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Pennsylvania Brewery Tour # 3 – New Trail Brewing

Our last Pennsylvania stop in our Seen Through a Glass podcast tour is New Trail Brewing Co. in Williamsport.

Let’s get a taster flight going….

Crisp Lager – “Crisp Lager is handmade for easy drinking using only 4 craft ingredients. We only use the finest malts, American Noble hops, Pennsylvania mountain water, and lager yeast in perfect balance for a brilliant golden beer that’s full-flavored, refreshing, and above all, Crisp Lager.”

Lazy River Dry-Hopped Pils – “Lazy River Pils is brewed as a traditional German Pilsner, then dry-hopped with hand-selected Citra hops from the Pacific Northwest. We started with German Pilsner and German Munich malts for a highly crisp and refreshing, light and flavorful Pilsner. Our Citra then adds bright orange citrus aroma that will be essential to your adventures.”

S.O.B. Hill IPA – “S.O.B. Hill is named in honor of The Hyner View Trail Challenge. We’ve been sponsoring this 50 kilometer trail race since we opened, and the course culminates with the final rise – S.O.B. Hill. This American IPA is clear, floral, fruity and slightly bitter.”

Double Broken Heels DIPA – “Double Broken Heels is our Hazy IPA, Broken Heels, with more malt and hops to make it a Hazy Double IPA. Brewed with oats and hopped with a mix of our favorite American hops including Citra & Mosaic.”

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Pennsylvania Brewery Tour # 1 – Pizza Boy Brewing

I am an avid listener to Lew Bryson’s Seen Through a Glass podcast and he has traveled to many a brewery in Pennsylvania. Enough to probably so three months or more of e-tours. We will curate it down to three for August though.

Starting in Enola with Pizza Boy Brewing which was super high on the listener requested list.

Normally, I would create a taster flight but as you can see from a recent tap list, that would be real hard….

If push came to shove, my first choices would be the Old Denim Cream Ale, the Sunny Side Up Bourbon barrel-aged coffee stout and the and the Frozen Eyelets Hazy with coconut.

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A Podcast & A Beer – Seen Through a Glass

Seen Through a Glass is hosted by bourbon and beer writer Lew Bryson who many already know and may have heard on other podcasts. Now he has his own show….

…and I think it is really good. It takes a small section of Pennsylvania and blows it up for everyone listening to hear. Plus you have to love Bryson’s big laugh that drops quite frequently during each show. It has a bit of that Rick Steves travel feel to it.

Los Angeles does not get much Penn beer especially not the small producers that Lew has talked about so far but a good substitute would be find your nearest food cart hub like Steelcraft here in Los Angeles so that you can have a food and beer experience since Bryson weaves food into each episode. Plus those trips will get you back into travel mode.

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In the Tap Lines for January 2023

Welcome to 2023! Are the years moving fast for you as well? I know time is a construct of humans but boy does it move fast at times. This blog now enters its 14th year!! Crazy. Let’s start strong with….

~ e-visits to (3) breweries from the Hop Culture Best New Breweries list of 2022 like Fox Tale Fermentation Project, Bizarre Brewing and Mahalo Ale Works

~ special featured reviews of ciders received for Christmas from Portland Cider Co.

~Heads-Up on Los Angeles Beer Events

~ Three suggested beers to buy this month. One light, one medium and one dark

~ A Book & A Beer reads Fairy Tale by Stephen King

~ A Podcast & A Beer listens to Seen Through a Glass

~ New Beer Releases and Best Beers of the Month

~ I will tap the Firkin and give my no holds barred opinion on the craft beer world.