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Discussion in 'Pacific' started by TheBungyo, Jan 23, 2015.

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  1. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    The Brass Rail over in Campbelltown is pretty decent, as is the Warwick Hotel in Hummelstown. Neither is what I would call a destination spot, but if you happen to be visiting Troegs anyway, you could do worse than stopping off at either spot for a bite and brew on your way back home.

    The Harrisburg area has a lot more going on (used to visit Al's of Hampden/Pizza Boy all the time when I lived in Baltimore), and is a way better beer town than Hershey. Even so, I completely agree with you. Even if you lumped in Harrisburg with Hershey, it still shouldn't make the top 10, or even the top 50.
     
    #21 John_M, Jan 24, 2015
  2. OregonHopmonster

    OregonHopmonster Initiate (0) Jan 15, 2011 Oregon

    Oh yeah, forgot about Al's, mostly because the article we're discussing strangely didn't mention it. And the Brass Rail is pretty good, but compared to the best bottle shops/bars in other cities it pales in comparison. I'm originally from Lebanon and my dad still lives there, so I get around that area fairly often.
     
    #22 OregonHopmonster, Jan 24, 2015
  3. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Then you know what I'm talking about. From York out to Norristown via hiway 30, or up by Exton, Downington, Paoli and Wayne, almost everywhere you go, you can find a bunch of great places with an excellent selection of craft beer. In fact, just about the only place that doesn't have a lot of great places, and so was a place I virtually never went to, was Hershey.

    Were it not for Troegs, I never would have any reason to go there.
     
    #23 John_M, Jan 24, 2015
  4. ONovoMexicano

    ONovoMexicano Initiate (0) Jun 14, 2012 New Mexico

    Disagree with the steep drop off. Canteen is an excellent brewery that no one knows of. Bosque is doing great things, although they produce far too many IPAs for my taste (something that's annoyed me about La Cumbre in the past).

    Red Door doesn't deserve any mention as far as I'm concerned (far too new and unproven, as you mentioned), but Boxing Bear, Ponderosa and The Stumbling Steer do.

    I didn't even bother reading this list, but I can guess the gist of it: clickbait that tries to be different by naming some different places that are different for beer. Probably spot on in that case.

    As a well-traveled beernut, Albuquerque's keeping me damn happy lately, especially for the affordability of our beers ($3 Elevated, very few beers costing more than $7). I won't call it the best because I recognize this city's limitations, but it's a DAMN GOOD beer city.
     
    #24 ONovoMexicano, Jan 25, 2015
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