Another awesome brewery visit and this one is in my hometown, Pittsburgh! Church Brew Works is a Catholic church converted into a brewery. They brew the beer up on the altar and some of the seating is in church pews. It’s definitely one of the most unique brewery set-ups I’ve ever seen. It’s located in the city near the famous Strip District. The beer was also very delicious, and it is award winning: Church Brew Works recently won several medals at the Great American Beer Festival!! I sampled the following beers: Celestial Gold, Pipe Organ Pale Ale, Pious Monk Dunkel, the rotating stout (which was a pumpkin stout) Thunderhop (IPA), and their seasonal Christmas beer. All beers were excellent and the food was good too! I will definitely go back to Church Brew Works again!
I went to Weyerbacher Brewing Company last week to visit their tasting room (in Easton PA). The brewery is best known for their barelywine Blithering Idiot and tripel Merry Monks. I tried several beers but my favorites were: Double Simcoe IPA, Old Heathen ( imperial stout), and Aries (which is a mix of the Old Heathen and Imperial Pumpkin Stout). The Aries is part of their Brewers Select Series and is 8% ABV. Perfect! I love beer mixing combinations!
They also had awesome Tech shirts about earning your beer, so of course I had to buy one, it was pretty much made for me! (pictured below). Went to Sly Fox Brewery in Phoenixville over the weekend and had a sampler. The six beers I tried were: Dunkel Lager, Dunkel Weisse, Can Jam Lager, Chester County Bitter, Black Raspberry Reserve, and my favorite Saison Vos. The food at the brewery has been excellent both times I have been there (and yes I definitely indulged in a cheat meal both times). Excellent deals on growler fills if you live locally, unfortunately it was a bit of a haul for me from the city. It was a nice trip getting on the turnpike and seeing all the beautiful fall leaves.
|