I am heading to Hershey for a weekend at the park with the kids. Gonna definitely stop by Troegs for a tour and the Warwick Hotel looks like a nice little restaurant with a decent tap list. Any other bars/breweries/bottle shops in that area that are worth seeking out? Thanks in advance for your help.
Brass Rail deli for nearby bottles. Appalachian in Harrisburg for a meal Al's of Hampden for beer.... lots of beer... and pizza.
Agree w/ Jaysus. Brass Rail is just several miles away (in Campbelltown) and a good bottle shop to hit up. Al's of Hampden is great for draft and there own stuff is also top notch. It's probably a 20 min drive west from Hershey. Of course, Troegs is right next to the park and an absolute must. Enjoy!
Definitely don't miss out on Pizza Boy/Al's of Hampden if you're heading out that way. Tons of beer on draft, pizza, sandwiches, growler fills, bottles to go, etc. It's a large space too, so there's no being cramped into a tiny beer bar/brewery. I don't have kids but when I was there on a Sunday afternoon there was a number of families there so that shouldn't be a problem either.
There's an Iron Hill Brewery and Restaurant in Lancaster. I haven't been to that particular one but there are several located throughout the PA and NJ area. From the few that I have been to in the past I have never had anything bad to say about the food, beer, and service.
Some places I've been to over the past couple months - Breweries: Spring House Taproom Lancaster Brewing Iron Hill Food/Bar/Bottleshop: Hunger N Thirst The Fridge Friendly Greek Bars: The Pressroom Federal Taphouse Crush Wine & Beer
Thanks to everyone for the good suggestions. And Evan, haven't you started enough of your own threads without having to hijack mine?. If I didn't already have 100 or so 5 oz. snifters, I'd ask you to send me one.
Hijack?!?! Bahhh... I'm merely adding to the information for our wonderful community. So now how's about sending out some of those 100 or so 5 oz'ers???
Based on suggestions here I did hit Appalachian for dinner, great place, very good food, solid beers, and a great atmosphere. Troegs is a very impressive facility, probably the nicest i have seen on the east coast outside of DFH. Sorry Evan, no little snifters for sale there though, they were out of them when i visited. There is also a Lancaster Brewpub in Harrisburg and The Warwick Hotel in Hummelstown has a good tap list with frequent tap takeovers. Seems many of the bottle shops are closed on sundays though so if you are heading out that way for a weekend, do your shopping on saturday and leave sunday as a day of rest. Thanks again to all!!!
as been mentioned...if in or near Harrisburg just go straight to Pizza Boy/Al's of Hampden. Not that there aren't other cool places around...but Terry is brewing some of the best beer on the east coast if not the country.
