Riwaka Dry Hop Pseudo Sue will be a pale ale that is dry-hopped with Riwaka hops. It is a variant of the regular Pseudo Sue. The Field Museum collaboration (Toppling Goliath and Field Museum) pale ale will be 5.8% and will be released in 12 oz cans.

Pseudo Sue

Nectaron Dry Hopped Pseudo Sue

Introducing the Nectaron Dry Hop Pseudo Sue, a pale ale uniquely dry-hopped with Nectaron hops. This brew is a collaborative effort with the Field Museum, boasting a 5.8% ABV. Here’s a glimpse of the 16oz can – keep an eye out for more information on its release.

Pseudo Sue is one of Toppling Goliath’s most notable beers and they have done several different variations over the years. This is a Nectaron Dry Hopped version of the Pseudo Sue.

It will be released in 16 oz pounder cans and will most likely be released at the Toppling Goliath brewery in Decorah, Iowa; as well as possibly throughout their regular distribution footprint.

For more information on Field Museum, you can visit their website here: Field Museum.org.

Pseudo Sue

This Pittsburgh Pale Ale is leaving early, too early perhaps, leaving many with a morning headache, blood shot red eyes, and a thirst on the plane ride out of Pittsburgh.

Brewed on their small research and development ‘pilot system’, The Red Eye is a “Pittsburgh” Pale Ale, clocking in at 6%. The pilot system for Pittsburgh Brewing Company is a 10 – barrel system used to try out new ideas and to test new thoughts.

As per Pittsburgh Brewing Company’s description:

The Red Eye features imported German caramel rye, giving it a distinct amber hue while also providing piney, earthy, and floral hop notes with a clean bite, thanks to the foundation of Amarillo and Chinook.

It is then marinated in the finishing tank with the concentrated oils of Crosby CXG Chinook, intensifying the tropical and citrus notes. All these flavors combine to create the perfect Pittsburgh pale ale, standing at 6% ABV, to be enjoyed by all.

Pittsburgh Brewing Co. – Facebook Post

Keep this beer on your radar and monitor its whearabouts, because its going to be a tasty Pittsburghian Pale Ale.

Pittsburgh Brewing Company

The following comes via Untappd.

The Pittsburgh Brewing Company is a regional brewery out of Creighton, PA. They have 17 unique beers and over 80,000 ratings with a global average rating of 2.98 (as of 1.18.24).

Their Untappd description reads: “Since 1861, Pittsburgh Brewing Company has always been committed to a few things: deep roots in the Pittsburgh community, strong tradition, innovation, and of course, brewing great beer. We’ve been at it for 160 years, and with every bottle we keep getting better.”

You can find them on the following social media pages:

• Pittsburgh Brewing Company – Official Website
• Pittsburgh Brewing Company – Instagram
• Pittsburgh Brewing Company – Facebook
• Pittsburgh BRewing Company – Untappd

Full Announcement Post

Here is the full announcement post:

Late Arriving or Right on Time?

Introducing our Red Eye that is now available exclusively in the Brewery Store. A beer that melds the flavorful drinkability that sparked a revolution with the vibrant, evolved hop character cultivated by the craft movement it inspired.

The world didn’t need another Pale Ale, so we crafted ours to combine our favorite elements of all generations of

Amarillo and Chinook create a classic foundation of piney, earthy, and floral hop notes with a clean, bitter bite.

Imported Wayermann German Caramel Ryelend a distinct amber hue and depth to the hops’ spicy undertones.

In the finishing tank, the concentrated oils of Crosby CXG Chinook intensify the tropical and citrus notes hopheads crave.

The result is at once familiar and singular. forward-looking, yet a product of the moment.

We hope that’s enough to earn a spot in your fridge. Available now in our Brewery Store.

#pittsburghbrewingco#Redeye

Pittsburgh Brewing Co. – Facebook Post

Thank You For Reading

If you like this article, please check out our other many articles, including news, beer reviews, travelogues, maps, and much much more. We greatly appreciate everyone visiting the site!

Cheers.

Thanks again for reading everyone. Take some time to check out the site, we greatly appreciate it. We have affiliates and sponsors with Pretzels.com and Beer Drop.com, which can save you money on their products if you are interested. Check out our articles on them. Make sure to check out our beer reviews, brewery reviews, Amy’s weekly column, book reviews, hike reviews, and so much more.

As always, thank you everyone for reading! Leave your likes, comments, suggestions, questions, etc, in the comments section. Or use the Feedback – Contact Us – page, and we’ll get right back to you! You can also reach out to us at our direct e-mail address: thebeerthrillers@gmail.com

Thank you for visiting our blog. Please make sure to follow, bookmark, subscribe, and make sure to comment and leave feedback and like the blog posts you read. It will help us to better tailor the blog to you, the readers, likes and make this a better blog for everyone.

We are working on a massive project here at The Beer Thrillers. We are creating a map of all of the breweries across the United States. State by state we are adding maps of all of the different states with every brewery in each state. (We will eventually get to the US Territories, as well as the Canadian Provinces, and possibly more countries; as well as doing some fun maps like a map of all the breweries we’ve been to, and other fun maps.) You can find the brewery maps here:

• MAPS OF BREWERIES

We are also working on a project of creating printable and downloadable PDFs and resources to be able to check and keep track of all of the breweries you’ve been to. So stay tuned for that project once we are finished with the Brewery Maps of the US States.

You can check out our different directories here: Beer Reviews, Hike Reviews, Book Reviews, Brewery News, Brewery Openings, Brewer Interviews, and Travelogues.

Please be sure to follow us on our social media accounts – Facebook, Facebook Group, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Influence. As well as our brand new Tumblr page. Please be sure to also follow, like, subscribe to the blog here itself to keep updated. We love to hear from you guys, so be sure to leave a comment and let us know what you think!

You can now find us on our Discord Server here: The Beer Thrillers (Discord Server). We’ve also joined LinkTree to keep track of all of our social media pages, as well as hot new articles we’ve written.

The Beer Thrillers on LinkTree can be found here: The Beer Thrillers LinkTree.

We have partnered with an affiliateship with Beer Drop.com. You can check out that partnership and receive great discounts, coupons, and more here: Beer Drop. Going here and logging in and ordering will help you receive your discounts and coupons as well as help support our page. Thank you for helping to support The Beer Thrillers and to help us maintain the site and blog and to keep it running.

The Beer Thrillers are a blog that prides itself on writing beer reviews, brewery reviews, travelogues, news (especially local to the Central PA brewery scene), as well as covering other topics of our interests – such as hiking, literature and books, board games, and video games which we sometimes stream with our friends over at Knights of Nostalgia. We are currently listed as #7 on FeedSpot’s “Top 100 Beer Blogs” and #8 on FeedSpot’s “Top 40 Pennsylvania Blogs”. (As of January 2023.) Thank you for reading our site today, please subscribe, follow, and bookmark. Please reach out to us if you are interested in working together. If you would like to donate to the blog you can here: Donate to The Beer Thrillers. Thank you!

You can also check out our partnership and affiliation with Pretzels.com, where ordering pretzels and using our affiliate code – AFFILIATE CODE IS THEBEERTHRILLERS20 – will help you get wonderful pretzels and help us maintain and keep this blog running. Thank you!

If you would like to reach out to us for product reviews, beer reviews, press release writing, and other media – please contact us at thebeerthrillers@gmail.com. Thank you.

(Thank you for reading. The opinions, thoughts, and expressions of each article posted on The Beer Thrillers represents the author of the content and only themselves. It does not express the opinions, beliefs, or ideas held by The Beer Thrillers or any company in which the author themselves work for. Each piece of written content is written by the creator(s) listed in the authorial section on each article unless otherwise noted. Their opinions, comments, and words on screen do not represent any company in which they work for and / or are affiliated with or any non – profits that they contribute to. Thank you.)

New Belgium Brewing is teaming up with Subpar Parks to create The Lack of Wildlife is Alarming Pale Ale

New Belgium Brewing is teaming up with Subpar Parks to create The Lack of Wildlife is Alarming Pale Ale. This “subpar” pale ale is will be hitting at 6% ABV and will be packaged and sold in 12 oz cans. The can art features Yosemite National Park.

Subpar Parks

From New Belgium’s website – Who is Subpar Parks:

Amber is a designer, illustrator, and hand lettering artist with a passion for the outdoors. Her colorful, often punny work is inspired by her interests: spending time outside any way she can, building a creative business, the ups and downs of owning far too many house plants, and, as a major introvert, spending time recharging at home. After years working as a professional graphic designer for non-profits and small businesses, in 2020 she took the leap and began working for herself full-time, when her passion project, Subpar Parks, went viral, and went on to become a New York Times Bestselling book. Now she spends her time creating greeting cards, stickers, prints, and other products featuring her artwork.

When she’s not creating new products or trying to keep her plants alive, she’s probably hiking, camping somewhere in the middle of the desert in her Xterra, or fixing up the 127-year-old Victorian house she lives in with her husband, Taylor, and their feisty cat, Suki.

Who is Subpar Parks? – New Belgium Brewing

A gallery of Subpar Parks ‘postcards’.

You can find more information on Subpar Parks here: Outsider Online – Subpar Parks.

Other Articles on New Belgium

• New Belgium Adding Tropic Force and Hop Avenger to VooDoo Ranger Series
• New Belgium Teams Up with Magic the Gathering for Vastwood Seer IPA
• New Bells-gium – New Belgium Brewing and Lion Acquires Bell’s Brewery
• New Belgium Adding VooDoo Ranger Hardcharged Tea Razz Pop
• New Belgium Adding Voodoo Ranger Cashmerize IPA
• New Belgium Brewing Collaborating with The Steps Of Faith Foundation for Thundergong and Thunderguzzler
• New Belgium Brewing and Subpar Parks Join Up For The Lack Of Wildlife Is Alarming

For More Information on New Belgium Brewing Company

The following information comes from Untappd. New Belgium Brewing Company is a Subsidiary of Kirin Brewery Company and is a macro brewery from Fort Collins, CO. They have 688 unique beers and over 6,299,000 ratings (just shy of 6.3 Million) with a global average rating of 3.63 (as of 11.24.23). Their Untappd description reads: New Belgium Brewing was founded in 1991 in Fort Collins, Colo., by Kim Jordan, a social worker, who built her company the only way a social worker would: People first. Over the past three decades, New Belgium has turned that ethos into a unique “human-powered” business model through practices that were and still are rare in the business world: fully paid healthcare premiums for all coworkers, paying a living wage, open-book management, renewable energy sourcing, a free onsite medical clinic and physician, a deep commitment to philanthropy and advocacy, and much more. With expansions to Asheville, N.C., in 2016; Denver, Colo., in 2018; San Francisco in 2021; and the 2021 acquisition of Bell’s Brewery, based in Kalamazoo, Mich., this people-centric model has led New Belgium to become arguably the most popular and fastest-growing American craft brewer today. New Belgium is famous for its flagship beer, Fat Tire Amber Ale; year-round favorites like Voodoo Ranger IPA (America’s #1 IPA brand), Dominga Mimosa Sour, and La Folie Sour Brown Ale; and an award-winning wood-aged sour program and innovative limited release beers. To learn more about New Belgium, visit NewBelgium.com

You can find them on the following social media pages:

• New Belgium Brewing Company – Official Website
• New Belgium Brewing Company – Facebook
• New Belgium Brewing Company – Instagram
• New Belgium Brewing Company – Twitter
• New Belgium Brewing Company – Untappd

Thank You For Reading

If you like this article, please check out our other many articles, including news, beer reviews, travelogues, maps, and much much more. We greatly appreciate everyone visiting the site!

Cheers.

Thanks again for reading everyone. Take some time to check out the site, we greatly appreciate it. We have affiliates and sponsors with Pretzels.com and Beer Drop.com, which can save you money on their products if you are interested. Check out our articles on them. Make sure to check out our beer reviews, brewery reviews, Amy’s weekly column, book reviews, hike reviews, and so much more.

As always, thank you everyone for reading! Leave your likes, comments, suggestions, questions, etc, in the comments section. Or use the Feedback – Contact Us – page, and we’ll get right back to you! You can also reach out to us at our direct e-mail address: thebeerthrillers@gmail.com

Thank you for visiting our blog. Please make sure to follow, bookmark, subscribe, and make sure to comment and leave feedback and like the blog posts you read. It will help us to better tailor the blog to you, the readers, likes and make this a better blog for everyone.

We are working on a massive project here at The Beer Thrillers. We are creating a map of all of the breweries across the United States. State by state we are adding maps of all of the different states with every brewery in each state. (We will eventually get to the US Territories, as well as the Canadian Provinces, and possibly more countries; as well as doing some fun maps like a map of all the breweries we’ve been to, and other fun maps.) You can find the brewery maps here:

• MAPS OF BREWERIES

We are also working on a project of creating printable and downloadable PDFs and resources to be able to check and keep track of all of the breweries you’ve been to. So stay tuned for that project once we are finished with the Brewery Maps of the US States.

You can check out our different directories here: Beer Reviews, Hike Reviews, Book Reviews, Brewery News, Brewery Openings, Brewer Interviews, and Travelogues.

Please be sure to follow us on our social media accounts – Facebook, Facebook Group, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Influence. As well as our brand new Tumblr page. Please be sure to also follow, like, subscribe to the blog here itself to keep updated. We love to hear from you guys, so be sure to leave a comment and let us know what you think!

You can now find us on our Discord Server here: The Beer Thrillers (Discord Server). We’ve also joined LinkTree to keep track of all of our social media pages, as well as hot new articles we’ve written.

The Beer Thrillers on LinkTree can be found here: The Beer Thrillers LinkTree.

We have partnered with an affiliateship with Beer Drop.com. You can check out that partnership and receive great discounts, coupons, and more here: Beer Drop. Going here and logging in and ordering will help you receive your discounts and coupons as well as help support our page. Thank you for helping to support The Beer Thrillers and to help us maintain the site and blog and to keep it running.

The Beer Thrillers are a blog that prides itself on writing beer reviews, brewery reviews, travelogues, news (especially local to the Central PA brewery scene), as well as covering other topics of our interests – such as hiking, literature and books, board games, and video games which we sometimes stream with our friends over at Knights of Nostalgia. We are currently listed as #7 on FeedSpot’s “Top 100 Beer Blogs” and #8 on FeedSpot’s “Top 40 Pennsylvania Blogs”. (As of January 2023.) Thank you for reading our site today, please subscribe, follow, and bookmark. Please reach out to us if you are interested in working together. If you would like to donate to the blog you can here: Donate to The Beer Thrillers. Thank you!

You can also check out our partnership and affiliation with Pretzels.com, where ordering pretzels and using our affiliate code – AFFILIATE CODE IS THEBEERTHRILLERS20 – will help you get wonderful pretzels and help us maintain and keep this blog running. Thank you!

If you would like to reach out to us for product reviews, beer reviews, press release writing, and other media – please contact us at thebeerthrillers@gmail.com. Thank you.

(Thank you for reading. The opinions, thoughts, and expressions of each article posted on The Beer Thrillers represents the author of the content and only themselves. It does not express the opinions, beliefs, or ideas held by The Beer Thrillers or any company in which the author themselves work for. Each piece of written content is written by the creator(s) listed in the authorial section on each article unless otherwise noted. Their opinions, comments, and words on screen do not represent any company in which they work for and / or are affiliated with or any non – profits that they contribute to. Thank you.)

Today is Ben’s birthday; the owner, creator and editor of the blog. He’s the kind of guy that hates the spotlight on him.  Which is why only lately do you see pics of him since I’m taking them.  Odds are he might try to edit some of this out.  But he deserves to be celebrated and I wish I could give him the world.  You see, over 2 years ago my world came tumbling down all around me.  It was him and writing that felt like I was brought back. So tonight, on his birthday, I’m writing about an Ever Grain beer and pairing with a yummy cupcake.  It’s not technically a birthday cupcake but more delicious. Ever Grain’s Metal Tree and homemade apple cupcakes with salted caramel frosting are on tonight’s treat list.  I mean this is starting to feel like my birthday with such a special treat.  I mean mine was just 5 days ago but still, I’ll play glutton just this week. (We Can’t Always Be a Glutton Right? – Perfect Portions and Allusion Brewing Company.)

Metal Tree

Metal Tree is described as a Pale Ale -New England/Hazy.  On untapped it is described in detail as a “Straw or deep gold in color, this style has a varying degree of cloudiness.  Starch, yeast, hop, protein and/or other compounds contribute to a wide range of hazy appearances within this style.  There is a perceived silky or full mouthfeel that may contribute to the overall flavor profile.  Grist may include a small amount of oat, wheat or other adjuncts to promote haziness.  Descriptors such as “juicy” are often used to describe the taste and hop-derived aroma attributes present in these beers.”

Metal tree comes in with a 5.2% ABV but to me I definitely thought this one was a higher ABV.  I think it is the pale ale style combined with the yummy hazy taste.  It pairs perfectly with the forgotten other autumn time favorite, apple.  This apple cupcake with salted caramel icing pairs perfectly with the lightness of a pale ale but finishes with the hazy taste.  I think it’s that exact combo that makes Metal tree just taste and feel that damn smooth.

MT has an untapped overall rating of 3.95 but with overall good comments I’m surprised the rating is low.  One check in says “Not sure why this isn’t rated higher but it is delicious!  All the flavor or a full ipa and half the ABV.  One of my favorite pale ales.”  I think it is the depth of flavor in this pale ale that fools me into thinking I’m going to get hammered with a DIPA.

Metal Tree by Ever Grain Brewing Company

Beer: Metal Tree
Brewery: Ever Grain Brewing Co.
Style: Pale Ale – New England / Hazy
ABV: 5.2%
IBU: N / A
Untappd Description: A medium bodied hazy Pale Ale we brewed with Citra and Simcoe, which lends flavors and aromas of apricot, lychee, and orange blossom.
Global Untappd Rating: 3.95 (as of 8.27.23)

Apple Cupcake with Salted Caramel Frosting

These apple cupcakes were made by a coworker of Ben’s to celebrate their birthday.  I’d like to say I’d seek out the recipe but I despise baking.  I’m more an eyeball and never measure anything kind of cook.  I sure hope this coworker of his like cooking and baking often. 

 Happy Birthday Benjamin!  You inspired me to start writing again and supported me when I struggled after having Scarlet.  You are an amazing father and funny as hell, not like a clown though.  Let’s save one of these Metal Trees to drink on our next hike, another inspiration you passed on to me.  Love Amy

Drink more Beer!

• Amy

Our Ever Grain Articles

• Beer Review: Sorbetto 42 (Ever Grain Brewing Co.)
• Beer Review: Sorbetto 40 (Ever Grain Brewing Co.)
• Beer Review: Missile Toad (Ever Grain Brewing Co.)
• Beer Review: All Together (Ever Grain and Other Half Brewing)
• Beer Review: Peanut Budder One (Ever Grain Brewing Co)
• Multiple Beer Review: Barrel Aged Barleywine, You Think Darkness is Your Ally?, 3rd Anniversary Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout, Cinn-A-Bun (Ever Grain Brewing Co.)
• Joose Juicy – New Look, New Can, Who Dis?

Amy’s Column Series

Since getting back to writing for the blog after a short hiatus, Amy has started up a weekly column style writing for the blog. You can find these articles here:

• Brewfests with Anxiety (Amy’s original weekly column start)
• I’ve Missed Drinking (A Look at Non Alcoholic Beers)
• Beer and Pretzel Review: Legends and Lore (St. Boniface Brewing Company) and Garlic Parm Pretzels (Pretzels.com)
• Peanut Butter Eggs, Easter, Beer, and YAH Brew’s Shimmy Shake (Beer Review)
• Cox Brewing Company: Back to Their Roots
• Amy’s Day Off
• It Was All A Dream (A Visit to YAH Brewing)
• Just Another Weekend (A Hike at Saint Pete’s Trail and Hares Hill Brewing)
• I’m Pretty Darn Lucky (Happy Mother’s Day)
• Ready to Kick of the Summer
• Beer Review: Beer Devil IPA (Niagara Brewing Company)
• World MS Day
• Have you ever picked a beer based on the can art?
• Happy Father’s Day
• What is Your Summer Time Go To Beer?
• Holiday Weekend and Bomber Bottles
• Baby’s First Ffej
• We Can’t Always Be a Glutton Right? – Perfect Portions and Allusion Brewing Company
• Beer Review: Pocono Punch (Barley Creek Brewing Company)
• Getting Sworn In: A Sneak Preview of Sworn Brewing
• Beer Review: Tropical Stout (Troegs Independent Brewing and Windy Bridges Brewing LLC)
• RAR Brewing Brings the Nostalgia with Muppets Out of Order Series
• Happy Birthday to Ben
• You can find all of Amy’s articles here: Amy’s Archive of Articles.

(And please take a moment to fill out Amy’s survey on her ‘Holiday Weekend and Bomber Bottles‘ column.)

Thank You For Reading

If you like this article, please check out our other many articles, including news, beer reviews, travelogues, maps, and much much more. We greatly appreciate everyone visiting the site!

Cheers.

Thanks again for reading everyone. Take some time to check out the site, we greatly appreciate it. We have affiliates and sponsors with Pretzels.com and Beer Drop.com, which can save you money on their products if you are interested. Check out our articles on them. Make sure to check out our beer reviews, brewery reviews, Amy’s weekly column, book reviews, hike reviews, and so much more.

As always, thank you everyone for reading! Leave your likes, comments, suggestions, questions, etc, in the comments section. Or use the Feedback – Contact Us – page, and we’ll get right back to you! You can also reach out to us at our direct e-mail address: thebeerthrillers@gmail.com

Thank you for visiting our blog. Please make sure to follow, bookmark, subscribe, and make sure to comment and leave feedback and like the blog posts you read. It will help us to better tailor the blog to you, the readers, likes and make this a better blog for everyone.

We are working on a massive project here at The Beer Thrillers. We are creating a map of all of the breweries across the United States. State by state we are adding maps of all of the different states with every brewery in each state. (We will eventually get to the US Territories, as well as the Canadian Provinces, and possibly more countries; as well as doing some fun maps like a map of all the breweries we’ve been to, and other fun maps.) You can find the brewery maps here:

• MAPS OF BREWERIES

We are also working on a project of creating printable and downloadable PDFs and resources to be able to check and keep track of all of the breweries you’ve been to. So stay tuned for that project once we are finished with the Brewery Maps of the US States.

You can check out our different directories here: Beer Reviews, Hike Reviews, Book Reviews, Brewery News, Brewery Openings, Brewer Interviews, and Travelogues.

Please be sure to follow us on our social media accounts – Facebook, Facebook Group, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Influence. As well as our brand new Tumblr page. Please be sure to also follow, like, subscribe to the blog here itself to keep updated. We love to hear from you guys, so be sure to leave a comment and let us know what you think!

You can now find us on our Discord Server here: The Beer Thrillers (Discord Server). We’ve also joined LinkTree to keep track of all of our social media pages, as well as hot new articles we’ve written.

The Beer Thrillers on LinkTree can be found here: The Beer Thrillers LinkTree.

We have partnered with an affiliateship with Beer Drop.com. You can check out that partnership and receive great discounts, coupons, and more here: Beer Drop. Going here and logging in and ordering will help you receive your discounts and coupons as well as help support our page. Thank you for helping to support The Beer Thrillers and to help us maintain the site and blog and to keep it running.

The Beer Thrillers are a blog that prides itself on writing beer reviews, brewery reviews, travelogues, news (especially local to the Central PA brewery scene), as well as covering other topics of our interests – such as hiking, literature and books, board games, and video games which we sometimes stream with our friends over at Knights of Nostalgia. We are currently listed as #7 on FeedSpot’s “Top 100 Beer Blogs” and #8 on FeedSpot’s “Top 40 Pennsylvania Blogs”. (As of January 2023.) Thank you for reading our site today, please subscribe, follow, and bookmark. Please reach out to us if you are interested in working together. If you would like to donate to the blog you can here: Donate to The Beer Thrillers. Thank you!

You can also check out our partnership and affiliation with Pretzels.com, where ordering pretzels and using our affiliate code – AFFILIATE CODE IS THEBEERTHRILLERS20 – will help you get wonderful pretzels and help us maintain and keep this blog running. Thank you!

If you would like to reach out to us for product reviews, beer reviews, press release writing, and other media – please contact us at thebeerthrillers@gmail.com. Thank you.

If you would like to help keep the blog running soundly and smoothly, you may donate to us to help us keep the costs of the blog to a minimum. We greatly appreciate it. Thank you. (Clicking this link will take you to the page to make a donation. Thank you very much for helping us stay afloat!)

(Thank you for reading. The opinions, thoughts, and expressions of each article posted on The Beer Thrillers represents the author of the content and only themselves. It does not express the opinions, beliefs, or ideas held by The Beer Thrillers or any company in which the author themselves work for. Each piece of written content is written by the creator(s) listed in the authorial section on each article unless otherwise noted. Their opinions, comments, and words on screen do not represent any company in which they work for and / or are affiliated with or any non – profits that they contribute to. Thank you.)

When it comes to craft beer, there’s a world of flavor out there waiting to be discovered. From hoppy IPAs to malty stouts, each beer style has its own unique characteristics that make it a delight to savor. In this article, we’ll explore some of the most popular craft beer styles, along with their key attributes and what sets them apart.

IPA: The King of Hoppy Beers

India Pale Ales, or IPAs, have taken the craft beer scene by storm and have become a popular choice for beer enthusiasts around the world. Known for their distinct hoppy bitterness, IPAs are a complex and flavorful beer style that many have come to love. In this article, we’ll explore what makes IPAs so popular, the different sub-styles of IPAs, and why they’re the king of hoppy beers.

What Makes IPAs So Popular?

IPAs are popular for a reason – they’re bold and full of flavor. IPAs are brewed with a higher hop-to-malt ratio, giving them a more bitter taste and distinct hoppy aroma. The bitterness comes from the alpha acids found in hops, which also give IPAs a wide range of flavors such as pine, citrus, and floral notes. The bitterness of IPAs can also be balanced out with the use of different malts, which add sweetness and complexity to the beer.

Sub-Styles of IPAs

While all IPAs have a distinct hoppy bitterness, there are many sub-styles that have unique characteristics. Some of the most popular sub-styles of IPAs include:

• West Coast IPA: This sub-style is known for its intense hop flavor and aroma, with a strong malt backbone to balance out the bitterness.
• New England IPA: A hazy and juicy sub-style of IPA that is brewed with fruit-forward hops, giving it a tropical and citrusy flavor profile.
• Black IPA: A dark and hoppy sub-style of IPA that is brewed with dark roasted malts, giving it a roasted, coffee-like flavor.
• Double IPA: A stronger, more intense version of the IPA, with a higher alcohol content and a stronger hop profile.

Why IPAs are the King of Hoppy Beers

IPAs are considered the king of hoppy beers for several reasons. First, they offer a wide range of flavors and aromas, making them complex and interesting to drink. Second, they can be paired with a variety of foods, from spicy dishes to grilled meats. Third, they are versatile and can be brewed in many different sub-styles, giving beer enthusiasts a wide range of options to choose from. Lastly, IPAs are perfect for those who love bold, complex flavors and are looking for a beer with a lot of character.

IPAs are a popular craft beer style that offer a unique and flavorful drinking experience. With a wide range of sub-styles to choose from, there’s an IPA out there for everyone. So, whether you’re a fan of the West Coast IPA, New England IPA, or any other sub-style, grab a cold one and enjoy the king of hoppy beers.

Stout: The Dark and Delicious Brew

Stouts are perfect for those who prefer a beer with a rich, roasted flavor. These beers are typically dark and heavy, with notes of coffee, chocolate, and caramel. While there are many sub-styles of stouts, the most well-known is the Irish dry stout, brewed with roasted barley and has a dry, bitter finish. Other popular sub-styles include oatmeal stouts, milk stouts, and imperial stouts.

Stouts are a beloved beer style that have been enjoyed by beer enthusiasts for centuries. Known for their dark and rich flavors, stouts are a complex and satisfying brew that can be enjoyed year-round. In this article, we’ll explore what makes stouts so popular, the different sub-styles of stouts, and why they’re a delicious and indulgent brew.

What Makes Stouts So Popular?

Stouts are popular for a reason – they offer a deep and complex flavor profile. Stouts are brewed with roasted malts, which give them a rich and deep color and flavors like chocolate, coffee, and caramel. The use of different malts can also give stouts hints of smokiness, nuttiness, and even fruitiness. Additionally, stouts are often brewed with a higher alcohol content, which adds to their warming and indulgent nature.

Sub-Styles of Stouts

While all stouts have a distinct dark and rich flavor, there are many sub-styles that have unique characteristics. Some of the most popular sub-styles of stouts include:

• Milk Stout: This sub-style is brewed with lactose, which gives it a creamy and sweet flavor.
• Imperial Stout: A stronger and more intense version of the stout, with a higher alcohol content and a more complex flavor profile.
• Oatmeal Stout: A smooth and silky sub-style of stout that is brewed with oats, which adds a creamy texture to the beer.
• Foreign Extra Stout: A sub-style of stout that is brewed with more hops, giving it a bitterness that balances out the richness of the roasted malts.

Why Stouts are a Delicious and Indulgent Brew

Stouts are considered a delicious and indulgent brew for several reasons. First, they offer a complex and rich flavor profile that is perfect for sipping and savoring. Second, they can be enjoyed year-round, making them a versatile beer style. Third, stouts can be paired with a variety of foods, from desserts to grilled meats. Lastly, stouts are perfect for those who enjoy a warming and satisfying beer that is full of character.

Stouts are a popular beer style that offer a deep and complex drinking experience. With a wide range of sub-styles to choose from, there’s a stout out there for everyone. So, whether you’re a fan of the creamy Milk Stout or the intense Imperial Stout, grab a cold one and enjoy the dark and delicious brew.

Sour: The Funky and Tart Brew

Sour beers are a relatively new addition to the craft beer scene, but they’ve quickly become a favorite among those who love a tart, tangy flavor. These beers are typically brewed with wild yeast strains or bacteria that produce lactic acid, giving them a sour taste. There are many sub-styles of sour beers, including gose, berliner weisse, and lambic. They’re perfect for those who love a little funk in their beer.

Sours have been gaining popularity in the beer world for their unique and distinctive flavor profile. These funky and tart brews have a distinct sourness that sets them apart from other beer styles. In this article, we’ll explore what makes sours so popular, the different types of sours, and why they’re a great choice for beer lovers.

What Makes Sours So Popular?

Sours are popular for their unique taste, which is a result of the brewing process. The sourness in these beers comes from the use of specific bacteria and yeast strains that produce lactic acid during fermentation. This acid gives sours their tart and tangy flavor that is often described as refreshing and crisp. Additionally, sours are known for their complexity, with flavors that range from fruity to funky.

Types of Sours

There are many different types of sours, each with its own distinct flavor profile. Some of the most popular types of sours include:

• Berliner Weisse: A German-style sour that is often brewed with fruit syrups to balance out the tartness.
• Gose: A sour that is brewed with salt and coriander, giving it a unique and salty taste.
• Lambic: A Belgian-style sour that is brewed with wild yeast strains, giving it a funky and complex flavor.
• Fruited Sour: A sour that is brewed with fruit, adding a fruity sweetness that balances out the tartness.

Why Sours are a Great Choice for Beer Lovers

Sours are a great choice for beer lovers for several reasons. First, they offer a unique and refreshing taste that is perfect for those looking to try something new. Second, sours are versatile and can be paired with a variety of foods, from salads to seafood. Third, sours are often lower in alcohol content, making them a great choice for those who want to enjoy a few beers without getting too tipsy.

Sours are a popular beer style that offer a distinctive and refreshing taste. With a variety of types to choose from, there’s a sour out there for everyone. So, whether you’re a fan of the salty Gose or the fruity Fruited Sour, grab a cold one and enjoy the funky and tart brew.

Belgian: The Complex and Spicy Brew

Belgian beers are known for their complex flavors and aromas, often a result of the use of unique yeast strains and spices. These beers come in a variety of sub-styles, from the fruity and spicy saison to the rich and malty dubbel. Belgian beers are perfect for those who love a beer with a lot of character and depth.

Belgian beers have a long history and are known for their complex and spicy flavors. These brews are crafted using traditional brewing methods and unique ingredients, resulting in a flavor profile that sets them apart from other beer styles. In this article, we’ll explore what makes Belgian beers so popular, the different types of Belgian beers, and why they’re a great choice for beer lovers.

What Makes Belgian Beers So Popular?

Belgian beers are popular for their unique and complex flavor profile. They are often brewed with a combination of malted barley, wheat, and other grains, along with spices and herbs like coriander, orange peel, and cloves. The yeast strains used in Belgian brewing are also unique, giving the beer a distinct fruity and spicy flavor. Additionally, Belgian beers are known for their high alcohol content, which adds to their warming and satisfying nature.

Types of Belgian Beers

There are many different types of Belgian beers, each with its own unique flavor profile. Some of the most popular types of Belgian beers include:

• Belgian Dubbel: A dark, malty beer with notes of raisin and chocolate.
• Belgian Tripel: A golden beer with a complex flavor profile that is often described as spicy and fruity.
• Belgian Saison: A light and refreshing beer with a dry finish and a hint of spiciness.
• Belgian Witbier: A light and refreshing beer brewed with coriander and orange peel, giving it a citrusy and spicy flavor.

Why Belgian Beers are a Great Choice for Beer Lovers

Belgian beers are a great choice for beer lovers for several reasons. First, they offer a unique and complex flavor profile that is perfect for those looking to try something new. Second, Belgian beers are versatile and can be paired with a variety of foods, from spicy dishes to rich meats. Third, Belgian beers are often high in alcohol content, making them a great choice for those looking for a warming and satisfying beer.

Belgian beers are a popular beer style that offer a unique and complex drinking experience. With a variety of types to choose from, there’s a Belgian beer out there for everyone. So, whether you’re a fan of the malty Belgian Dubbel or the fruity Belgian Tripel, grab a cold one and enjoy the complex and spicy brew.

Pale Ale: The Refreshing and Sessionable Brew

Pale ales are a great choice for those who prefer a lighter, more refreshing beer. These beers are typically brewed with a balance of hops and malt, giving them a crisp, clean taste. While there are many sub-styles of pale ale, the most popular is the American pale ale, brewed with American hops and has a citrusy, piney flavor. Pale ales are perfect for those who want a beer they can drink all day long.

Pale Ale is a classic beer style that is known for its refreshing taste and sessionable nature. This beer is brewed using a blend of malted barley and hops, resulting in a light and crisp flavor profile that is perfect for any occasion. In this article, we’ll explore what makes Pale Ale so popular, the different types of Pale Ale, and why it’s a great choice for beer lovers.

What Makes Pale Ale So Popular?

Pale Ale is popular for its refreshing taste and sessionable nature. It is a light and crisp beer that is perfect for drinking on a hot summer day or for a casual evening with friends. Pale Ale is brewed using a blend of malted barley and hops, which gives it a distinct hoppy and citrusy flavor. Additionally, the lower alcohol content of Pale Ale makes it a great choice for those looking to enjoy a beer without getting too buzzed.

Types of Pale Ale

There are many different types of Pale Ale, each with its own unique flavor profile. Some of the most popular types of Pale Ale include:

• American Pale Ale: A hoppy and citrusy beer with a crisp and refreshing finish.
• English Pale Ale: A maltier and less hoppy beer with a more balanced flavor profile.
• Belgian Pale Ale: A fruity and spicy beer with a crisp finish.

Why Pale Ale is a Great Choice for Beer Lovers

Pale Ale is a great choice for beer lovers for several reasons. First, it offers a refreshing and sessionable drinking experience that is perfect for any occasion. Second, Pale Ale is versatile and can be paired with a variety of foods, from spicy dishes to lighter salads. Third, the lower alcohol content of Pale Ale makes it a great choice for those looking for a beer that won’t leave them feeling too buzzed.

Pale Ale is a classic beer style that is loved for its refreshing taste and sessionable nature. With a variety of types to choose from, there’s a Pale Ale out there for everyone. So, whether you prefer the hoppy and citrusy American Pale Ale or the fruity and spicy Belgian Pale Ale, grab a cold one and enjoy the refreshing and sessionable brew.

An Incomplete List of Beer Styles

Here’s 100 different beer styles. This is by no means a definitive list, but its a list, a hundred different styles for you to choose from. This just goes to show and emphasize just how diverse the craft beer world is.

1. American Amber Ale
2. American Brown Ale
3. American Pale Ale
4. American Wheat Ale
5. Belgian Dubbel
6. Belgian Tripel
7. Belgian Quadrupel
8. Belgian Strong Ale
9. Belgian Witbier
10. Berliner Weisse
11. Bière de Garde
12. Black IPA
13. Blonde Ale
14. Bock
15. Brown Ale
16. Cream Ale
17. Czech Pilsner
18. Dunkelweizen
19. English Bitter
20. English Brown Ale
21. English IPA
22. English Pale Ale
23. English Porter
24. Farmhouse Ale
25. Fruit Beer
26. German Pilsner
27. Gose
28. Helles
29. Hefeweizen
30. Imperial IPA
31. Imperial Stout
32. India Pale Ale
33. Irish Red Ale
34. Kölsch
35. Lager
36. Lambic
37. Märzen
38. Milk Stout
39. New England IPA
40. Oktoberfest
41. Old Ale
42. Oud Bruin
43. Pale Lager
44. Pilsner
45. Porter
46. Rauchbier
47. Red Ale
48. Russian Imperial Stout
49. Saison
50. Schwarzbier
51. Scottish Ale
52. Smoked Beer
53. Sour Ale
54. Spiced Beer
55. Strong Ale
56. Vienna Lager
57. Wheat Beer
58. Wild Ale
59. Winter Warmer
60. Baltic Porter
61. Belgian Blonde Ale
62. Belgian Dark Ale
63. Belgian Golden Strong Ale
64. Belgian Pale Ale
65. Belgian Saison
66. Belgian Specialty Ale
67. Belgian Strong Dark Ale
68. Belgian White Ale
69. Belgian IPA
70. Brett Beer
71. California Common
72. Chili Beer
73. Coffee Stout
74. English Mild Ale
75. English Old Ale
76. English Strong Ale
77. Flanders Red Ale
78. Flemish Brown Ale
79. Gluten-Free Beer
80. Gruit
81. Historical Beer
82. Imperial Red Ale
83. Irish Dry Stout
84. Kentucky Common
85. Kvass
86. Lichtenhainer
87. New Zealand Pilsner
88. Oatmeal Stout
89. Pennsylvania Porter
90. Piwo Grodziskie
91. Pumpkin Beer
92. Roggenbier
93. Rye Beer
94. Sahti
95. Scottish Export Ale
96. Scottish Heavy Ale
97. Scottish Light Ale
98. Smoked Porter
99. Sour Brown Ale
100. Specialty Beer

This list covers a wide range of beer styles from all over the world, from classic Belgian ales to German lagers to American IPAs. Each style has its own unique characteristics, from the malty sweetness of a brown ale to the hoppy bitterness of an IPA to the tartness of a lambic. No matter what your taste preferences are, there’s a beer style out there for you to enjoy.

This list includes a variety of beer styles, from traditional Scottish ales to innovative smoked beers to experimental specialty brews. Each beer style has its own unique history and brewing techniques, resulting in a wide range of flavors and aromas. Whether you prefer a classic German wheat beer or a modern sour ale, there’s a beer style out there that’s perfect for you.

Most Popular Beer Styles

The popularity of craft beer styles can vary depending on the region and the preferences of the local beer drinkers. However, some of the most popular craft beer styles in the United States include:

1. IPA (India Pale Ale)
2. Pale Ale
3. Stout
4. Porter
5. Wheat Beer
6. Amber Ale
7. Pilsner
8. Hefeweizen
9. Brown Ale
10. Belgian Ale

IPAs are currently the most popular style of craft beer in the United States, with a wide range of sub-styles such as West Coast IPA, New England IPA, and Double IPA. Pale Ales, Stouts, and Porters are also widely popular among craft beer enthusiasts, especially during the fall and winter months. Wheat beers like Hefeweizens and Belgian Ales are also popular, particularly during the warmer months of the year. In recent years, sour beers and other experimental styles have gained popularity among craft beer drinkers as well. Overall, the craft beer industry offers a wide variety of styles to suit a range of tastes and preferences.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the world of craft beer is a vast and exciting one, full of different styles, flavors, and aromas. Whether you’re a fan of hoppy IPAs, rich Stouts, refreshing Wheat beers, or spicy Belgian Ales, there’s a craft beer out there that’s perfect for you. By exploring the different styles and experimenting with new brews, you can expand your palate and discover new favorites. From small local breweries to large regional operations, the craft beer industry is growing and evolving, offering something new and exciting for beer lovers everywhere. So raise a glass to the wonderful world of craft beer, and cheers to all the delicious brews yet to be discovered!

Craft beer has become more than just a beverage, it’s a culture, a community, and a way of life. The passion and creativity of the brewers, the camaraderie among beer enthusiasts, and the uniqueness of each brew all contribute to the magic of craft beer. With so many styles and varieties to choose from, there’s always a new adventure waiting to be had. From seasonal releases to limited edition collaborations, the world of craft beer is always evolving, providing endless opportunities to try something new.

As the craft beer industry continues to grow and expand, it’s important to appreciate the artistry and skill that goes into each brew. By supporting local breweries and independent operations, you’re not only enjoying delicious beer but also contributing to the community and culture that surrounds it. The passion and dedication of the people behind the craft beer movement is truly inspiring, and it’s something that deserves to be celebrated and cherished.

In the end, craft beer is more than just a drink, it’s an experience. It’s a way to connect with others, explore new flavors, and discover something truly special. So next time you reach for a cold one, take a moment to appreciate the craftsmanship, creativity, and passion that went into creating that perfect brew. Cheers to the world of craft beer, and all the wonderful things it has to offer!

A Series of Craft Beer Articles

This is just one of several in a series of over arching ‘craft beer’ related articles. Several alone in a ‘flagship’ series. In the next few weeks there will be some more that come out as well. I would like to have this general level of different ‘craft beer articles’ that everyone can kind of jump to and read and use for informative purposes, and give a better understanding for the other articles on the site.

Some of these articles are about definitions (like “What is Craft Beer?“) and others are about Craft Breweries in general like the Top 50 Producing Craft Breweries, etc.

• The Battle of the Breweries (2023) Winner Is
• Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies in the United States (2023)
• Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies in the United States (2023)
• What is Craft Beer?
• I’ve Missed Drinking (A Look at Non Alcoholic Beers)
• The Rise of Non-Alcoholic Beer: A Guide to the Best Non Alcoholic Brews
• Best Non-Alcoholic Beers For 2021
• Craft Beer 101: Your Guide to the World of Small – Batch Brewing
• How to Build Your Own Homebrew: A Comprehensive Guide for Craft Beer Enthusiasts
• Brewing a Traditional Lithuanian Farmhouse Beer – Keptinis
• Human Robot – Milko Pour – A Look at Milk Pours
• Hemp and Beer – Happy 4:20 Day
• Map of Maine Breweries
• Map of New Hampshire Breweries
• Map of Vermont Breweries
• Sipping on Tradition: A Guide to Craft Beer Flagship Beers
• Discovering the Best Independent Breweries with Beer Drop Craft Beer Subscription Service
• Breaking Down the Buzz: The Health Benefits of Craft Beer
• Craft Beer Styles: Exploring the Wide World of Flavor

Thank You For Reading

As always, thank you everyone for reading! Leave your likes, comments, suggestions, questions, etc, in the comments section. Or use the Feedback – Contact Us – page, and we’ll get right back to you! You can also reach out to us at our direct e-mail address: thebeerthrillers@gmail.com

Thank you for visiting our blog. Please make sure to follow, bookmark, subscribe, and make sure to comment and leave feedback and like the blog posts you read. It will help us to better tailor the blog to you, the readers, likes and make this a better blog for everyone.

You can check out our different directories here: Beer Reviews, Hike Reviews, Book Reviews, Brewery News, Brewery Openings, Brewer Interviews, and Travelogues.

Please be sure to follow us on our social media accounts – Facebook, Facebook Group, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Influence. Please be sure to also follow, like, subscribe to the blog here itself to keep updated. We love to hear from you guys, so be sure to leave a comment and let us know what you think!

You can now find us on our Discord Server here: The Beer Thrillers (Discord Server). We’ve also joined LinkTree to keep track of all of our social media pages, as well as hot new articles we’ve written.

We have partnered with an affiliateship with Beer Drop.com. You can check out that partnership and receive great discounts, coupons, and more here: Beer Drop. Going here and logging in and ordering will help you receive your discounts and coupons as well as help support our page. Thank you for helping to support The Beer Thrillers and to help us maintain the site and blog and to keep it running.

The Beer Thrillers are a blog that prides itself on writing beer reviews, brewery reviews, travelogues, news (especially local to the Central PA brewery scene), as well as covering other topics of our interests – such as hiking, literature and books, board games, and video games which we sometimes stream with our friends over at Knights of Nostalgia. We are currently listed as #7 on FeedSpot’s “Top 100 Beer Blogs” and #8 on FeedSpot’s “Top 40 Pennsylvania Blogs”. (As of January 2023.) Thank you for reading our site today, please subscribe, follow, and bookmark. Please reach out to us if you are interested in working together. If you would like to donate to the blog you can here: Donate to The Beer Thrillers. Thank you!

You can also check out our partnership and affiliation with Pretzels.com, where ordering pretzels and using our affiliate code – AFFILIATE CODE IS THEBEERTHRILLERS20 – will help you get wonderful pretzels and help us maintain and keep this blog running. Thank you!

If you would like to reach out to us for product reviews, beer reviews, press release writing, and other media – please contact us at thebeerthrillers@gmail.com. Thank you.

Craft beer is a broad term that encompasses a wide variety of different beer styles. From light and refreshing pale ales to dark and rich stouts, there is a craft beer style to suit every taste.

Styles of Craft Beer

If you’re new to craft beer or looking to learn more about different craft beer styles, here is a guide to some of the most popular craft beer styles:

• Pale ales: Pale ales are light and refreshing beers with a moderate hop flavor. Popular pale ale styles include American pale ales, English pale ales, and India pale ales (IPAs).
• IPAs: IPAs are a type of pale ale that is known for its strong hop flavor and aroma. IPAs can range in bitterness from moderate to extreme. Popular IPA styles include American IPAs, West Coast IPAs, and New England IPAs.
• Stouts: Stouts are dark and full-bodied beers with a roasted malt flavor. Popular stout styles include American stouts, English stouts, and Irish stouts.
• Porters: Porters are dark and flavorful beers that fall somewhere between stouts and brown ales. Popular porter styles include American porters, English porters, and brown porters.
• Wheat beers: Wheat beers are light and refreshing beers that are made with a significant amount of wheat malt. Popular wheat beer styles include American wheat beers, Belgian witbiers, and German hefeweizens.
• Sour beers: Sour beers are beers that have been fermented with wild yeast or bacteria, which gives them a sour flavor. Popular sour beer styles include American sours, Belgian lambics, and German gose.

Explore!

These are just a few of the many different craft beer styles that are available. With so many different styles to choose from, there is sure to be a craft beer style out there that everyone will enjoy. Cheers!

Some Good Articles to Read

• How to Find the Best Craft Beer Near You
• Guinness Baltimore Blonde Beer Production Moving to New York
• The Beerded Goat Brewing Company Taking over the old NewFangled Brewery
• Unleashing the History of Flying Dog Brewery: From Fearless Beginnings to Craft Beer Excellence

Thank You For Reading

If you like this article, please check out our other many articles, including news, beer reviews, travelogues, maps, and much much more. We greatly appreciate everyone visiting the site!

Cheers.

Thanks again for reading everyone. Take some time to check out the site, we greatly appreciate it. We have affiliates and sponsors with Pretzels.com and Beer Drop.com, which can save you money on their products if you are interested. Check out our articles on them. Make sure to check out our beer reviews, brewery reviews, Amy’s weekly column, book reviews, hike reviews, and so much more.

As always, thank you everyone for reading! Leave your likes, comments, suggestions, questions, etc, in the comments section. Or use the Feedback – Contact Us – page, and we’ll get right back to you! You can also reach out to us at our direct e-mail address: thebeerthrillers@gmail.com

Thank you for visiting our blog. Please make sure to follow, bookmark, subscribe, and make sure to comment and leave feedback and like the blog posts you read. It will help us to better tailor the blog to you, the readers, likes and make this a better blog for everyone.

We are working on a massive project here at The Beer Thrillers. We are creating a map of all of the breweries across the United States. State by state we are adding maps of all of the different states with every brewery in each state. (We will eventually get to the US Territories, as well as the Canadian Provinces, and possibly more countries; as well as doing some fun maps like a map of all the breweries we’ve been to, and other fun maps.) You can find the brewery maps here:

• MAPS OF BREWERIES

We are also working on a project of creating printable and downloadable PDFs and resources to be able to check and keep track of all of the breweries you’ve been to. So stay tuned for that project once we are finished with the Brewery Maps of the US States.

You can check out our different directories here: Beer Reviews, Hike Reviews, Book Reviews, Brewery News, Brewery Openings, Brewer Interviews, and Travelogues.

Please be sure to follow us on our social media accounts – Facebook, Facebook Group, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Influence. As well as our brand new Tumblr page. Please be sure to also follow, like, subscribe to the blog here itself to keep updated. We love to hear from you guys, so be sure to leave a comment and let us know what you think!

You can now find us on our Discord Server here: The Beer Thrillers (Discord Server). We’ve also joined LinkTree to keep track of all of our social media pages, as well as hot new articles we’ve written.

The Beer Thrillers on LinkTree can be found here: The Beer Thrillers LinkTree.

We have partnered with an affiliateship with Beer Drop.com. You can check out that partnership and receive great discounts, coupons, and more here: Beer Drop. Going here and logging in and ordering will help you receive your discounts and coupons as well as help support our page. Thank you for helping to support The Beer Thrillers and to help us maintain the site and blog and to keep it running.

The Beer Thrillers are a blog that prides itself on writing beer reviews, brewery reviews, travelogues, news (especially local to the Central PA brewery scene), as well as covering other topics of our interests – such as hiking, literature and books, board games, and video games which we sometimes stream with our friends over at Knights of Nostalgia. We are currently listed as #7 on FeedSpot’s “Top 100 Beer Blogs” and #8 on FeedSpot’s “Top 40 Pennsylvania Blogs”. (As of January 2023.) Thank you for reading our site today, please subscribe, follow, and bookmark. Please reach out to us if you are interested in working together. If you would like to donate to the blog you can here: Donate to The Beer Thrillers. Thank you!

You can also check out our partnership and affiliation with Pretzels.com, where ordering pretzels and using our affiliate code – AFFILIATE CODE IS THEBEERTHRILLERS20 – will help you get wonderful pretzels and help us maintain and keep this blog running. Thank you!

If you would like to reach out to us for product reviews, beer reviews, press release writing, and other media – please contact us at thebeerthrillers@gmail.com. Thank you.

(Thank you for reading. The opinions, thoughts, and expressions of each article posted on The Beer Thrillers represents the author of the content and only themselves. It does not express the opinions, beliefs, or ideas held by The Beer Thrillers or any company in which the author themselves work for. Each piece of written content is written by the creator(s) listed in the authorial section on each article unless otherwise noted. Their opinions, comments, and words on screen do not represent any company in which they work for and / or are affiliated with or any non – profits that they contribute to. Thank you.)

As you can see, I am well stocked for the election results. (Not pictured is actually a draft already drank before my pizza got done and brought out to me.) What is pictured is I Voted Today by Tired Hands, Tired Branches II (the small remainder of a pour) by Tired Hands, and Heretic’s Shallow Grave (a porter). But thats not what today’s story and review is about.

You can guess what today’s story and review is about…. trains. Its all about trains and the locomotives that transformed America in the 1800s and early 1900s….. oh wait…. no… no… thats not it at all.

No, today’s review, is brought to you by the letters I. V. T. …. I Voted Today. And followed by the letters T. H. Oh… you figured out the pattern by now did you? This marks the first Tired Hands beer for the blog, surprisingly, but so it goes.

The full accurate title for this one should read: I Voted Today (Simcoe and Chinook) (Tired Hands), but that felt like adding too much to it all, so I just left it at “I Voted Today” which is far more the important part anyway.

….Well, I guess, its easy to discuss it now, and the cat is kind out of out of the bag, but today is November 3rd, which means, in America, its election day, when millions upon millions of people stand in line to do something very similar to getting Other Half or Burley Oak beers – vote.

Knowing the parking lot for the Lower Dauphin High School would most likely be completely packed, I parked at my parent’s house (which is about two blocks away) and walked over. I got to the high school to stand in line at about 8:08AM. Its interesting how Hummelstown has their voting set up. Everyone votes in the same location, but they have it split into two groups – “West Side” and “East Side”. (Yes, I can imagine what you are thinking about this.) The dividing line is Rosanna Street in town. I don’t know the official split of residences, but it is far lopsided in that West Side has a ton more residences and people than the East Side. Mainly because they added Greystone Farms (a development) to the West Side and most of the East Side is primarily just Main Street which has turned a lot of the houses into businesses. Plus it just doesn’t have the same amount of land. So while the wait for the West Side was incredibly long, if you lived on the East Side you could literally walk right in, vote, and leave.

I took this picture while still waiting in line but having at least made some progress, this is me now waiting at 8:40AM. Meanwhile the East Enders are flying past me still at the regular brisk pace they were before. Interesting notes – while in line I saw that both George Scott and Lindsey Drew were there by the entrance. George Scott walked up the line thanking everyone for coming out. Also at the entrance was Mayor David Roeting, which has been the Hummelstown standard for as long as I’ve been alive, Mayor Brad Miller and Mayor Bud Alexander both would stand at the polling entrance for the entirety of the day.

(First, disclaimer, before posting the above picture, I looked it up, in Pennsylvania you are allowed to take a photo of your non-filled out ballot and post it online. From what I have read on a few sites, you are not allowed to take a picture of a filled in ballot however. So the above is perfectly fine in compliance with these laws since its not filled out.)

Finally at 9:22AM I am inside and able to vote. I am #197 and getting to vote. I am not elaborating or discussing my details. This isn’t the point of this post or beer review. This is all just to discuss the actual process of voting. On exiting, the line had certainly gotten smaller, and I ran into Rich Dibeler who said he had been only waiting twenty or so minutes and he was up to the door (so he had about ten to fifteen more minutes to wait).

At 4PM my parents went to vote after my mom got home from school (she’s a teacher not a student). This was the line they were greeted to, and they were finally able to get in and vote around 4:40-4:50. My dad texted saying he was #895. They ran into Robert Myers as well as Mayor Roetting still there.

It is fantastic to see people doing their civic duty. Voting is one of the strongest and most powerful tools we have in America for the real change we want to see as Americans, and everyone should exercise it. Too many countries in the world don’t have the ability to have a say in their government and their politics, and we owe it to people like them to let our voices be heard.

After voting, I walked back, got home, took care of wind damage from the night before and had to leave for work, after work I went straight to Pizza Boy to try the ‘I Voted Today’ by Tired Hands. I had been looking for a ‘I Voted Today’ beer for the past week to be able to review it for the blog on election night. (I try to go nerdy and do the right things for the blog like election beers on election day, etc.) I wasn’t able to get any of cans from places like Monkish or etc, but was told and was able to get the last of ‘I Voted Today’ by Tired Hands at Pizza Boy. Literally, the last of it. Sorry if you didn’t get to try it, but here is the review of it all the same.

This might be one of the first times you get a sneak peak of the writing world there, as you can see my laptop up and running with the beer review started. You can also see my backup beers (one of which I started before I got the pizza). Backup beers were Tired Branches by Tired Hands and Shallow Grave by Heretic. Before the night was over, I would also get Elationship by Shy Bear and Valley Standard by Pizza Boy.

Beer: I Voted Today (Simcoe and Chinook)
Brewery: Tired Hands Brewing Company
Style: Pale Ale – American
ABV: 5.6%
IBU: None
Untappd Description: Brewed with American two row barley and malted wheat, hopped with an enthusiastic dose of our very favorite American hop, Simcoe, and fermented with our house ale yeast. This batch was double dry hopped first with more of our beloved Simcoe, then again with ultra classic and punchy Chinook. 5.6% abv. Notes of sparkling orange drink, Meyer lemon, fresh cut grass, dank green stuff, and a beautiful piney bitterness to finish it of.

This was a bright yellow pale ale. Mine looks a bit darker than some of the others I’ve seen pictures of on the internet and Untappd, which I found to be interesting, perhaps it was due to date, perhaps just the lighting at Pizza Boy where I was sitting, or my camera. My camera has been at full memory so I haven’t been able to use my flash (I know, I know, I need to get rid of all the old hiking photos and upload them to my computer so I can delete them off my phone, and also remove old apps like Hop Plotter and work out apps I’ll never use), so it might also be because of no flash. But it has a beautiful yellow to light golden color, with a very foamy head that dissipated quickly. (My pour also doesn’t do a good service to the head, and was retopped too, so it doesn’t show it as well either.)

Aroma is strong hop presence, very powerful Simcoe and Chinook hop presence. Simcoe is a hit or miss hop for many people. I personally love it, and I also love Chinook (I even grow Chinook hops at home). There is a strong lemon zest and lemon grass from the hops, some piney and a bit of earthy and regular grass undertones as well.

This is certainly a delicious crushable beer. Probably a four pack of these would be fantastic to ride out election night results. Luckily at Pizza Boy I was able to do my best to only partially glance out at the results, and only after 8PM. (I got there at 6:30.) The hop presence just like in the aroma is very strong here, and you get all of the Simcoe and Chinook hop flavors you are expecting – lemon, zest, lemon grass, pine, some hints of earthy notes, some hints of orange drink – though I always found this very subtle and don’t always pick up on it like some have, and this tails off from being juicy to leaving a light hop bitterness at the end. Which I enjoy that little ending ‘kick’ of hop bitterness, letting it not all be juicy and dank and instead giving you a wide range of flavors and tastes. This isn’t as complex as it sounds, but is more just a full flavor wheel of the above. The lemon zest, lemon grass, and grass all work together, the orange drink, piney, dank, and earthy notes all work together, and as a whole it just blends well as a juicy drink with that hop ‘kick’ of bitterness at the end. Its also only 5.6% so it’s certainly not a heavy beer and very light on the palate and stomach.

My Untappd Rating: ****
Global Untappd Rating: 4.01 (as of 11.3.20)

While eating and drinking and writing and reading, I had been texting co-workers about the election results as they were starting to come in, as well as texting a friend Haley, as well as my mom about election results, and several others. Wrapping up and going to get a box for my pizza I hear this, “Ben is that you?” and turn around, and here it was Haley, her and her mother and a friend were there the whole night as well, and we just hadn’t even seen each other there, despite texting each other the whole time. Funny world. It was her birthday (28, practically still a child, compared to my old 35). So I bought her a drink (got her a Shallow Grave by Heretic) and got myself one more beer – the Valley Standard, and we chatted and hung out and watched some of the results pour in on the screen while discussing how she’s not coming back to the casino, how her son is, etc.

After Pizza Boy I stopped at my parents to also watch the rest of the election night results with my mom, something that is usually a staple for election nights for me. I always find it interesting hearing her perspective on the country’s voting. Made it home after that to find Drew was streaming with Rome on his Knights of Nostalgia page. So I put them on in the background, while I had the TV on mute, and finished writing this (literally, writing this sentence right now with the above as described).

Please everyone remember – whoever you voted for, whichever side, blue, red, yellow, green, doesn’t matter what party you represent or voted for, what you are registered as. Nobody is “the losing side” or the “winning side”, nobody is the enemy, we are all people, we are all brothers, sisters, mothers, daughters, sons, fathers, workers, teachers, waiters, writers, streamers, construction workers, accountants, etc. Nobody is the enemy. We. Are. Humanity. And that is what we always need to keep in focus. Left vs. Right doesn’t work and isn’t something we need to be seeing when we can see it as simple as HUMAN and HUMAN. No versus. Just AND. That is the key I think, if we can just look at the person who voted opposite of us, and say, “I see you as a person, as a friend, as a co-worker, as a person.” Rather than seeing them as “voting opposite, as the enemy, as wrong”, I think we can get back to National civility, to global humanity, to friendliness, to a better world, and a better humanity.

I’ll take my step down off my soap box now, and move on. My little naive rant over. Some day I hope for a better world, and I feel the change is possible, that its right there, and we just all overlook it due to the pettiness and the banalities of people’s lives and choices. But this is probably viewed as a soppy mushy weak view and sentimental by many. Shrug. This is a beer review and I’m not going to get too crazy on the politics or the human rights rant here.

Enjoy your beers and take care everyone. Cheers!

-B. Kline

Please be sure to follow us on our social media accounts – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and Influence. Please be sure to also follow, like, subscribe to the blog here itself to keep updated. We love to hear from you guys, so be sure to leave a comment and let us know what you think!

Bit late on getting this review up, been meaning to get this written, alongside the Stone Cold Steve Austin IPA we had that night, and I also apologize that there hasn’t been a new post in a bit, been a rocky few days for myself (not speaking for the other writers; just for myself). But…. here it is, and its about time I get this up.

I feel like this is a beer that well encapsulates a lot of people’s thoughts about the disease. I was going back and forth on how to write up the beer name for the title and in the article. The can itself reads as “FVCK COVID” – and it also shows up as such on Untappd, but I was also tempted to do F*CK COVID; but felt that actually looked more vulgar. I think the misspelling of it (even with a letter replacement that is meant to be similar) actually detracts from the vulgarity of it. Either way though, the beer’s title is FVCK COVID, and it exactly what everyone thinks of this virus.

So needless to say, once I saw this on Breski’s Beverages Facebook page, I knew I needed to pick up a four pack of it and give it a try for the blog. As always, I cannot recommend Breski’s Beverage enough. One of the best beer distributors in the Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) area. One of the best bottle (and can) shops, with lots of hard to find breweries and some ‘whale’ status breweries as well. Occasionally having Triple Crossing, Aslin Brewing, Burley Oak Brewing, etc on their drafts for crowlers / growlers as well is also nice. One of the best selections for mix-a-six packs (definitely hop on their deals for mix-a-sixes, a fantastic way to try new beers and breweries). So when I stopped in, I picked up a four-pack of FVCK COVID as well as the Stone Cold Steve Austin IPA from El Segunda Brewery. My first from either of these breweries. Look for the Broken Skull IPA review soon. (I know, I know, I’m a bit backlogged on the beer reviews.)

(Yes, like I said above… I am quite back logged on the beer reviews. I have a long list of word.doc’s on my computer of tasting notes, and factoids and things about a whole host of beers that I’ve had in recent months; just need to write them up and post them.)

I had picked up the two four-packs for one of our many video game streaming sessions at D. Scott’s. He runs a Facebook page where he streams various video games, and (B. Kline) I’m a somewhat regular on it. We’ve been doing a lot of randomizers for The Legend of Zelda – Ocarina of Time, as well as Majora’s Mask, and other games. You can check out his Facebook page here: Knights of Nostalgia. Definitely check it out sometime while we’re on. (Right now D. Scott is doing a stream where he’s doing the side scrollers of Wizards and Warriors, and I’m having it play in the background as I type up this article.)

Enough with all the pre-beer review shenanigans and lets get on with the beer review – which is what I’m assuming 99.999999999% of those reading this are really here for anyway (not the drunken ramblings of a mad man; but the beer reviews of a drunken mad man who rambles….).

Onward!

Beer: FVCK COVID (Version 2.0)
Brewery: Ale Asylum
Style: Pale Ale – New England
ABV: 5%
IBU: None Listed
Untappd Description: The second installment of our FVCK COVID series. How about a shirt or neck gaiter to match the beer? Visit our Merchandise store at www.aleasylum and you can wear what we’re all thinking.

Ale Asylum is a brewery from Madison Wisconsin. They are listed as a Regional Brewery with 64 unique beers to their name and a global average rating of 3.72 on Untappd. Their Untappd description reads: “ALE ASYLUM is unfiltered and all natural. This is what we mean when we say our beer is FERMENTED IN SANITY. You know who makes it, you know what it’s made with.”

Starting off with appearance (as I usually do in my reviews) this looks like a typical New England style IPA or Pale Ale variant. In this case its a Pale Ale, and it is a bit lighter and not as full bodied looking as a New England IPA might. But it still has that same similar appearance; a hazy, orange, glowing, unfiltered drink. With a nice foamy white head with plenty of carbonation and good bubbles.

The nose to this isn’t all that particular or crazy exciting. Its a typical New England pale ale; and because of it being a pale ale versus an IPA, its not got that much of a hop aroma to it. Despite being New England, despite being unfiltered, the nose is minimal hop aroma, minimal fruit notes, more just blandish beer smell.

Taste, at least it gets a bit beyond bland. Its not a crazy ridiculous new taste, but its not bland. It is a pale ale and not an IPA so its a bit low on the flavor profile, especially as far as hops go. My notes from the night of on this is that its a nice beer, a bit light on flavor, light on hop flavor in particular, but it has a pleasant overall taste with no aftertaste or lingering bad taste. It is a bit strong on malt and has a noticeable malt sweetness to it. There is some floral-ness to it, but its a bit underwhelming. This is not a bad beer and I’m not taking anything away from it. Its malty, its sweet, its floral, its light hoppy, and its a good beer, and at 5% its easy to knock down the whole four pack in a sitting while playing video games with your buddy. This beer though is definitely sold on its name above all. I don’t want to take away from the beer, because its a good beer, just not great, but as far as marketing goes, the beer name kind of sells itself. Its a theme in craft beer; a cool name or a gimmick pop culture or cultural reference, or cool can art, sells the beer more than the quality of the beer itself does. Thats not completely and necessarily the case here, but it gets a boost because of its name in sales I imagine. I’m guilty of that, buying a beer based on can art, or like in the case of this – beer name. My guilty vices for this is any beer that is Star Wars or Futurama themed; their auto instant buys for me. This was still a very enjoyable beer, and I don’t mean to sound pessimistic or upset at it, its a good beer and enjoyable, and worth the drink.

My Untappd Rating: ***.75
Global Untappd Rating: 3.46 (as of 8.4.20)

Sorry this took so long to be posted. I’ve been working on several articles all at once (including several Black is Beautiful beer reviews), as well as working on other side stuff too. But, my August hasn’t gone quite to plan. I haven’t gotten as much accomplished as I’ve wanted. A lot of things going on, an increase in hours at work (50-55 hour weeks), amongst a lot of other things going on in my life (personal and otherwise). It is interesting, a year ago this past few days is when I took my daughters on our trip – on August 1st, 2nd, and 3rd – and went up Elk Country to Kinzua Bridge to Pittsburgh to Bushy Run and back to Central PA.

You can read about those here:

August (2019) Road Trip Series:

• Going on the Road
• The Trip: Day 1 Recap
• The Trip: Day 2 Recap
• The Trip: Day 3 Recap

Stay tuned for some stuff coming out soon, like the huge backlog of beer reviews like I’ve mentioned earlier, as well as any day now a new interview with a beer scientist from Cape May Brewing with A. Parys. As well as an interview I’ve done with Scott Smith of East End Brewing. I’m also excited to do beer reviews for several of the Black is Beautiful beers, including the Ever Grain / Harris Family / Wolf Brewing collab, the Spring House Brewing one, and hopefully if I can snag a can (or more) Thursday at Troegs Brewery the Harris Family / Troegs Brewing collaboration.

Lots of stuff to see and do here at The Beer Thrillers, so be sure to subscribe, like, and follow us here, as well as on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Thank you everyone for reading, and please be sure to leave a comment!

Cheers!

-B. Kline

Sunday me and my friend Ming traveled to Rickett’s Glen to hike the waterfall trails there. Planned, as I mentioned in the previous article here on the blog – A Road Trip to Ricketts Glen. We had planned this out a few weeks before, but left things kind of open ended. It was basically just a simple plan: Sunday – drive to Rickett’s Glen, walk waterfalls, drive home. With of course, a brewery on the way up, and one on the way home, possibly more if time allowed.

So, as I’ve done in the past with road trips and brewery visits, I’ll give a recap of our day here. This post was meant to go up Monday, but didn’t quite work out that way. Though, Monday did see the beer review of Boneshire Brew Works‘ Pandemic Pils go live on LetUsDrinkBeer’s blog (a site I contribute and write for occasionally) as well as on our blog here. (To see the review on their blog – click here: LetUsDrinkBeer Pandemic Pils, and to see it here on my blog – Beer Review: Pandemic Pils by Boneshire Brew Works.) I definitely knew it wasn’t going up Sunday night when we got home, just no chance of that happening.

Thus this was started on Tuesday, but unfortunately I had to pause and finish today (Wednesday) due to chores around the house, mowing, walking the dog, (yadda yadda yadda, boring crap, boring crap, boring crap), but mostly because I had to head over to D. Scott’s to do a podcast (as well as our first YouTube video) with D. Scott, Esty, and Skott. This was our time travel podcast where we discussed time travel in movies, books, and TV shows. Namely Back to the Future, Terminator, Looper, and a host of others (shout outs to Rick and Morty, Futurama, Austin Powers, and Avengers: End Game). That will be going up soon – both for the podcast and the YouTube video. I will make sure to edit this and include the links to those when they are uploaded. You can check out the Podcast channel itself here: So a Mexican and a Scott Walk Into a Bar…. (Be forewarned – language is a bit in the R category, and most of the episodes are titled “WTF Did I Just Watch”, so you can figure out and parse out what the W… T… F… stand for.) This was our first podcast / YouTube video and our first podcast with Skott on as well, so we’ll see how it goes. I enjoyed Abomz World (Ever Grain and Abomination Brewing collaboration), Wookie Monster (Fourscore Beer Co), and Buddy Shots (Cycle Brewing) while on the video. Finishing up the night with County Line IPA by Neshaminy Brewing. (But enough about that and those beers, lets get to the road trip.)

So, like I said before I interrupted myself, me and Ming planned to take this road trip from Hummelstown (he picked me up) to Rickett’s Glen which is in Benton, Pennsylvania. (See map below). It’s a roughly 2 hour and some minutes drive (depending on speed, traffic, etc.). According to Google Maps its a 2HR-8Min drive.

As I noted in my previous article here – A Road Trip to Ricketts Glen – we planned on hitting a brewery on the way up, and then one (or more) for dinner on the way home. Some of the breweries I had google mapped and looked up (in the vicinity of Ricketts Glen or at least along RT15 and RT11 – which are the main roads we would be on) were:

• Selinsgrove Brewing
• Isle of Que Brewing Co.
• Jackass Brewery
• Eclipse Craft Brewing
• Turkey Hill Brewing
• Old Forge Brewing Co.

Ming gets to my house around 11AM. We load up the backpacks, I add a four-pack in for the actual hike (New Trail’s Hammock, Troegs’ Scratch 415 and 417, Pizza Boy’s The Pen is Mightier). We head out. Stopping at the Sheetz by those strip clubs once you get near Little Buffalo and then we are fully out on the road.

Looking at the breweries on my phone, we decide to stop at Isle of Que Brewing Co. first.

Its just a little over noon when we get there. We are the first to enter for the day, and as soon as walk in, the bartender / owner / brewer Mike immediately recognizes me from the blog here. Which was a bit surreal as it was definitely a first to be recognized for the blog, and especially remotely (not a local [to my area of living] bar or brewery). Was definitely a very cool moment. Ordered a flight, while Ming had a water (since he was driver and basic DD for the day).

Mike was a super cool and chill dude. We talked about podcasts, YouTube, breweries, the COVID-19, quarantine and lockdown, how its affected his business, how the local area of Selinsgrove is / was during the pandemic, etc.

My flight consisted of: Peanut Butter Ale, Coal Wrecker Region Raspberry Ale, Black IPA, and Sexual Chocolate Stout. Mike gave Ming a sample of the Queban Joe (a coffee porter) which I stole a sip of.

My ratings for the beers on Untappd (and their global average ratings):

• Peanut Butter Pale Ale – ****.25 / 3.91 (as of 6.16.20)
• Coal Region Wrecker Raspberry Ale – **** / 3.93 (as of 6.16.20)
• Black IPA – ***.75 / 3.58 (as of 6.16.20)
• Sexual Chocolate Stout – **** / 3.47 (as of 6.16.20)

I would have ordered another flight or perhaps a pint, but Ming wanted to get to the trail, so I paid and we headed out. Selinsgrove Brewing was closed, so we were on the road to Ricketts Glen. Which we arrived at around 2-2:15PM.

For those who’ve never been to Ricketts Glen, it is absolutely gorgeous. We had a beautiful day, sunny, bright skied, no clouds, gorgeous day. Not too hot, just a beautiful early June day (June 14th, 2020). Just an absolutely beautiful gorgeous day. We had a fantastic hike with no problems. It was possibly the most ‘populous’ hike I’ve ever been on (most of the places I’ve hiked, I don’t see anyone on the trails, or if I do its a one time passing), here, its like caravans, and occasional slow-downs at different waterfalls. This is a map of our hike:

I will say there is parts of the hike that are ‘difficult’ for those who might have walking issues or leg problems. Overall, most of the hike is easy to moderate, but there is a few places at some of the various waterfall areas where the steps are tough and can also be a bit slick. Plus, if you actually get close to some waterfalls, its also tough and hard, and I wouldn’t fully recommend doing that.

Here is a gallery (of a LOT of pictures) of our hike:

The hike lasted about four hours roughly, and was a good, fun, nice, beautiful hike and trip. As you can see from the pictures, I did enjoy the four pack I brought with me; which consisted of:

• Troegs Independent Craft Brewing: Scratch 415 – Witbier
  * My Rating: ***.75 / Global Rating: 3.77 (as of 6.16.20)
• Troegs Independent Craft Brewing: Scratch 417 – Orange-Lemon Peel IPA
  * My Rating: **** / Global Rating: 3.89 (as of 6.16.20)
• New Trail Brewing: Hammock
  * My Rating: ****.25 / Global Rating: 4.37 (as of 6.16.20)
• Pizza Boy Brewing: The Pen is Mightier
  * My Rating: ***.75 / Global Rating: 3.89 (as of 6.16.20)

After our hike, we hit the bathroom one final time, loaded back up, and checked out the breweries map to see what is available and where we would have dinner.

There were several that we looked up – Eclipse Craft Brewing, Pine Knotter Brewing, Old Forge Brewing, and Turkey Hill Brewing. According to the Google Maps and their Facebook (I made sure to check both), Turkey Hill was going to be open til 7PM, and Old Forge was to be open until 9PM. Turkey Hill was closer to Ricketts Glen / Benton than Old Forge, so we decided we’d go to Turkey Hill Brewing, and then from there go to Old Forge Brewing since they were opened later.

We arrived at Turkey Hill Brewing Co. at roughly 6:20-6:30PM, and find out their actually open until 9PM. As we got back there, our reception returned to our phone, and we started getting inundated with texts. Our co-workers were getting called back into work (with Friday, June 19th, Dauphin County Pennsylvania goes green, our work was reopening). So everyone was seeing who got called, how they got called, what information they had, etc. Everyone had different ideas, theories, and stories of their call-backs.

While Ming went and talked to Don about his department that got called back, and their evening plans, I ordered a flight. We sat outside under a beautiful tree, and had a small little table in front of us, it all felt like sitting and eating at a family picnic at someone’s house for say Memorial Day or Fourth of July or Labor Day. Very informal, very interesting, and there were couples all around on various other benches eating in a similar fashion. Due to the current circumstances they do a generic flight of six, so that’s what I got. Once Ming came back from his call, we ordered small things of food (Don was making him dinner, so we weren’t going to get a big meal – just appetizers). I got fries and Ming got Asian Tuna.

The fries were very good, and Ming said he loved the tuna (no way was I having any as I’m allergic to seafood). The beers were also very good.

The beers (not in the particular order I had them in above):

• Donny’s Irish Dry Stout
  * My rating: ***.75 / Global Rating: 3.73 (as of 6.16.20)
• Inflategate NE IPA
  * My Rating: **** / Global Rating: 3.74 (as of 6.16.20)
• St. Abban’s Irish Red Ale
  * My Rating: ***.75 / Global Rating: 3.56 (as of 6.16.20)
• Oliver’s Twisted Belgian Pale Ale
  * My Rating: ***.50 / Global Rating: 3.3 (as of 6.16.20)
• Urban Abbey Apricot Pale Ale
  * My Rating: ***.50 / Global Rating: 3.69 (as of 6.16.20)
• Barn Dance Blonde Ale
  * My Rating: ***.50 / Global Rating: 3.44 (as of 6.16.20)

The atmosphere there was very beautiful, laid back, and wonderful. The staff was also really nice, wore their masks, handled the food and drinks and everything very nice. Wonderful all around. The beers were good as well. Overall the venue was beautiful, and I’d love to come visit it – outside of a pandemic – and get to really experience the place, as it looked wonderful.

After the dinner and flight, we looked up Old Forge Brewing, checked to make sure it was due to close at 9PM and headed off. We arrived there at a roughly 7:30-7:45PM, possibly going on 8PM. And it was closed up and locked. So either they closed early or their Facebook (as well as Google Maps) was using old – pre-COVID-19 – hours of operation. So sadly, we missed out on that. We climbed back into the car and headed for home with Ming dropping me off around 9:45PM or so; maybe 10PM. (I was probably not the best judge of time by this point.)

All in all, it was an absolute blast, and a wonderful road trip. I highly recommend both breweries – Isle of Que Brewing Co and Turkey Hill Brewing. Going to have to try this trip again on a weekday where we can hit a few more of the breweries, and do the hike, with hopefully less people, and later hours of operation for the breweries, so we can do more of them.

The venue for Turkey Hill was beautiful. The building for Isle of Que was nice and small and quaint, reminded me of the Warwick Hotel in Hummelstown. I enjoyed both places, both staffs, and both drinks. (Probably give the nod to Isle of Que’s beers over Turkey Hill; but there was nothing wrong with Turkey Hill’s beers, they were average / adequate and were very good. I’ve heard from several people online since that they have phenomenal full food, so maybe next time I’ll stop there and have a full meal.)

Of the beers I brought with, I enjoyed all four as well, though I had three of the four before (the Witbier was the only one I hadn’t had before). I did a review for Troeg’s Scratch 417 before. The Hammock is a great NE-IPA; the Scratch 417 was a delicious IPA, the scratch 415 was a very tasty Witbier, and The Pen is Mightier is an interesting and tasty Sour IPA.

I also highly recommend Ricketts Glen. If you love hiking, love the outdoors, love beautiful scenery, love waterfalls, it was all amazing, and just gorgeous. You definitely won’t be disappointed by the beauty of it all, it does get crowded on weekends, but I don’t think once you get out on the actual trail it is that bad. Right now it was a bit awkward with some close proximity to people given the nature of the pandemic and concerns over it, but overall, I don’t think it was too busy, and never felt threatened by their closeness, nor worried. Doing the full hike path that we took though (as shown above) will take you roughly three to four hours, especially if you stop and take in each waterfall, viewing them, and taking pictures. (Also, of course, depending on your speed, gait, etc.). Ming and I are in our thirties, so use that as a barometer I suppose.

I know this wasn’t a typical road trip, and we really only hit two breweries, but felt like making it into a fun little write-up and blog post. Perhaps next time I take the trip I’ll be able to hit more breweries and make it into a bigger brewery related blog post. Also apologize for the massive photo dump in the middle of this post, at least you could skip them (and the horrible pictures of myself, I apologize for anyone who I scared with my appearance).

But, as always, thank you very much for reading. I appreciate any comments, questions, feedback, etc. If you have any recommendations for trails, hike paths, or breweries, I’d love to hear them! Let me know in the comments! Also, be sure to hit the follow, subscribe, and like buttons. Share with friends, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and thank you all so very much for reading! I love writing for you guys, so its always great to hear from you!

Cheers and happy trails!

-B. Kline

August (2019) Road Trip Series:

• Going on the Road
• The Trip: Day 1 Recap
• The Trip: Day 2 Recap
• The Trip: Day 3 Recap

Rickett’s Glen (2020) Road Trip Series:

• A Road Trip to Rickett’s Glen
• The Trip to Rickett’s Glen

Other Brewery Hopping Articles:

• Brewery Hopping – 12.27.19
• Breweries Around the Outskirts of Harrisburg – 9.6.19

My Article for Breweries in PA:

• Touring Breweries Around Harrisburg

My Podcast About Breweries in Central PA:

• Beers with Strangers – A Beer Thriller in Hershey

Some other brewery tour and road trip articles:

• A Sneak Peak at the New Rubber Soul Brewery in Hummelstown
• A Brewery Tour of Mellow Mink
• Brewery Review: Battlefield Brew Works
• Brewery Review: Cushwa Brewing
• A Trip to Gettysburg and Beer Review: This is Nut the Fluff You’re Looking For (Fourscore Beer Co)
• Beer Review: Road Trip Snacks (Panther Island Brewing)