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Second Sin Brewing Company Is Celebrating Their 3rd Anniversary Tomorrow (11.23.22)

B. Kline — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:05:00 +0000

The four beers being released as part of the Second Sin Brewery’s Third Anniversary Celebration

Time to Celebrate

Not only is it Drinksgiving tomorrow (Thanksgiving Eve), but its also Second Sin Brewing Company’s third anniversary celebration! Starting at noon tomorrow when they open til they close at 10PM tomorrow night, they will be hosting one heck of a festive celebration in Bristol Pennsylvania.

As they stated on their Facebook page for the event:

Well, tomorrow (11/23) is the big day! We want to recap all the info, so bear with the long post:⠀

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• Open Noon-10pm⠀

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• 4 New Beers – Our @breweriesinpa Collab The Philly Phantasmic, Birthday Boi, Big Nib Energy, and Snowbird Sour (see our previous posts for more details)⠀

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• Birthday Boi shirts for the first 45 people that buy a 4 pack of Birthday Boi (1pp, sizes limited)⠀

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• 2 Vintage Kegs – Thricecream and A Life Well Lived⠀

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• @elsabordelbajio and @mrbigstuffcookie on site for sustenance!⠀

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• As a reminder Second Sin will be donating $1 to @hopsvineshungerpa for every Pint and Liter Pumpkin Ale (2022) and Schwarzbier sold this month. ⠀

• We’ll also be welcoming the @trenton.animal.shelter Christmas Tree to the brewery starting tomorrow. Take a look at the tree and scan the ornaments to find some adoptable dogs!⠀

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We can’t wait to party with you all, we couldn’t have made it this far without you!⠀

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Second Sin Brewing Company – Facebook Post

Beer Releases

They will be releasing four beers in honor of their anniversary. They are:

The Philly Phantasmic (a collaboration with Breweries in PA) – using Phantasm powder
Birthday Boi – a milkshake IPA
Snow Bird Sour – a sour ale with banana, pineapple, and coconut
Big Nib Energy – in bottle – bourbon barrel aged blended strong ale with single origin cocao nibs

The Philly Phantasmic, Birthday Boi, and Snow Bird Sour will be in 16oz cans whereas the Big Nib Energy will be in 500lm bottles.

Their descriptions for the beers as per their Facebook posts are:

The Philly Phantasmic

The Philly Phantasmic (photo courtesy of Second Sin Brewing Company Facebook)

The first Anniversary beer we’d like to announce is our latest Collab with @breweriesinpa The Philly Phantasmic! This DDH Phantasm IPA was brewed with Galaxy, Citra, and Simcoe, along with a special yeast strain to produce a tropical, juicy beer.

This will be available on draft and in 4 packs when we open on Wednesday, 11/23 at noon. We’ll be announcing the remaining 3 beers over the next 3 days, so stay tuned.
Second Sin Brewing Company – The Philly Phantasmic Post

Birthday Boi

Birthday Boi (photo courtesy of Second Sin Brewing Company Facebook Page)

Hey Ya’ll⠀

Birthdays come but once a year but this Wednesday we’re all going to be Birthday Bois!⠀

The second anniversary beer we’d like to announce is a new Milkshake IPA, Birthday Boi. We loaded this beer up with Citra, Mosaic, Sabro, Vanilla, and a touch of lactose for a different, smooth take on one of our Hazy IPAs.⠀

When we open at noon on Wednesday 11/23 we will have Birthday Boi shirts for the first 45 people who buy a 4 pack of the namesake beer. First come first served, sizes are limited.⠀

As an added Birthday Bonus at 4pm on 11/23 we’ll be tapping a Firkin of Birthday Boi conditioned on Funfetti Cake.⠀

Clear your schedule, come celebrate, and be a Birthday Boi! ⠀

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Second Sin Brewing Company – Birthday Boi Post

Big Nib Energy

(Big Nib Energy pictures from Second Sin Brewing Company’s Facebook post)

The next beer that we’d like to announce was brewed before our first anniversary! Big Nib Energy is a strong ale that is a blend of Barleywine and Imperial Stout aged in a single Heaven Hill Bourbon Barrel for 22 months. Tasting this beer every few months for the last almost two years has been a wild ride. Each time we revisited the beer, new layers were developed from the slow oxidation through the oak.

When we finally removed the beer from the barrel, we selected some lovely single origin Ecuadorian cacao nibs from @etherealconfections to condition it on. The resulting beer is dense and complex, with an upfront sweetness, bourbony oak, and a raisin dark fruitiness, complimented by a slightly drying cacao flavor.

We’re very excited to share this beer with you all, and as an additional experience we have a limited number of chocolate bars from Ethereal, made from the same nibs that went into Big Nib Energy. The very dark chocolate balances amazingly with the sweetness of the beer. We will be selling bottles solo, or as a package with a bar of chocolate.

Come out on Wednesday 11/23 at noon to get your hands on some!
Second Sin Brewing Company – Big Nib Energy Post

Snow Bird Sour

Snow Bird Sour photo courtesy of Second Sin Brewing Company Facebook post

Without further ado we present the final 3rd Anniversary Release:⠀

Snow Bird Sour – Sour Ale with Banana, Pineapple, and Coconut⠀

It’s around that time of year that many, the so-called “Snow Birds” in our area, start migrating Southward. We brewed this beer as one last tropical fling before we’re plunged into the bitter cold of Winter, and as a reminder of warmer days.⠀

This beer as well as the 3 beers mentioned over the last few days will be available on draft and to go on Wednesday 11/23 at noon. This is a party you won’t want to miss!⠀

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Second Sin Brewing Company – Snow Bird Sour Post

Hops and Vines for Hunger

Second Sin Brewing Company has partnered with Sara Bozich and numerous other breweries to be included in the Hops and Vines for Hunger program. You can read more about that here:

Hops and Vines for Hunger (Homepage)

As for what Second Sin Brewing Company is donating, they stated in their post:

As a reminder Second Sin will be donating $1 to @hopsvineshungerpa for every Pint and Liter Pumpkin Ale (2022) and Schwarzbier sold this month. ⠀
Second Sin Brewing Company – Facebook Post

Our Second Sin Brewing Company Articles

We’ve done several articles about Second Sin Brewing Company here at The Beer Thrillers. We’ve reviewed several of their beers, as well as covered some news. You can find out more below:

Beer Review: The Phantasm Menace (Second Sin Brewing Company)
Beer Review: Kolsch (Second Sin Brewing Company)
Beer Review: Dragged Into Sunlight (Second Sin Brewing Company)
Matrix Monday at Second Sin Brewing Company
Beer Review: I Voted for Kodos (Second Sin Brewing Company)
Beer Review: I Voted for Kang (Second Sin Brewing Company)

For More Information

For more information on Second Sin Brewing Company, you can check out their following links:

As per Untapped – Second Sin Brewing Company is a micro brewery from Bristol, PA. As of 11.22.22, they have 256 unique beers and 23, 400~ ratings, with a global unique rating of 4.09.

Brewery News

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Thanks For Reading

Once again, I would like to thank you all for reading! Cheers to Second Sin Brewing Company for their 3rd Anniversary! We’re hoping in 2023 (or maybe even in December of 2022, who knows), that we’ll get to come out and finally visit their brewery in Bristol. They have sent us some wonderful care packages in the past including the Phantasm Menace, Kolsch, and Dragged into Sunlight that we reviewed.

Tomorrow is also Drinksgiving (or Thanksgiving Eve). What is everyone getting into? With Scarlet Emma I don’t think we’ll be getting into anything, but who knows. Then of course on Thursday is Thanksgiving and we’ll be going over to my sister’s, and then on Friday we’ll be having a family party at my parent’s. So next few days should be pretty busy.

We are planning trips to both Jackass Brewery to get to try out the Pulisic Pilsner as well as a trip out to The Alementary in Hackensack New Jersey, so we’ll be sure to write and post about that all as well.

As always, thanks for reading, and Happy Thanksgiving and Drinksgiving everyone!

Cheers!

-B. Kline

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Beer Review: The Phantasm Menace (Second Sin Brewing Company)

B. Kline — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 00:38:02 +0000

The Phantasm Menace by Second Sin Brewing Company

Hop Harvest

First, let’s jump back a couple of weeks (alright… all the way back to Tuesday July 26th), and a fantastic package came from our friends at Second Sin Brewing Company while I’m cutting and picking a few of my Chinook hops here at The Beer Thrillers Headquarters (or Bender Braus Brewery). Wasn’t a full hop harvest day, was just a gentle pickings and cuttings of some of my Chinook and Cascade Hops and getting a gallon bag of Chinook hops. But it was the first of the year and the start for the year for my hop harvest.

Second Sin Delivery

There is absolutely nothing better than beer mail. Especially when it comes as such a great gift from Second Sin Brewing Company! They had just announced the release of The Phantasm Menace, a Star Wars themed IPA using Phantasm powder, and I knew I was going to need it for 1) drinking reasons, 2) for Star Wars reasons, 3) for blog reasons, and 4) for Star Wars TV show day beer drinking and reviewing reasons on the blog…… ok, let’s just be honest with ourselves here — for drinking reasons that I could justify by saying “I’ll review it for the blog”.

Since I wouldn’t be able to get out to Bristol Pennsylvania before they sold out of it, I reached out to the devoted fans of Second Sin Brewing at the Facebook group – Disciples of Second Sin – and asked if anyone could hook a Star Wars beer loving nerd up with a can or more, either for trade or for sale (on the down – low if for sale of course). Thats when Mike Beresky personally reached out to me.

Mike Beresky is one of the owners of Second Sin Brewing Company and went out of his way to not only hook me up with a sweet package, but all on their own dime, initiative, and care. Completely above and beyond and totally unanticipated but very (very, very, very) much appreciated!

Second Sin Brewing Company Beer Delivery

So needless to say I was completely ecstatic while out trimming, cutting, and picking hops when this fantastic delivery gets dropped off here at Casa De Kline (or The Beer Thrillers HQ). Not only did he hook me up with two ‘The Phantasm Menace’, but also two of their ‘Kolsch’ and two of ‘Dragged into Sunlight’ (both of which have reviews that are getting published shortly), as well as a sweet glass to top it all off.

Once again then, let me give a huge shout out to Mike Beresky and Second Sin Brewing Company. I can’t wait to get out to the brewery and give them a huge thanks, hopefully it’ll be by the end of the year (which means hopefully before the end of November, because most likely after Scarlet Emma is born, the traveling to breweries will slow down for a bit).

Second Sin Brewing Company

Speaking of Second Sin Brewing Company, let’s talk about the brewery itself before we get into the beer review. From Untappd:

Second Sin Brewing Company is a micro brewery from Bristol, Pennsylvania. They have 244 unique beers with 22, 393 ratings and a global average rating of 4.09 (as of 9.21.22). There is no description of the brewery listed on Untappd.

Their social media pages are:

Their brewery location on Untappd: Verified Venue – Second Sin Brewery.

Other Second Sin Brewing Company articles we’ve written are:

Star Wars Day

While of course its not THEE Star Wars Day (May the Fourth), it is a “Star Wars Day” here on the blog. Which means – its the day of a new episode of Star Wars TV released. We’ve done in the past, a new beer on each episode’s release of The Book of Boba Fett and the Obi-Wan Kenobi shows. Today is the premier of Andor (the Cassian Andor show) on Disney+.

Unlike in the past where I did a separate beer review for each episode, I’m going to do just one for today despite Disney+ releasing the first three episodes of Andor today (9.21.22). (One, it would be a bit much to do and have three different beer reviews to go today – and secondly, I would run out of Star Wars themed beers in no time.)

My understanding of the Andor show is that its a full season, but kind of broken up in three episode arcs. Which kind of explains why they decided to release the first three episodes as a bundle on the day of the premier. (They did this similarly with the Obi-Wan Kenobi show, which they released the first two episodes at once. Although, that was slightly different, and was a direct straight run of a show.)

I will come back to discussing the show, with spoilers and such after the full beer review. If you wish not to be spoiled, make sure to skip that area of this beer review blog post. And now, without further delay, lets get to the beer review……..

Beer Review: The Phantasm Menace

The Phantasm Menace by Second Sin Brewing Company

Now that we’re finally at the beer review, let’s dive right into this delicious juicy beer!

Beer: The Phantasm Menace
Brewery: Second Sin Brewing Company
Style: IPA – New England / Hazy
ABV: 6%
IBU: None
Untappd Description: This beer is our first foray into using the new hotness in brewing – Phantasm. Phantasm is a powder made from dried wine grapes that are high in a chemical compound called thiols. There’s not enough room to go into it here, but suffice it to say thiols can be transformed by yeast into fruity, tropical flavors and aromas.

We paired that with some high thiol hops – Blanc, Crystal, Chinook, and Ekuanot – to amp things up and see what this new product can do in our Hazy IPAs.

The Phantasm Menace by Second Sin Brewing Company (post hop picking)

Let’s start with the coloring of this beautiful beer. Golden hue, hazy, definitely a New England IPA through and through. It has a warm golden straw coloring that is opaque and looks beautiful. This is a wonderfully beautiful looking beer, keeping with the style completely. A great pillowy light, airy foamy head, left great lacing on the glass, and maintained its coloring throughout. Little to no sediment on the bottom with the entire beer poured into the glass. As you can see in the first pic it looked good during the day, and then when I had the second one later in the evening, it looked just as good at dusk and evening.

Aroma is fantastic as well. That great hop aroma that is so lovely and inviting with New England IPAs. It has that “just picked right off the hop vine” smell to it. The Chinook hops are the powerhouse of the aroma with this beer and I feel that the phantasm powder is just such a major boost to it, like steroids or hops on crack. Just lifts and boosts the hops aroma and flavor so much more. This has a great pine resin, woodsy, earthy aroma that gets added to it by a grapefruit and even grape fruit nose. The chinook and the crystal hops are certainly the leaders here, with the blanc hops adding their own distinct aromas as well.

Ok… time to put it all together and the true test of a beer…. and …. (sips… followed by deep sip….) wow – this is a delicious beer! When I want to describe a quintessential New England IPA to someone, this would be the beer I would give them to drink. This has everything you could ask for in a New England IPA; and probably even more. I am becoming more and more addicted to that phantasm powder in beers. Amy and I were even discussing it with the Fourscore Beer she reviewed – Phantomania (Beer Review: Phantomania by Fourscore Beer Company) – back in February before she became pregnant. We were looking at other beers that have used the phantasm powder and to do an article on that. The powder really brings out the smells, tastes, the flavors, the aromas, all of what makes hops… well… hops, but pumps them full of steroids basically. Its like taking the 120 lb kid in middle school and getting him pumped up and letting him loose in the WWE as a 280 lb monster of a wrestler. As for the hops, it has an earthy, woodsy, pine, pine resin, somewhat west coast IPA like taste; but it does get a drier finish most likely from the blanc hops (possibly because of the phantasm powder, but I contribute it to the blanc hops). There is certainly fruity notes and flavors, namely grapefruit, grape skin, there is a light lime lemon touch to it. There is a bit of a tropical hint to it all, I don’t think its super strong or overpowering, but its certainly there and noticeable, this could be from the yeast and thiols, from the Eukanot hops, and all in all the combination therein is probably the answer. I will just repeat that I absolutely loved the beer, it was downright tasty, delicious, quenched my thirst, and certainly made me want to go for the second can. The 6% low level ABV for the beer also makes it a nice steady day beer, not super sessionable or crushable but certainly not knocking you off the bar stool either.

Last but not least, we can discuss the can art. A simple red can art with a nice drawing of Darth Maul, and a great pun of a name (The Phantom Menace to The Phantasm Menace).

My Untappd Rating: ****.25
Global Untappd Rating: 4.1 (as of 9.21.22)

Andor

Spoilers alert. Klaxon sirens. Spoiler alert. I will be discussing some spoilers after this.

Disney+ released the first three episodes of Andor this morning (Wednesday, September 21st, 2022). And I am absolutely over the top about the show. If you squint… it looks and feels like Star Wars. Its refreshing, promising, and nice to see; a change of pace really. Unlike Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Mandalorian and the horrid ‘The Book of Boba Fett’, this feels like a gritty, adult, sci – fi show that happens to be set in the Star Wars universe. Its nice seeing that the only characters who have appeared before in Star Wars films will be – Cassian Andor (Rogue One), Saw Guerra (Rogue One, The Clone Wars, Rebels), and Mon Mothma (Return of the Jedi, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, The Clone Wars, Rebels).

Star Wars Explained – Is Andor The Best?

Its almost like a William Gibson version of what Star Wars could be. Its gritty. Its dark. Its real. Its beautifully shot. But all in a different way to how other Disney offerings have been. Where the sequel trilogy felt like a bad version of new Star Wars, like an addition, a poor man’s add on to the Star Wars universe; or The Mandalorian which feels like its a love letter written by fanboys to other fanboys; or The Book of Boba Fett which was just a horrible show through and through; to Obi-Wan Kenobi which was a hit or miss interesting take on an intimate drama set in Star Wars but also felt… somewhat unnecessary and with some poor scenes that didn’t make sense.

This, feels like its Star Wars, but NOT Star Wars. There’s no lightsabers. There’s little connection to other source materials, but all in a good way. (At least to me anyway.) These three episodes were done very well, with a tightly woven story arc. Which is what the season / series seems to be aiming for – three episode arcs that will tie together as a full story leading up to Rogue One; leading up to the Rebellion’s beginnings; leading to in essence to A New Hope.

Star Wars Explained – Andor Review

Be sure to check back here with the blog next Wednesday for another Star Wars themed beer review, and more discussion about Andor!

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The Simpsons:

Back to the Future:

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Scrooged:

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Phillies:

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Matrix:

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Seinfeld:

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Thanks For Reading

As always, let me say thank you everyone for reading. Also, a huge (HUGE!) shout out to Mike Beresky of Second Sin Brewing Company for the great package and beers! Thanks so much!

Sorry for getting this review out late in the day, but time runs out on us all. Worked yesterday 11 to 7, and was hoping to have most of this finished (writing over from my beer notes, adding things, discussions, etc.) so I could just add the Andor parts in the morning. But post work, we stopped at Home Depot to pick up supplies for the baby room (Scarlet Emma will be here before we know it!) as well as everything I need to finish the back patio. Then when I got up this morning at 5AM to watch the show, time slipped away, and had to do a lot of chores about the house and only got two episodes of the three finished, and didn’t get to finish up the article. Then I worked 10 – 6 today at the casino, and we stopped for groceries afterwards, and now I’m finally got episode three watched and got to finish the article.

I hope you all enjoyed it. And can’t wait to look forward to seeing you guys here at the blog for our Game of Thrones Sundays as well as our Star Wars Wednesdays. Please be sure to check out the site and leave us any feedback or comments you have.

Cheers All!

-B. Kline

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Beer Review: Phantomania (Fourscore Beer Company)

AmyMWolfe — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 13:26:40 +0000

Fourscore Beer Company’s Phantomania

Beers…. Mmmmm….. Beers….

There are so many things to unpack about this beer. I feel like I’m always on the hunt for the next tasty hazy IPA…and let me tell you I like them hazy! That perfect Hazy IPA reminds me what it feels like when Homer has that drooling eye roll moment.

Homer drooling, thinking of Fourscore’s Beers

The tropical and citrusy aroma of Phantomania quickly took me away to a better place than central pa during a freezing rainy day! It must be this fabulous hop combination. It ends on a bitter taste, but it just cleanses that palate and you are ready for the next satisfying sip.

Beer Review

Beer: Phantomania
Brewery: Fourscore Beer Co.
Style: IPA – Triple New England / Hazy
ABV: 11%
IBU: None
Untappd Description: For our foray into using Phantasm Powder (a thiol rich substance derived from NZ Sauv Blanc grape skins) we chose a triple ipa with various forms of Citra and Motueka hops. The grist is compromised of a base of American Pilsner malt, British Golden Promise and malted oats, backed by touched of flaked oats CaraFoam, wheat malt, and unmalted wheat. Hopped in the Whirlpool with Citra Incognto and Motueka, and a double dry hopped with doses of Phantasm Powder, Citra Cryo and more Motueka before a final dose of Citra Spectrum. The aroma is sweet lime peel, white gummy bear and pink grapefruit driven, leading to a creamy body. The flavor is straight lime sherbert with hints of ripe mango, leading to a finish that’s a little dry with a hint….

[Untappd doesn’t give nearly enough characters to describe this beer. And If you caught Fourscore’s FB post it continues with (…a hint of cleansing bitterness)]

I am in complete agreement, there are not enough characters in an untapped description in order to describe Phantomania.

I had never heard of phantasm power….is it just me?? I quickly ran to the google-later to conquer my questions. According to Bisonbrew.com “Phantasm Powder is a brand new product from New Zealand. It’s basically pulverized freeze-dried Sauvignon Blanc Grapes. What it contributes to beer is a massive charge of thiols: compounds that drive intense tropical fruit flavor and aroma.” Ah, that is where the tropical citrusy cloud comes from. Chef’s Kiss!

Seth’s Chef Kiss

Hang on just a minute. As a former wino, ok wino currently in remission, sauvignon blanc grapes are a favorite. I suppose it depends on how good each season is for how readily available or how tasty each grape skin. In November Porchdrinking.com reported it is still “one of the most unique and hard-to-get beer ingredients on the market today.” https://www.porchdrinking.com/articles/2021/11/03/phantasm-powder/

Please tell me we aren’t going to pretend to not talk about the elephant in the room. Am I the only one that had no idea that ABV was 11%? This nice, light, citrusy beer is a BEAST. I can easily say this is one of my top 10 fav beers of 2021. Yes, this Phantasm powder has been boggling my mind since then! I intend to drink many more beers with phantasm powder to compare. Let’s be honest I’ll be drinking many more beers regardless, but load up on this good stuff.

It’s still available on top and 4 packs to go. You can find it here at Fourscore Beer Co’s Menu.

Thanks For Reading

Thanks for reading everyone! Be sure to check out the ongoing March Madness brackets. You can go here to read the rules and vote: The Battle of the Breweries (2022) -March Madness – The Beer Thrillers Way.

Thanks for reading everyone!
Be sure to drink more beers!

-Amy