Magic Hat has started the release of it’s new Humdinger Series which is a “very special breed of Magic Hat” as the brewers describe it. This single-batch limited edition series of beer generally starts as a brewery only draught but if successful expands to limited release in a 750ml bottle.
It is only appropriate that we feature a beer called Blackened Voodoo this month as we approach Halloween. The brewery, Dixie Brewing Company, has seen better days. The historic building was one of the victim’s of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and has since fallen into disrepair. The first floor was under eight to ten feet of water, and it destroyed most of the brewing equipment. Anything that was left over after the flood was looted and now the only brewing equipment remaining is the cyprus-wood vats. Read more…
In the 1930′s a maried couple from Stuttgart, Germany came to America with a determination to establish themselves in their local American community outside of Philadelphia, PA. Marie and Otto Fritz opened up Otto’s Brauhaus in 1936, right in the middle of Horsham, PA. Read more…
Our Beer of the Month for September is a new fall seasonal from Tröegs Brewing Company in Harrisburg, PA. There is a lot of buzz surrounding this beer, and most of it has already been bought up. But it may be something that we have to look forward to again next year. This beer comes from experience; Tröegs has been working on developing a beer using their “Scratch Series,” one-off beers that are released at the brewery only. Perpetual IPA is the result of that effort. Read more…
Each year beginning in late September, millions of people from all around the world travel to Munich, Germany to celebrate what is known as Oktoberfest. An event of such magnitude does not simply occur overnight. It takes years and years of trial and error, coupled with the seemingly innate sense of organization and ingenuity that German culture possesses. And let’s not forget the major draw, Germany’s iconic lager beers. Read more…
