbel
  • Sour – Fruited
  • Sour – Other
  • Fruited Beer
  • Gose
  • Sour
  • Belgian Strong Dark Ale
  • Pale Ale

Some personal stats for me:

Unique Beers:

  • 50

Total Beers:

  • 68

Breweries Visited:

  • Boneshire Brew Works
  • Tattered Flag
  • Troegs Independent Craft Brewery
  • ZeroDay Brewing
  • The Millworks
  • Official BBQ and Burgers – Pizza Boy’s Secondary Location
  • Newfangled Brew Works
  • Appalachian Brewing Company

New Restaurants/Bars:

  • The Gin Mill
  • Official BBQ and Burgers

Again, thank you all for reading. This post has now been updated with tags and categories. Please leave a like, a comment, and please follow us!

Thank you everyone!

Cheers!!

-B. Kline

]]> 1630 Beer Review: Boat Drinks – Pina Colada Berliner (Crosstown Brewing Company) https://thebeerthrillers.com/2019/11/13/beer-review-boat-drinks-pina-colada-berliner-crosstown-brewing-company/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beer-review-boat-drinks-pina-colada-berliner-crosstown-brewing-company Thu, 14 Nov 2019 02:47:07 +0000 https://thebeerthrillers.com/?p=1283
Boat Drinks: Pina Colada Berliner by Crosstown Brewing Company from Memphis, Tennessee

I know I said I was going to do the flight I had at Tattered Flag, but I’m pushing that off til tomorrow (when I’m off). Its late, its cold, and I worked all day, went to the library, stopped at Sheetz, and currently am drinking some cheap crappy malt liquor I picked up there on a whim (Johnny Bootlegger Beverage Company). They had a couple different “bootlegger” / “mafia” themed ones, and I’m a sucker for anything Mob related (loved Mario Puzo’s novels, The Godfather movies, Goodfellas, Scarface, anything done by Scorsese, …really looking forward to seeing The Irishman, hopefully on Friday the 22nd me and my friends will get to see it). So I’m not really finding myself in the mood to do the massive 5-beer flight review. So I’m doing a bit of a simpler one in the meantime. So, sorry for anyone who read my Cox Brewing Company’s 556 Stout review where I said I’d do the Tattered Flag flight review – that will have to wait til tomorrow. (Early in the day though, so it won’t be too much longer.)

I had this Berliner Weiss from Crosstown Brewing Company last night while typing up the review for the 556 Stout. It was a nice easy breezy drink (fitting for its name), so I figured I’d do the review. I’ve never had anything from them before, and had gotten the beer in a trade through the mail.

According to Crosstown Brewing Company’s Untappd page: ” When you eat, sleep, breathe, and drink beer like we do, average just won’t do. Every detail has to be considered. Grain, hops, water and yeast have to be delicately balanced to achieve the desired flavor. We’ve been working on these recipes for years to get them just right. Now that we’ve got these beers ready to go, we need someone to share them with! Let us bring the exciting flavors we’ve developed to you. At CBC, we know you can find pale, fizzy beer just about anywhere. If you’re like us, though, full bodied and flavorful beer is worth searching for. We’re proud to provide Memphis with a local source for beer that we can all be proud of. ” They have 61 unique beers and a global rating of 3.64.

Let’s take a look at this beer:

Beer: Boat Drinks: Pina Colada Berliner
Brewery: Crosstown Brewing Company
Style: Sour – Berliner Weisse
ABV: 4.5%
IBU: None
Untappd Write-Up: Berliner weisse brewed with pineapple and coconut .

This is certainly not a November – oh my god its freezing so bad that parts of my body are falling off – kind of beer. But, when have I ever done beer at a normal or right time? (I’m the guy sitting outside and doing yard work with a 16% Stout in 94 degree weather.)

Appearance is a light yellowing brownish hue. A normal sour, or berliner weisse style coloring. Not a fruited sour or a thick milkshake or thick smoothie sours, but just a general weisse light brown and yellow color.

Aroma smells like a pina colada. Shocking right? It would be a bad thing if it didn’t! But thankfully it does. Heavy pineapple and coconut aromas abound with this one.

Taste is definite berliner weisse, a nice sour tartness, with notable flavors. The coconut and pineapple fight here, kinda with neither taking prominence but both being there, and neither being as prominent as I wish. They are definitely there though, just seems muted or subtle when it should be more upfront on it. This is meant to be like the beer name suggests – a boat drink, a nice summer beer, relaxing on a beach or on the deck of a boat, or even in your backyard rather than mowing. Drinking it then would probably up it a bit in rating, just due to how the mind works, but its still not a bad beer.

My Untappd Rating: ***.75
Global Untappd Rating: 3.42 (as of 11.13.19)

And don’t worry folks, I promise to have that Tattered Flag beer flight review up tomorrow! Until then…. keep drinking and rating and commenting and liking and following and subscribing and sharing and doing all kinds of other cool people social media stuff!

Cheers.

-B. Kline

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