这30 Best Craft Breweries to Visit in Pennsylvania
这30 Best Craft Breweries to Visit in Pennsylvania
Here are the Pennsylvania breweries you should make an effort to visit.
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2SP Brewing Co.(宾夕法尼亚州阿斯顿)
这2SP Brewing Company, a Delaware County brewery, was founded by Bob Barrar, a 19-time Great American Beer Festival (GABF) winner, during his days brewing at Iron Hill Brewery. Combining forces with the team behind the popular Two Stones Pub gastropub chain (thus, “2SP”), the troika opened in their brewery in 2015. Barrar’s beers mostly focus on the sessionable, whether that’s Cold Cock, an English IPA, or Weiss Wit, a tartwitbier。头垒手Andrew“ Ruby” Rubenstein管理2SP的野生和桶装衰老程序。
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Al’s of Hampden/Pizza Boy Brewing Co.(埃诺拉,宾夕法尼亚州)
One of the more unlikely success stories in Pennsylvania brewing,Al’s of Hampdenstarted in 2002 as the eponymous Al Kominski’s family pizzeria—which initially didn’t even serve beer. Five years in, he added a few tap lines and then eventually began brewing his own. These brews weren’t just the kind of ice-cold lagers you typically associate as being served at pizzerias—insteadPizza Boy用桶形的野生啤酒,烈性黑啤酒和大麦葡萄酒处理。亚搏电竞该餐厅现在有102个水龙头,这是一个很好的四分之一,通常专门用于内部产品,例如永恒的阳光,酸啤酒和阳光明媚的一面,燕麦片咖啡烈性黑啤酒。
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Bonn Place Brewing(伯利恒,宾夕法尼亚州)
A relatively new entry on the Pennsylvania scene,Bonn Place Brewing, a less-than-one-year-old brewery, is the brainchild of Sam Masotto and his wife Gina. Longtime actors (托尼·蒂娜的婚礼) and bartenders (The Pony Bar) in the New York City area, the Masottos opted for Pennsylvania real estate when opening their nano-brewery in the tri-state area proved too pricy. Their small, Lehigh Valley tasting room offers a wide variety of beers such as Tarte Priya Chai, a sour ale, and The Delusionist, a Cascadian dark ale.
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Brew Gentlemen(Braddock, PA)
该州最热门的啤酒厂之一是其所有者刚上大学时成立了基础。两名卡内基·梅隆(Carnegie Mellon)早在2010年就设想了homebrewingon campus,Brew Gentlemenfinally became official in 2014, just a couple of years after Asa Foster and Matt Katase graduated. Located in a former electrical supply store, Brew Gentlemen mostly makes hop-forward, juicy beers like General Braddock’s India Pale Ale and Mammoth, a DIPA. While their Mise en Rose Collection is devoted to oak barrel-aged farmhouse ales (despite being quite removed from the farm) in offerings like Table Beer and the Exploration & Discovery series.
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Bullfrog Brewery(Williamsport, PA)
已经存在了二十年以上,您可能不会指望这种家庭友好的酿酒厂仍然处于尖端。这与事实相去甚远Bullfrogcould very well be making the best wild ales in all of Pennsylvania. The brewery is a multi-time GABF winner in the competitive Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer category, and offerings like Le Roar Grrrz, a gueuze, also excite beer geeks. Bullfrog was one of only four Pennsylvania breweries to make RateBeer’s recent top100 Best Brewers In The Worldlist.
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Church Brew Works(Pittsburgh, PA)
A brewery perhaps more famous for its locale than libations,Churchis still worth visiting, even if it ain’t Sunday. It’s set in the restored confines of St. John the Baptist, a 1902-built Roman Catholic church that had services until 1993. Three years after closing—and after being officially deconsecrated—guests were allowed back into Church to deconsecrate it themselves by crushing beers like Pious Monk Dunkel and Pipe Organ Pale Ale. Today the building is a historic landmark, surely one of the few at which you can order pulled pork玉米片。
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Crime + Punishment Brewery(Philadelphia, PA)
With a name intentionally meant to evoke, if not downright celebrate, the great Russian literature of the past,Crime + Punishment’sbeers hew a little more modern American. Set in the neighborhood of Brewerytown—that’s seriously what it’s called, due to the many that were located here in the 1800s—they currently produce beers like the Citra and Mosaic-hopped pale ale Tremendous Upside Potential and Space Race, a juicy IPA. The two-year-old brewpub has food that might be more appealing to Dostoyevsky:pierogies, ajika (a Georgian vegetable dip), and, of course, kielbasa.
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East End Brewing Co.(Pittsburgh, PA)
Now well into its second decade,East Endhas long been the Steel City’s premiere brewery. With two locations (the original in the East End, a new taproom in the Strip District), the brewery continues to excel at a variety of styles, from their Big Hop IPA to Black Strap Stout and Monkey Boy, a banana-y hefeweizen. Their bottledbarleywineGratitude has been a beer geek sensation for years—of late, a bourbon barrel-aged version has appeared in cans.
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Earth Bread + Brewery(Philadelphia, PA)
这re’s a reason that “bread” is in the name of this “earth-friendly” brewery.Earth Bread + Breweryowners (and spouses) Tom Baker and Peggy Zwerver’s frequently-changing beers include such offerings as Community, a hoppy pale ale, and Spelt Incorectly, a Belgian-style single made with that grain. They even brew their ownkombucha。这food is flatbread heavy, with options like Black and Blue (made with a black cherry sauce and bleu cheese) and Vietnam Veggie, with a spicy peanut sauce covered with cellophane noodles. As as you'd expect from its name, Earth takes great pride in composting, recycling, sustainability and using strictly local ingredients.
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Fegley’s Brew Works(Bethlehem/Allentown, PA)
Founded in a dying steel town on the brink of ruin,Fegley’smight be the business responsible for turning around Bethlehem’s fortunes. With an ethos built on the city’s working class values, Peg and Dick Fegley’s brewpub, which opened in 1998, quickly became a Lehigh Valley destination. A “Steelgaarden” lounge was soon added to the Bethlehem location, and then a second location built in Allentown in 2007. While campaigning for office in 2008, Barack Obama even visited. The brewery is still run by the Fegleys and their two adult sons.
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Forest & Main Brewing Co.(Ambler, PA)
Set in a 19th century house-turned-brewery is decorated with rustic tables,Forest & Main Brewing Co.is a five-year-old brewery that's made a name for itself in both the English ale and farmhouse realms. The former category includes offerings like Your Analog Brain, a bitter, and Omphalos, an English barleywine served via traditional hand pump. The From the Cellar line showcases “terroir-driven” beers aged in oak barrels.
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Free Will Brewing Co.(Perkasie, PA)
When longtime friends John Stemler and Dominic Capece opened Free Will in 2012, their focus was drinkability. But they soon began pumping out the kind of beers that make the geeks go gaga.Free Willcurrently makes of-the-moment double IPAs like Chasing the Dragon, while also offering more ambitious options like Mojito Sour, a key limelambic- 风格的啤酒与薄荷的朗姆酒桶中陈化。去年秋天在附近的小村庄的村庄开设了第二个自来水室,在一个富有的购物区空间中,还设有Hewn Spirits。
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Funk Brewing Co.(Emmaus/Elizabethtown, PA)
“Funk” has become ade rigeurterm to describe a beer’s flavors—butFunk Brewing实际上是以其所有人凯尔·芬克(Kyle Funk)的名字命名。反对剧本,放克使啤酒大多缺乏任何放克,而是专注于干净lagerslike Built to Pils, juicy IPAs like Silent Disco and even an occasional rauchbier like Lil’ Smokey. And, OK, he does have a funky farmhouse ale or two. His brewery was opened in 2014 in the Lehigh Valley town of Emmaus, just west of Allentown. A second taproom has opened in a hotel in downtown Elizabethtown, about an hour-and-a-half away, where live music plays nightly.
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Helltown Brewing(宾夕法尼亚州普莱森特山)
On a quiet residential street in peaceful-sounding Mount Pleasant sitsHelltown, whose beers include Extra Sinful Bitter, Perverse Stout and the highly-acclaimed Idle Hands Double IPA. Their burgeoningsour beerprogram so far include their take on the classic Belgian cherry Kriek, as well as a tropical saison, Spiteful. The Mt. Pleasant location currently only has a tiny tasting area, but a more robust taproom is set to open in Pittsburgh this summer.
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Hidden River Brewing(Douglassville, PA)
Located in the historic Brinton Lodge—an offbeat, 18th century farmhouse structure set on land once owned by William Penn, that many say is haunted—Hidden River Brewing是一种小批量啤酒厂,使用大多数本地成分生产啤酒。凯文·玛格蒂奇(Kevin Margitich)和道格·里斯(Doug Reeser)于2015年夏天开业,在小屋角落的一个小型空间中。他们从不重复一份食谱,在到目前为止生产的200大啤酒中,重点主要是IPAsand saisons. The pub room also features a food selection, meats, cheese, and the like, all sourced from farms within 15 miles, as well as an outdoor patio bar.
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Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant(various)
While it might seem silly to include an aging chain brewpub (originally started in Jersey) on a list of top Pennsylvania breweries,Iron Hill不应忽略。该连锁店的13个地点中有九个目前在宾夕法尼亚州,皇冠上的珠宝景点将很快在费城开放。酿酒厂各自拥有自己的设备,并在现场酿造啤酒,而且他们连续二十年赢得了GABF奖牌,这是当前的纪录。
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Levante Brewing Co.(West Chester, PA)
意思是意大利语中的“崛起” - 引用太阳升起 -Levantecomes from brewers with a Mediterranean heritage themselves. Founders Eric Santostefano and Tim Floros currently brew on a fifteen-barrel system—small, even by craft brewery standards. Inspired by the old world of brewing, Levante has a Belgian Trappist-inspired series, a German kölsch called Kolibri, and Bohemian-stylepilsners像Birra迪莱万特。他们也更现代,Americanized beers like Cloudy and Cumbersome, an IPA, and Going Guava!, a milkshake-style hop bomb. Their taproom is open Thursday through Sunday, with a different food truck on site each night.
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Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co.(Croydon, PA)
所有使用的水Neshaminy Creek beer来自其同名溪(Dank Hill Double IPA)到他们受欢迎的南瓜季节性朋克邓克尔(Dunkel)。Neshaminy Creek于2012年作为雄鹿县的第一家生产啤酒厂开业,在GABF(为他们的Churchville Lager)获得了金牌。最近,他们在费城的卫星水龙头空间上签署了一份租约,还计划接管隔壁蒙哥马利县的前公会啤酒酿造公司。
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Saint Benjamin Brewing Co.(Philadelphia, PA)
Located in the carriage house and stables of the former Theo Finkenauer Brewery, theSaint Benjamin Brewing Co.将现代旋转放在经典风格上(全部与本·富兰克林(Ben Franklin)的脸盯着Atcha’”。Founder Tim Patton’s year-round beers include such creations as Inca, a so-called “India-style cream ale,” while seasonal offerings feature Bayside, a sea salted saison, and BNC Barleywine, a pale take on the traditional malty beer meant to act like beer's equivalent of white wine. The gorgeous taproom/restaurant next door offers traditional pub fare like a ploughman’s lunch, as well as more modern bites like pork pibil tacos.
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Selin’s Grove Brewing(Selinsgrove PA)
Set in an early-19th century building once owned by three-term governor Simon Snyder and now on the National Historic Register,Selin's Groveis becoming part of history itself—now in it's twenty-first year. Husband and wife team Steven and Heather Leason got their start at Colorado's New Belgium in the early 1990s. Their brewpub was opened in 1996 and, amazingly, the Leasons still do all the brewing themselves, producing beers like their India Pale Ale and a bevy of popular fruitedaleslike Phoenix Kriek and Saison De Peche.
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狡猾的狐狸Brewing Co.(Phoenixville/Pottstown, PA)
A brewpub founded in late 1995 by Pete Giannopoulos, today狡猾的狐狸has grown into one of the state’s most potent beer brands. Initially offering updated takes on classic European styles, beers like Pikeland Pils and Royal Weisse were early hits. By 2002 popularity was big enough that Sly Fox offerings could be sold outside of the brewpub—they were even one of the first craft breweries to can beer, starting in 2006. By 2012 they needed a whole new production brewery in Pottstown. Today, the focus on classic European styles has shifted, somewhat, to keeping up with the American state-of-the-art, like with their new Hop Project beers offered in hip 16-ounce cans.
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SØLE Artisan Ales(Pittston, PA)
It would be tough to speak about the cutting edge of Pennsylvania beer without mentioningSØLE,此列表中的罕见吉普赛啤酒厂。由自称为“食品坚果”乔·佩尔科科(Joe Percoc亚搏电竞o)的主持人,他以前在食品行业中从事无数工作,最终找到了生产欧洲工匠农舍式啤酒的一生。经过在Funk,Weyerbacher甚至比利时的Cantillon的短暂工作之后,Percoco于2015年成立了Søle(顺便说一句,他仍在他的二十多岁)。Percoco的啤酒大多是在Susquehanna Brewing Company中酿造的,例如Turbo Nerd Xtra IPA,已成为啤酒极客的轰动,他们在周末排队希望抢购罐子。您终于可以很快访问这个吉普赛人;Sole Bar +瓶子计划在Easton开放。
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Stoudts Brewing Co.(Adamstown, PA)
An old dog on the PA scene,Stoudtshas been around since 1987. Founded by Carol Stoudt, supposedly the first female brewmaster since Prohibition, the brewery has managed to keep up with the times. While still producing the lagers that made them famous, like Gold Lager and Pils, today's portfolio includes plenty of double IPAs and even a rum barrel-aged imperial stout, Fat Dog. The pub’s dinner menu is European in style, with soft pretzels, tripel-steamed mussels and德国香肠sandwiches.
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Tired Hands Brewing Co.(Ardmore, PA)
Tired Handsis the brainchild of Jean Broillet IV, who had long been inspired by the farmhouse ales of Belgium and France and would perfect his craft at Weyerbacher and Iron Hill. Inspired by the latter's brewpub model (and after a few business classes at Wharton), Broillet opened his Tired Hands Brew Cafe in the quiet suburbs of Ardmore in 2012. With beers like HopHands and SaisonHands (and bread baked in-house), it was an immediate smash hit for both locals and those from afar. Accolades, like aJames Beard提名,很快就会随之而来。2015年,第二个啤酒厂Fermentaria在街区下方开放,为炸玉米饼和含乳糖的“奶昔” IPA服务,brooillet已闻名。
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Tröegs Independent Brewing(宾夕法尼亚州赫尔希)
约翰和克里斯·特罗格纳兄弟建立了Tröegsin 1996, and today it’s still independent and still family-run. Early successes were mainly in the European high-ABV realm, with beers like Troegenator Double Bock and Mad Elf, a cherry-flavored Belgian strong ale. Today, though, Tröegs is better known for their hoppy amber ale, Nugget Nectar, as well as their recent forays into barrel- and foeder-aged beers.
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Victory Brewing Co.(Downingtown, PA)
罗恩·巴切特(Ron Barchet)和比尔·科瓦莱斯基(Bill Covaleski)的啤酒厂也可能是该州最著名的。今天在曾经是Pepperidge农场工厂开业的是,今天的啤酒厂和毗邻的餐厅拥有300座的座位,尽管现在大多数酿造厂现在在帕克斯堡现场进行。还有一个肯尼特广场(Kennett Square)的位置,设有一个小型的7桶酿酒厂,专注于更独特的,仅酿造啤酒的产品,其中一些来自该地点的开放发酵系统。早期Victory’sbeer often paid tribute to the area’s German heritage (see: Prima Pils), today they release bourbon barrel-aged coffeestoutslike Java Cask, fruited sours like Kirsch Gose, and even a state-of-the-art Dry-Hopped Brett Pils.
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Voodoo Brewery(Meadville/Homestead/Erie, PA)
Employee owned, in the last couple of years the Meadville brewery has added pub locations in both Homestead and Erie.Voodoo的massive success and ability to expand doesn’t just ride on its geeky beers (their honey and maple bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout, ManBearPig, is one of the more acclaimed beers in recent memory), but its standard sippers too, like Moar Tropic, a wheat ale, and White Magick of the Sun, a witbier. Each tasting room setup is unique: The Homestead location is a raucous, European-style beer hall, complete with an art gallery next door that you can browse while boozing.
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Weyerbacher Brewing(宾夕法尼亚州伊斯顿)
Founded in 1995 in a horse stable,Weyerbachertoday is one of the major forces in Pennsylvania beer. Founder Dan Weirback’s brewery has mainly made its mark over the years by producing big, aggressive beers like Insanity, an English barleywine, and Sunday MorningStout, a bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout which is currently BeerAdvocate’s highest-rated Pennsylvania beer. The tap room, called The Jester’s Court, offers weekend craft fairs and yoga classes, but you can also just pig out on dips, cheese and jerky.
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Yards Brewing Co.(Philadelphia, PA)
Yet another classic Pennsylvania brewery,Yards, a Philly institution, dates back to 1994. Once apprentices at Maryland’s British Brewing Company, friends Tom Kehoe and Jon Bovit decided to open their own spot after finding success selling their homebrews at Grateful Dead shows. Early beers, like ESA and Entire Porter (a blend of English mild and stout), were inspired by their English brewing knowledge. By 2001 they were able to expand in capacity by purchasing further buildings in the Kensington neighborhood; by 2010 they finally had a tasting room.
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Yuengling(Pottsville, PA)
Is this regionally-distributed giant a craft brewery... or are they not? Does it even matter?Yuengling’sPennsylvania heritage is undeniable. In most parts of the state, you can order their flagship beer by simply asking the bartender for a “lager.” America’s oldest brewery has been around since 1829 (making it 23 years older than Anheuser-Busch) and still remains family-owned. Of course, that occasionally means you get non-corporate-like behavior: To great controversy, current owner Dick Yuengling supported Trump in the 2016 presidential election.