Add Another Brewery To Your To – Do List — Soon

Coming this fall, to Reamstown Pennsylvania will be another new brewery to visit – Rural City Beer Co. They are currently shooting for an end of November opening. They will be located in the former Union Barrel Work Brew Pub; at 6 North Reamstown Road. You can find it here on Google Maps: 6 North Reamstown Road, Reamstown Pennsylvania.

James and Ben Burton

I got to meet the Burtons over the years at Justin Hoak’s house for a beer share or two, and as well at various brewfests like the Renaissance Brewfest, the Lititz Brewfest, and others. Both have a good pedigree of brewing behind them. Both started as home brewers before moving on to brewing and working professionally – James has worked at Swashbuckler Brewing, while Ben has worked for both Chatty Monks Brewing and now Mad Chef Brewing.

Reamstown, PA

Reamstown PA is located just a bit East of Ephrata and has a lot of other great breweries in the area, so will be an added welcome to a brewery tour or trip in the area. Especially given the diverse and good brewing pedigree that the Burtons will bring to the table. Reamstown is one of many old school old Dutch towns, with a small local population (according to the 2010 census they have a population of 3,361). It has that “old hometown” American feel, with the old school buildings that we all recognize from old movies and “down home America”.

Its still a part of the ‘717’ area code and is not too far of a drive from big cities like Harrisburg (about an hour), Lancaster (half an hour), Morgantown (twenty minutes), Lebanon (half an hour to thirty-five minutes), and Philadelphia (hour and a half or so).

In the area is other breweries such as: Black Forest Brewing, Pour Man’s Brewing, St. Boniface Brewing, Fetish Brewing, and the Appalachian Brewing Company at Lititz.

Follow Rural City Beer Co

You can follow Rural City Beer Co in the following ways:

• Facebook: Rural City Beer Co
• Instagram: Rural City Beer Co
• Website: Rural City Beer Company

Thanks for reading. Be on the lookout for upcoming beer trips and other articles (gone on a lot of beer trips lately – Sunbury, Williamsport, and more upcoming), so be make sure to check those out.

-B. Kline

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A few weeks back the 2019 Great American Beer Festival ended and at the closing ceremony they always announce the winners for Gold, Silver, and Bronze in various categories. The categories range from style (IPA, Stout, Brown Ale, Amber Ale, etc) to breweries (nano, regional, etc.) and all kinds of other things in between.

I know we cover many different breweries here and are not just Pennsylvania based, but since we are FROM Pennsylvania, I thought I’d start there and announce the medal winners from PA. Glad to celebrate how well Pennsylvania is doing in brewing and great to see it recognized at one of the biggest events of the year. Pennsylvania won 7 medals in total, 3 in gold, 3 in silver, and 1 in bronze. I’ll break it down by gold, silver, bronze.

GOLD

Category: Contemporary American-Style Pilsner
Brewery: New Trails Brewing
Beer: Lazy River Pils

Category: German-Style Dark Lager
Brewery: The Church Brew Works
Beer: Monk Dunkel

Category: Imperial Stout
Brewery: 2SP Brewing
Beer: The Russian

Category: Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale
Brewery: Free Will Brewing
Beer: Olly

Category: Brett Beer
Brewery: Cellar Works Brewing
Beer: St. Eldritch

Category: German-Style Wheat Ale
Brewery: Swashbuckler Brewing Co.
Beer: Dunkelweisse

Category: English-Style Brown Ale
Brewery: Helltown Brewing
Beer: Mischievous Brown

Was a good year for Pennsylvania breweries. Hopefully next year we can win more awards, last year (2018) we had six medals earned, and this year we had seven, so thats definite improvement. Here’s to 10 next year!

As a final closing note, here’s a great list article on the top 10 breweries in Pennsylvania ranked by Untappd, check it out: Top 10 Breweries in PA According to Untappd(by Breweries in PA).

Until next time everyone! Cheers!

-B. Kline