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Wallenpaupack Brewing Upcoming Beer Releases and News

B. Kline — Wed, 01 May 2024 17:47:38 +0000

Wallenpaupack Brewing Upcoming Beer Releases and News (photo courtesy of Wallenpaupack Brewing newsletter)

Wallenpaupack Brewing Upcoming Beer Releases and News

Coming out in 19.2 oz cans, (the big boy Stovepipe cans) Wallenpaupack Brewing will be releasing Big DIPA and (NO) Wake Zone. Big DIPA is a Double India Pale Ale (DIPA) – thus the name; whilst (NO) wake Zone is a lager brewed with orange peel.

They are also releasing two new 16 oz cans as well – HelleSent and Prickly Pear Fluorescent Moon. HelleSent is a Helles Lager.

All four beers will also be kegged and on draft at the Wallenpaupack Brewery.

News

The American Craft Beer Week is starting up shortly, and Wallenpaupack Brewing will have events for the week.

New Hours

Wallenpaupack’s brewery hours are also adjusting. Their new hours will be:

Monday: 12 PM – 8 PM
Tuesday: Closed
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 12 PM – 9 PM
Friday: 11 AM – 9 PM
Saturday: 11 AM – 9 PM
Sunday: 11 AM – 7 PM

For more information you can visit their website here: Wallenpaupack Brewing Company Official Website.

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The Battle of the Breweries (2024): Preliminary Qualifiers

B. Kline — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 13:58:56 +0000

The Preliminary Qualifiers

The Battle of the Breweries – 2024

Lets get this thing started! Its time to RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

The 2024 Battle of the Breweries is officially kicking off —– NOW — with the preliminary qualifiers. Each of the four conferences: Bravo, Crystal, Fuggle, and Galaxy, are hosting a single fatal four-way “win and you’re in” match. These are sixteen breweries that we have not been to yet, and will be traveling to and visiting in 2024 (or at the latest – early 2025). The winner of each of the four fatal four-ways will be added as the 32nd seed to their respective conference. (ie. winner of the Bravo fatal four way will become the 32nd seed in the Bravo conference, etc.)

The Battle of the Breweries (2024) is set up with four conferences of 32 (counting the “win and you’re in” brewery) for a total of 128 breweries in the main tournament (140 participating breweries in total). They will compete in single elimination rounds (Best of 32, Best of 16, Best of 8, Final Four, Finals) for each conference, before each conference will send their winner to the “Finals Fatal Four-Way” to determine the winner of this year’s Battle of the Breweries.

Breweries will be competing from Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Arizona, West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia.

You can see our previous topics about the tournament for this year here:

We encourage you to go onto social media and share this post, as well as to follow our Facebook, Instagram, and other pages to stay up to date on the tournament. You can vote once per day for each conference’s blocks (once we’re in the main tournament, each conference will have their own distinct article). So to better your favorite (or your own personal) brewery’s chances of winning – we highly recommend sharing and letting all of your friends and family (and even your enemies) know to vote for you.

You can follow along with us on Facebook and Instagram.

The Rules

There’s gotta be some kind of rules to this madness right? This madness of March (and well, this year the end of February as well… and yes… also a bit of April as the tournament goes into that month as well). So… what are the rules involved?

To pull straight from the initial March Madness / Battle of the Breweries post:

So how’s this going to work? Who all is invited? What all breweries are going to be in it? How many breweries? How’s voting going to work? Who decides whose in and whose out? Whats the seeding? Why is Rick such a jerk to Morty? Why is Jurassic Bark the saddest episode of Futurama ever? Why is the sky blue?

Ok…. enough with the questions!

March Madness (2021) – The Battle of the Breweries (2021)

Breweries are selected from breweries that have been visited by The Beer Thrillers staff.

Voting Rules

Each day you will be able to come to the site to make your votes in the polls. It will be set-up by IPS, so it limits you to voting just once per day per vote. You can vote as many times as you want per round, but only once per day.

Rounds will be one week (ending on Sunday nights at 11:59:59 PM EST) and the new week of voting starting up the next day (Monday) when I get the articles posted (usually around 8:30 – 9:30 AM EST).

Voting will typically be a week long, but the scheduling might be a bit in-flux, stay tuned to the follow up Preliminary Qualifiers post, which will spell out the scheduling a bit better. I prefer to have the rounds last Monday – Sunday for ease. The preliminary qualifiers will end on Thursday (February 29th), and the tournament will start on a Friday (March 1st). So most likely the opening round will just have a few extra days of voting.

Schedule of Rounds

Preliminary Qualifiers: February 26th – February 29th
Round of 32: March 1st – March 10th
Round of 16: March 11th – March 17th
Round of 8: March 18th – March 24th
Round of 4: March 25th – March 31st
Conference Finals: April 1st – 7th
Finals Fatal Four-Way: April 8th – April 14th

VOTE HERE

Lets do this! Enough with the fine print, and the rules, and the boring stuff. Lets get to voting! Here you go, here’s where you get to vote for the Preliminary Qualifiers. The fatal four-way “Win And You’re In” match-ups. There are four fatal four-ways, one for each conference. You may only pick one brewery from each fatal four-way.

Good luck to your favorite breweries in the tournament! Share and tell your friends to help your favorite breweries get more votes!

Participating Breweries

This is the list of all 140 breweries that will be participating in the Battle of the Breweries (2024). This list is in no particular order, and is not set for their conferences. We will be rolling D4’s (four sided dice) to determine which of the conferences the breweries will be placed in. Once they are placed in their conferences, they are seeded by overall Untappd rating.

First up Is the Preliminary Breweries

These sixteen breweries will be paired up in groups of four to face off in fatal fourways to determine the final (32nd) seed in each conference. These breweries include:

Bravo Conference:

Pilger Ruh Brewing
Vortex Brewing
Sunset Hill Brewing Company
Brew Gentlemen

Crystal Conference:

Second Sin Brewing
BierHall Brewery
BruDaddy’s Brewing Company
Retriever Brewing

Fuggle Conference:

Gift Horse Brewing Company
Rising River Brewing Company
RAK Brewing
Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company

Galaxy Conference:

Great Barn Brewing
Wallenpaupack Brewing
Stone Silo Brewing Company
Lost Tavern Brewing

The Main Tournament Competitors

(Update – Check back later tomorrow when we have the dice rolled to determine which breweries are in which conferences. The seeding will be determined via Untappd ratings.)

The main tournament will have 31 breweries in each conference, plus the brewery that wins the preliminary round for their conference. This list is not in order of seeding or in which conference they will participate in.

Boneshire Brew Works
YAH Brew
Other Half Brewing Company
Adroit Theory
Funk Brewing
Mad Chef Brewing
LoveDraft’s Brewing Company
Collusion Tap Works
Snitz Creek Brewing Company
Voodoo Brewing Company
Lost Rhino Brewing
Big Truck Farm Brewing
Jackass Brewery
Brewery Fire
Juniata Brewing Company
Wolf Brewing
Pizza Boy Brewing Company
Appalachian Brewing Company
Old Ox Brewery
Dewey Beer
Levante Brewing
Strange Roots Brewing Company
Cape May Brewing
Southern Tier Brewing Company
Human Robot Beer
Antifragile Brewing
Warwick Farm Brewing
New Trail Brewing Company
Fourscore Beer Company
AleCraft Brewery
Robin Hood Brewing
Sworn Brewing Company
Fat Bat Brewing Company
RAR Brewing
Black Forest Brewing
Desperate Times Brewery
Troegs Independent Brewing
ZeroDay Brewing
Von C Brewing Company
Hitchhiker Brewing Company
Yellow Bridge Brewing
Victory Brewing Company
Bullfrog Brewery
Bunnyman Brewing
Elder Pine Brewing and Blending
Shy Bear Brewing
Allusion Brewing Company
Mellow Mink Brewing
South County Brewing Company
Black Flag Brewing Company
Chubby Squirrel Brewing Company
Ever Grain Brewing Company
Cushwa Brewing
Pineknotter Brewing
Forbes Trail Brewing
Burley Oak Brewery
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Sly Fox Brewing Company
Harpers Ferry Brewing Company
Valhalla Brewing
Rusty Rail Brewing Company
White Elephant Brewing Company
Tombstone Brewing Company
Hackensack Brewing Company
Acclamation Brewing
Dancing Gnome Brewing
Vanish Farmwoods Brewing
Bright Path Brewing
Capitol City Brewing
Bolero Snort Brewing Company
Breaker Brewing
Sapwood Cellars
Rough Edges Brewing
Little Fish Brewing Company
Schaylor Brewing
Otto’s Brewpub
Attaboy Beer
Brix City Brewing Company
Willow Creek Brewing Company
Ten Eyck Brewing
Imprint Beer
Bog Turtle Brewery
Loakal Branch Brewing
Aslin Beer
Burnish Brewing
Jailbreak Brewing
Susquehanna Brewing Company
Jackie O’s Brewery
Sun King Brewery
Idiom Brewing
Noble Beast Brewing
Lydian Stone Brewing
Liquid Hero Brewing
Covered Bridge Brewhaus
Free Will Brewing
Gunpowder Falls Brewing
Tall Tales Brewing
Mustang Sally Brewing Company
Hemauer Brewing
Ocelot Brewing
Benny Brewing
Our Town Brewery
Gearhouse Brewing
Urban Artifact
Land-Grant Brewing Company
Levity Brewing
Pour Man’s Brewing
Logyard Brewing
Abjuration Brewing
Bespoke Brewing
Canton Brewing Company
Punch Buggy Brewing
Crooked Run Fermentation
Axemann Brewery
Gusto Brewing
Tired Hands Fermentaria
Hell in a Bucket Brewing
Morgantown Brewing Company
Braxton Brewing Company
Wolf’s Ridge Brewing
Ministry of Brewing
Stumbling Monkey Brewing
Liquid Noise Brewing Company
Abolitionist Ale Works

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Wallenpaupack Brewing Secures the Naming Rights to Craft Beer Stand at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

B. Kline — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 13:30:10 +0000

Wallenpaupack Brewing Gains Naming Rights To Craft Beer Stand at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

Wallenpaupack Brewing Company, out of Hawley Pennsylvania, just announced that they signed a three year deal inking them to the naming rights to the craft beer stand at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza.

Wallenpaupack Brewing Gains Naming Rights To Craft Beer Stand at Mohegan Sun Arena. ASM Global has announced a three-year partnership that gives Wallenpaupack Brewing Company the naming rights to the East Gate concession stand adjacent to Section 108.

We just got word that the signs are up! We are excited to share that we scored a three year partnership with ASM Global for naming rights to the East Gate concession stand adjacent to section 108 at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza!!

You can now enjoy up to eight draft beers including a Casey Plaza exclusive Coffee Porter called Up For A Cup – and a stable of rotating can options of WBC during Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins games and the full schedule of concerts, comedy, and other performances at the arena

We are honored to have our beers be apart of these events and help add some local flavor to the global talent that will be entertaining our community… Look out for our bar near section 108. Cheers!!

Shout-out to Pocono Sign Company for being great and hooking us up with the signage for our latest endeavor! You guys rock.
Wallenpaupack Brewing Company – Facebook Post

The newly-rebranded beer stand will feature eight unique draft selections of Wallenpaupack Brewing Company beers including year-rounds — Paupack Cream Ale, Largemouth Hazy IPA, and Hawley Hefeweizen— seasonal favorites, series releases, and an Arena exclusive Coffee Porter called Up For A Cup.

With such a variety of our beer on tap, we aim to give craft beer enthusiasts at the arena a vast representation of both the quality and diversity in styles that we pride ourselves on at our brew pub as well as in our self-distribution footprint. This includes our Up For A Cup Coffee Porter—a beer that was created especially for this partnership and will only be available at Mohegan Sun Arena at the Casey Plaza and our brewpub.
Brad Beneski – Wallenpaupack Brewing Company’s Director of Business Development

Lasting into at least 2026, this partnership with Wallenpaupack Brewing Company adds to a recent focus on local purveyors that have been added to the venue’s concourse joining Empanada King, Revello’s Old Forge Pizza, Boozy B’s and Malacari’s Ice Cream & Wine. Also, Wallenpaupack Brewing Company just wrapped up year one of their four – year partnership with PNC Field and the Scranton / Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, showcasing a trend in concentration on local products being available at performing arts and sporting venues.

Commitment is one of the key components of Wallenpaupack’s business, to their guests, to their community, and to their product.

We are committed to providing our guests with a diverse menu featuring local flavors and bringing the menus of some hometown establishments to our audience that stretches beyond the Wyoming Valley. As we begin our 25th event season, we are thrilled to partner with Wallenpaupack Brewing Company to provide their diverse lineup of locally crafted beers to our customers year-round.
Stephen Poremba – General Manager of the ASM Global managed Mohegan Sun Arena

Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguin Games

The Wallenpaupack beers will found at all of the home Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguin games, as well as the full slate of concerts, comedies, and other performances at the Mohegan Sun Arena.

Its so great to see breweries supporting their local communities and helping the local smaller franchises and minor teams, like the way Ever Grain Brewing supports the Hershey Bears (Hershey Bears and Ever Grain Brewing Team Up to Create Bear Claw Pale Lager), as well as ZeroDay Brewing, Desperate Times Brewing, and several others supporting the Harrisburg Senators on City Island.

From the entire home slate of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins home games to the ever growing schedule of concerts and other unique performances that are on the calendar, we are privileged to have our beers be part of these events and help add some local flavor to the global talent that will be entertaining our community. We are beyond thrilled and energized to make this partnership a special one for years to come.
Ben Beneski

For More Information

About Wallenpaupack Brewing Company:

Founded in 2017 by Rebecca Ryman, Wallenpaupack Brewing Company is an award-winning 14,000 square foot craft brewery, brewpub and beer garden adjacent to Lake Wallenpaupack in the Pocono mountains. Its beers are revered by judges of international competitions, critics at leading publications, and heralded by the public at large on popular rating apps such as Untappd.
For more info, visit: WallenpaupackBrewingCo.com

About the Mohegan Sun Arena at the Casey Plaza:

Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza is owned by the Luzerne County Convention Center Authority, a government body appointed by Luzerne County. The arena is managed by ASM Global which was formed from the merger of AEG Facilities and SMG in October 2019 creating a venue management powerhouse that spans five continents, 14 countries and more than 300 of the world’s most prestigious arenas, stadiums, convention and exhibit centers, and performing arts venues.
For more info, visit: MoheganSunArenaPA.com

Some Articles Involving Wallenpaupack Brewing

Looking for more articles about Wallenpaupack Brewing? Please check these out:

2023 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Winners: Pennsylvania
Farm Show Beer Competition – Best in Beer (2023) – Stats
Best in Beer – Farm Show Awards (2023)
2020 GABF Winners: Pennsylvania
Beer Review: Hawley Hefeweizen by Wallenpaupack Brewing Company
Halloween Candy and Beer Pairings

Wallenpaupack Brewing Information

The following comes via Untappd. Wallenpaupack Brewing Company is listed as a brewpub from Hawley, PA. They have 306 unique beers and over 72,000 ratings with a global average rating of 3.74 (as of 11.9.23). Their Untappd description reads: Wallenpaupack Brewing Company is a full production craft brewery. Our 17,000 sq. ft. facility features a 20 bbl brewhouse, large tap room, outdoor beer garden, a menu of locally sourced, in-house prepared food, merchandise and beer to go.

You can follow them on these social media pages:

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Halloween Candy and Beer Pairings

AmyMWolfe — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 01:45:08 +0000

Leftover Halloween Candy

We all know we have leftover Halloween candy. Either from buying too much to give away, or from your kids going out and getting it (and you ‘trick or treating’ yourself using their bags while their asleep). Or just using your 11-month old dressed up as an Ewok to get candy that she can’t even eat yet….

….not naming names…

But so, we all have leftover Halloween candy. So lets have some fun and pair it up with some beer!

Amy is here with a mid week hump day column, to give you some beer and candy pairing advice.

Halloween Candy

Admittedly I drink lots of beer and admittedly I have a sweet tooth. Absolutely a beer pairing with the Halloween candy is in order. I mean, how many pieces of Halloween candy have you gotten into? Pair it with a beer and let’s enjoy the mixed flavors

So what candy do you have left?

Candy and Beer Pairings

Let’s break it down by styles and what can pair up with each style.

Stout or Porter

King Crunch by Manayunk Brewing Company

Stout or Porter – Pair it with the peanut butter cups! I’m going to start here because my favorite are the Reese’s peanut butter cups. Pairing the creamy peanut butter cup with a dark and rich stout or Porter takes you on a flavor rich joyride.

(See Beer Review: King Crunch by Manayunk Brewing Company.)

Hefeweizen

Hawley Hefeweizen by Wallenpaupack Brewing Company

Hefeweizen – Pair it with the Twix or anything caramel. Something about the breadiness of a hefe and the taste of the shortbread and the caramel. I thought it was still there with most other caramel candies too.

(See Beer Review: Hawley Hefeweizen by Wallenpaupack Brewing Company.)

Sour

RAR Brewing – Out of Order: Blue Milk

Sour – Pair it with the Hot Tamales! They still make those, right? Or an Atomic Fireball. The sweet and sour from the beer. Anything spicy pairs perfectly with a good sour beer.

(See Beer Review: Out of Order – Blue Milk by RAR Brewing.)

Pilsner

Pulisic Pilsner by Jackass Brewing Company

Pilsner – Pair it with the red licorice or anything similar to twizzlers. Ok don’t laugh but use the twizzler like a straw. I know, I know, don’t roll your eyes at me. Try it! That sweet biscuit-like taste of a pilsner meshes perfectly with the sweetness of red or cherry licorice.

(See Beer Review: Pulisic Pilsner by Jackass Brewing Company.)

Brown Ale

Fing-Longer by Turning Point Beer

Brown Ale – Pair it with the snickers or anything that has both a sweet and a salty. The depth of flavor in a brown ale pairs perfectly with the sweet and salty fight going on in your mouth!

(See Beer Review: Fing-longer by Turning Point Beer.)

Cream Ale

The White Russian (forefront) by Jailbreak Brewing Company

Cream Ale – Ok, hear me out; pair it with Candy Corn. You need a refreshing cream ale to wash down all the sugar from the candy corn. I mean, who really eats candy corn?

Whats Your Favorite Candy?

Whats everyone’s favorite candy? Mine is Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups (…just in case you need to dispose of any, you know where to send it). Ben loves Kit-Kats and Twix. What is your favorite? Let me know in the comments!

What have you found to be the best beer and candy pairings? Let me know in the comments as well! Can’t wait to hear from ya’ll!

Drink More Beer!
Amy

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Brewery Event: Bottle Share (Tattered Flag)

BKline — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:31:53 +0000

Tattered Flag and Breweries in PA’s Bottle Share (February 8th, 2020).62+ Tickets were ‘sold’. Packed house down in the brewhouse of Tattered Flag. (Thats me in the red Pizza Boy shirt, and my friend D. Scott to my left.) (Photo Courtesy of Chad Balbi – Breweries in PA).

On February 8th, 2020, Tattered Flag and Breweries in PA co-hosted an event at the Tattered Flag Brewery in Middletown PA. It was a ticketed event and promoted across Tattered Flag’s social media and Breweries in PA’s social media (their Facebook page and their Facebook group). Tickets were free. Welcome to all that were to come out. According to Justin (brewer for Tattered Flag) 62 tickets were given out. Myself and my friend were two of those tickets, and so let me take you through the event.

Let’s back this up a bit from the time of the event. Starting with the event itself. It was first announced near the beginning of the year. Luckily it was a Saturday I was able to get off from work (a rarity in my case). And my friend D. Scott was also off and along for the idea. So, the premise of the event is simple – bring 2-3 (or more) beers. Everyone who comes to the event, does so, and once the event is underway you place your beers in the corresponding coolers (IPA, Sours, Wheats and Kolsches, Stouts), and then after everyone has grouped up, you start cracking beers and sampling and moving on.

The premise is simple and neat. Anyone whose ever done a beer / bottle / can share or swap at home with friends, its the same premise just on a much larger scale. (A 62+ person scale that is.)

Leading up to the event my friend stopped at Breski’s Beverage and picked up a four-pack of larger beers to bring with. He grabbed Thief Share (2016) by Strange Roots Experimental Ales, Blue Farm (2017) by Free Will Brewing Co, a German Chocolate Cake Stout from a brewery I’m drawing a blank on, and New Holland’s Dragon’s Milk (2019).

I had set up to do a beer trade with a guy from Eureka California. We were both set to send our packages on either January 31st, or February 1st. (I sent on 31st and showed proof.) He unfortunately, kept saying he would get to it… and get to it….. and he kept NOT getting to it…. and NOT getting to it. Finally, he promised he would expedite it next day to make up for its tardiness…. and I get a message from him “Sorry, it’d be 200$+ to expedite, so I sent it regular. Sorry it won’t be there in time.” …..Massive annoyance and disappointment on those fronts. So at last second, I had to figure out what I was bringing.

Unfortunately I had just ran through my cans from Tree House brought home by my friend D. Arndt. If I would have known…. I would have brought the Sap, Autumn, Julius, Haze, or Doppelganger I had. So I likewise stopped at Breski’s Beverage and picked up some beer for the event. I got Grimm Artisanal Ale’s I Still Love the Old World (2018), Lickinhole’s Virginia Black Bear, Clown Shoe’s Coffee Sombrero, and Trial by Wombat (mainly for the name and picture).

Saturday morning comes and I do my typical morning chores and errands and take Leela (my border collie) for a run. D. Scott is Ubering to Tattered Flag, and I’m going to meet him there. Planned to get there at 10:40, but ended up getting there closer to 10:50 with our tickets and my beer and meet him just inside the door. He shows me the beer he’s bringing and we go over our small sample size. At just a bit before 11AM, Justin comes through and tells everyone to follow him down into the brewhouse.

Since 2018 I’ve done some volunteer canning work with Tattered Flag – though recently they’ve stopped using volunteers now that their employee force is big enough to keep it all done in-house, so I’m quite familiar with their brewhouse and back of the brewery operations and location.

At the time, there’s not too many people yet. Maybe 15-20. Justin goes over the rules. (Big rule: don’t touch any valves. Little rule: throw your trash away. Big rule: DON’T TOUCH ANY VALVES. Little rule: put your beers in their appropriate tubs.) They had bussing tubs with a label for each: IPA, Sour / Saisons, Wheats / Kolsches, and Stouts. Bigger bottles were kept in the front or where room was for them.

The guys from Breweries in PA introduced themselves. And then we were off to the races (…or beers). Talked with the lady from Breweries in PA and she was saying how the Dayman can was the last “known in the wild” can to exist, due to them getting hit with a Cease and Desist from Disney. And we talked about Disney with recent news, and how past places have gotten hit with some C & D’s.

After sampling Dayman, and then Nightman, I saw a lovely looking Smoked Porter big bottle. Unfortunately I forget the name of it, and it appears I never checked it into Untappd (something I didn’t do too good of a job of). (Just like pictures, unfortunately I took no pictures of the event either, so I have no pictures of my own, and had to try and remember the beers I tried for Untappd later on.) So whoever brought the big bottle Smoked Porter, I’d love to know what it was. ….but also… oh boy that carbonation! As soon as I popped the cap on it, it just gushed. Foam everywhere, so much so that I had to set it down under the table over the grate, it just wouldn’t stop, for a good solid 2 minutes it kept going. (So yes, I apologize for being ‘that guy’, but….. it wasn’t my fault!)

A cache of the beers at the bottle / can share. Photo courtesy of Justin Hoak.

Me and D. Scott kinda hovered over the Stouts area. Talked to Justin and his girlfriend Aimee, about recent events with Tattered Flag, as well as Hibrewnation that took place, as well as the upcoming Prototype Brewery and Meadery and the Prototype Invitation Brewing Event.

The beer share at Tattered Flag. Photo courtesy of Justin Hoak.

After a few more samples, me and D. Scott headed back into the caverns a bit, where there was more space, as by now we were likely up to about 40+ people in attendance. And out by the brite tanks and fermenters it was getting pretty crowded. After a bit, the guys from Breweries in PA brought a few of the bussing trubs out into the side-room where we used to do the labeling for Tattered Flag’s canning run. They brought out a few beers of each type as well and so there was now a more mixed variety in the different areas.

While in the side-room, I branched out a bit from my stouts and sours and had a few IPAs. Bearded Iris’ Homestyle, Psycho Simcoe by Three 3’s, Ex Novo Brewing’s Spirits of the Dead, and Double Luv by East Branch Brewing. Hanging out, talking with D. Scott and some of our fellow drinkers in the area, we also cracked open the Black Tuesday (2017) by The Bruery, which was amazingly fantastic. While discussing the ridiculously high ABV on it (19.5%), one of the guys talked about the beer he brought from Nimble Hill, a Maple Stout in their Mysteria Series, that was a 25%. I’ve always been a huge fan of big ABV beers…. so my ears and eyes and nose, and mouth, all perked up. The kind gentleman went back and got it and brought it out. After a bit of a struggle getting the cork off of it, we each drew a good sample size of it (and I won’t lie and say I didn’t have two samples of it).

The description on Untappd for it reads:

MAPLE SYRUP STOUT
This super limited creation is an off shoot of Turbo Diesel.
But instead of using hops, we added a few gallons of maple syrup and a dash of molasses and fermented it to the limits.
The result is a thick dessert stout with a strong maple syrup and imperial stout finish, followed by hearty warming from the 25% abv. Served without carbonation for a smooth and velvety finish.

It was smooth, dry, but with an amazing maple syrup flavor. Tasted like drinking a maple syrup wine. It was pretty much fantastic. And the nice 25% ABV to it, certainly didn’t hurt. I would like to throw a shout out to Ryan Haraschak. Fantastic, gorgeous gem to bring to the bottle share! Kudos my man!

We also tried a gentleman’s RIS Homebrew that was wonderful as well. And somehow, quickly, we realized we were approaching the end of the time for the bottle share, so me and D. Scott went back by the fermenters to try some of the beers still over there.

While hanging out there, and chopping on some tortilla chips, the Harris Brewery guys came in. Got to talk to Harris guys for a long time about their upcoming brewery, black culture in brewing and craft beer, Allison Hill, the impact their hoping to make, the old Coke-Cola building / factory on the corner of 19th and Derry, the obstacles their having to overcome for their brewery, their GoFundMe vs. the Kickstarter, and much more. We also drank from their growler of their collaboration with The Vegetable Hunter which was fantastic. If you would like to support the Harris Family Brewery, and add to their GoFundMe you can do so here:

Harris Family Brewery Start-Up Go Fund Me

Shaun Harris posing at the end of the bottle share. Photo Courtesy of Harris Family Brewery.

As the time dwindled down, we quickly tried to sample a last few beers. There was an Intuition Ales that I tried with a large dragon on it (wax sealed originally, no idea on the name), as well as two Hegemony Anniversary Beers from St. Boniface. Also back to back Black IPAs; one from Pour Man’s Brewing – Black Market, and the other from Heavy Seas – Night Swell. Also tried the 2SP and WaWa coffee stout – Winter Reserve. As well as a last sampling of the Candy Hearts by New Trail Brewing.

As it wrapped up, they told us to take anything we wanted that was unopened. Seeing my Lickinghole Virginia Black Bear unopened I grabbed that, as well as an IPA from Mainstay Brewing and one of the bakeries from The Bruery. My buddy grabbed a couple and we put them in the six-pack holder and took them out to my car and then came back in to use our free beer and food discount.

Tattered Flag with the (free) ticket, being the gracious host was giving one free pour with the ticket as well as 10% off food. D. Scott got an order of loaded chips, and I got Because I Was Inverted (Chocolate Covered Strawberry). His free drink was either the Custardy Tropic Like Its Hot or the Custardy Black Crumble. We had also sampled these in cans during the bottle share.

My list of beers sampled (that I was able to record on Untappd) was:
* Nightman (Stable 12 Brewing Company)
* Schmoojee Strawberry Orange Banana (Imprint Beer Co)
* Bible Belt (2019) (Evil Twin Brewing)
* Frucht: Fruit Punch (The Bruery Terreux)
* Churro Sombrero (Clown Shoes)
* Autumn Friend (Forest & Main Brewing Company)
* Spirits of the Dead (Ex Novo Brewing)
* Psycho Simcoe (Three 3’s Brewing Co.)
* Black Tuesday (2017) (The Bruery)
* Maple Stout, Mysteria Series (Nimble Hill Brewing)
* Double Luv (East Branch Brewing)
* Kriek Marriage Parfait (2015) (Brouwerji Boon)
* Black Market (Pour Man’s Brewing Company
* Night Swell (Heavy Seas Beer)
* Pack & Brass Coffee IPA (Wallenpaupack Brewing Company)
* I Still Love the Old World (Grimm Artisanal Ales)
* Bourbon Barrel Aged Hegemony Anniver7ary Reserve (Blue Wax) (St. Boniface Craft Brewing Co.)
* Bourbon Barrel Aged Hegemony Anniver8ary Reserve (Blue Wax) (St. Boniface Craft Brewing Co.)
* Cold Pro (Union Craft Brewing)
* Winter Reserve Coffee Stout (2SP Brewing Company / WaWa)
* Candy Hearts (New Trail Brewing Co.)
* Homestyle (Bearded Iris)
* Custardy: Blackberry Crumble (Tattered Flag)
* Custardy: Tropic Like Its Hot (Tattered Flag)
* Thief Share (2016) (Strange Roots Experimental Ales)
* Blue Farm (2017) (Free Will Brewing Co.)
* Gingerbread Crunchee (Other Half Brewing Co.)
* Double Vice Coffee Porter (Grist House Craft Brewery)
* Chili Nelson Hazy Habenero (The Vegetable Hunter)
* Winter Wassailand (The Vegetable Hunter / Harris Family Brewing)
* Dayman (Stable 12 Brewing)

These are the ones I remembered / checked-in on Untappd anyway. There were so many more I didn’t get to try, some I definitely wanted to. I saw some Aslin cans, I believe 4th Anniversary Sours, that I missed out on, as well as a few Other Half’s and similar. In the comments – for those of you who went – I’d love to see what you brought, had, and what was your favorites.

This was a fantastic event. I’ve been to some friend / home beer bottle / can shares, and its always a blast. Passing around beers, sampling, and talking about beer and just hanging out with good people. The craft beer community is an exceptional and diverse community and its so great to talk to so many different people. Bottle shares are like mini-brewfests in a way, sampling a ton of different beers from different places / breweries that you most likely won’t get into contact with. Its not a bad way to kill a Saturday morning, thats for sure.

My favorites that I got to sample were: Black Tuesday (2017) by The Bruery and the Nimble Hill Maple Stout Mysteria (the 25%). D. Scott said his favorite was also the 25% Maple Stout as well as the Custardy: Blackberry Crumble.

It was great of Tattered Flag to put up some of their own beers in the share, a great gesture on their part. Also, humorous note, I think I did see a Blue Moon in one of the tubs, not 100% sure though, but I think I did. Kudos to whoever brought that. I did think it’d be funny to bring a single Coors Light bottle or Miller Lite High Life bottle and sneak it in, but didn’t know how it’d go over.

The Kill Shot from the Beer Share at Tattered Flag hosted by Tattered Flag and Breweries in PA. (Photo courtesy of: Chad Balbi)

As you can see from the kill shot, there was a ton of great beer brought in, and sampled and served. Breweries from all over Pennsylvania, as well as numerous other big breweries like Other Half, Bearded Iris, Aslin, Dogfish Head, Brewery of Omnegang, Grimm Artisanal Ales, as well as some homebrew, and some heavy PA hitters like Free Will, Tattered Flag, Strange Roots, Imprint Beer Co, Dancing Gnome, Troegs Independent Craft Brewing, and New Trail, and even upcoming brewery Harris Family. It was a wonderful and diverse selection, bottles, bombers, growlers, crowlers, cans, and even wine bottles.

Interested in reading some reviews of beers from some of these places, you can check out my beer blog: The Beer Thrillers. We’ve reviewed beers from Tattered Flag like: Should Have Put Him Into Custardy, Inexplicably Juicy, Pink Guava, Fatum Series: Member Berries, and more. New Trail’s Broken Heels. Broken Goblet’s This Is The Way, Burn Them All Away. Boneshire Brew Work’s The Hog, Dillston, Harrishire (with Harris Family), Sunburst, Good Walk Spoiled, Road Less Traveled, and more. Wolf Brewing collaboration with Tattered Flag – Imperial Churro and collaboration with Imprint – Wolf Prints. Rotunda Brewing’s sWheat Tarts: Mango Guyabano and Juicy Fruit. Troegs Independent Craft Brewing’s Fuzzy Nudge, Coco-Nator, and Scratch 400. You can check out our brewery visit and recap (and review) of Mellow Mink and their Scarlet Sunrise. Or our brewery reviews of Battlefield Brew Works and Cushwa Brewery. Or the recent, unfortunate news of the closings – Crystal Ball and Stoudt’s.

You can also read our other article on Breweries in PA: Touring the Breweries that Surround Harrisburg. (Also located here: Breweries Around the Outskirts of Harrisburg.)

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So as per usual with me, after the beer share event, my night didn’t end. It was about 3:30-4PM by the time we finished up at the Tattered Flag bar. Way too early to call it a day. Being in the area, we decided to check out the Lancaster Brewing spot off of Eisenhower Boulevard in Harrisburg. Neither me nor D. Scott had ever been there. And this checks off a “new brewery location” that I want to do each month. (January was Liquid Noise Brewing, so February will be Lancaster Brewing, and hopefully March – before they close up – will be Stoudt’s.) Its funny that neither of us have ever been here to this location. Its so close, and we’ve jumped and hit all of the Harrisburg breweries numerous times before.

While there we met up with friends D. Arndt, Youngblood, and Youngblood’s girlfriend. I did a flight, D. Scott got a draft of their eggnog, and I have no recollection of what the others got. My flight included:
* Jam Series #22 Mexican Style Lager
* Jam Series #21 Gingerbread Spiced Brown Ale
* Lancaster Lager
* Jam Series – Track #20 Eggnog Blond
* Jam Series – Track #19 Chili Smoked Baltic Porter
* Winter Warmer

Lancaster Brewing Company’s Spiced Gingerbread

All were pretty tasty. I enjoyed the Smoked Porter the most with the Spiced Gingerbread coming in second. Wasn’t a huge fan of the eggnog blond, but I’m not a fan of eggnog so kind of knew that going into it. Drew loved his, but then again, he’s a huge eggnog fan. So mileage may vary on that type of beer.

Lancaster Brewing Company’s Mexican Lager

Finally around 730-8PM or so we left and went to D. Arndt’s house, where we hung out with him and his fiance Kat and his dogs (the one of which is a Corgi named Indiana Bones). While there he had a can of Intemperance by Tree House which was absolutely delicious.

Intemperance by Tree House Brewing

Look for me to be adding the Intemperance to my series on Tree House. Also, most likely tonight Doppelganger will be going up to finish what was originally the series. But now, with the addition of Intemperance, the series will be going from 5 to 6, making it a nice easy and sensible six-pack. Makes sense for a beer blog (a beer blog making sense?!), I like it.

So, this was supposed to be written and was supposed to go up Sunday, the 9th. But… work was crazy, as it was a ticket promotion give-away and we were swamped there, and afterwards, I was supposed to go to D. Scott to watch the Oscar’s (and drink the remaining of the beer share beers), but… Haley forgot the crowler of Rotunda Brewing Company’s ‘Beautiful Trauma’ that I got her, so I had to swing back to work and then deliver it to her at Irgo’s Tavern. Where I then proceeded to stay and play pool with several co-workers until 1AM. So obviously… no posting that night.

Then Monday I did go over to D. Scott’s and we watched Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (finally got around to seeing it, fantastic movie, and Tarantino is still just as good as he always was). So once again, no blog posting Monday. But, last night I did start this, and sadly, only after editing, getting to finish it this morning. Sorry for the delay in things, but I rather edit and make sure I like the way blog looks, and that there’s no misspellings or grammar problems or anything (though I’m sure one or two will still sneak through). There’s two ways to write:

“You either write sober and edit drunk, or write drunk and edit sober.”

I also finally got that California beer mail Tuesday. Looks like some delicious brews to drink down and dive into and review for you all.

California beer mail.
California beer mail

So definitely expect to see some beer reviews come out of that 10-pack. There’s a lot of tasty ones (I am super looking forward to the Chocolate Donut porter.)

Blog news – I am going to be trying to get 2 blogs up a day for the next few days to catch up some of the beer reviews I’m behind on. Fingers crossed anyway. This blog post is also going up on Breweries in PA’s website, so you’ll be able to check it out there (albeit abbreviated). Once its live, I’ll come in and edit this to include it here.

Tomorrow (Thursday, the 13th), I have yet another funeral to go to. This time my Uncle (mother’s brother in law) passed away. (Last Thursday was a funeral for my Great Uncle, my father’s Uncle.) In the evening Funck’s in Palmyra is doing a tap takeover for New Trail. I might be stopping out for that (might not, depends on time). New Trail makes some great beers, so I’d love to check it out.

Some beer reviews that are due up are Doppelganger and Intemperance, New Heights I Cannot Tell a Lie, Boneshire Brew Work’s Anagnorsis, Revision’s Pete’s Stache, Rivertown’s Triple Belgian, and much more. So be on the lookout for a lot of beer reviews coming at you in the upcoming days.

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Thanks everyone so much for reading, and hopefully you enjoyed it, and if you were at the event, hopefully you had as much of a blast as I did (and D. Scott). (Which speaking of, be on the lookout for some new podcasts on LOST Seasons 3 & 4, Fullmetal Alchemist, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and potentially / possibly / hopefully BoJack Horseman.)

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Tattered Fag and Breweries in PA’s February 8th, 2020, Beer Share – the final kill shot.