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Free Will Brewing Company, Perkasie, PA

Love the signage outside the stairs down to the brewery I recently paid a visit to Free Will Brewing in Perkasie, PA.  Enjoy the pictures from my visist! Free Will Brewing Co. 410 E. Walnut Street #10 Perkasie, PA There were 10 beers on tap.  Would have been 11, but sadly they were out of Will I Am Stout Lots of different fermentation projects were going on.  Free Will experiments with lots of different yeast and bacteria strains, as well as lots of different kinds of barrels. Peaking into the brewery from the tasting room Lots of packaged beer available to take out

Updates on NJ Breweries (June 2014)

It is only June, but 2014 has already been a huge year of growth for the NJ beer industry.  In my last update on the state of beer in NJ, I highlighted 4 new breweries: Bolero Snort Brewery, the new Iron Hill in Voorhees, Flounder Brewing and Village Idiot Brewing.  Since then, beer is now being brewed at Hearthstone Grill, Angry Erik, Glasstown, Rinn Duin and Pinelands Brewing.  Let's look at these in a little more depth! Hearthstone Grill website  / Facebook 306 Gatzmer Avenue Jamesburg, NJ 08831 Specializing in wood fired grill pizzas, Hearthstone Grill has everything from burgers to steaks to hot dogs. They also rotate traditional style, house brewed beer!  If you have a New Jersey Craft Beer membership card, you get 10% off your bill. Angry Erik Brewing website  / Facebook 10 Millpond Drive, Unit #8 Lafayette, NJ 07848 Angry Erik in Lafayette offers tours, tastings, pints and growler fills (32 oz. and 64 oz.).  They have hours from Thursday th

Weyerbacher Canes Venatici

Easton, PA's Weyerbacher Brewing Company, brewers of awesome beers such as Merry Monks, Blithering Idiot and Old Heathen, like to experiment with different beers in their Brewer's Select series. After having completed a beer for each letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet, they have now turned to constellations. I thought it would be fun to use this space to learn about the experimental beers that Weyerbacher is brewing, and also to learn a little bit of astronomy along the way! Canes Venatici is the latest installment in the Weyerbacher Brewer's Select Series.  The beer was released on May 25, 2014 in Weyerbacher's taproom in 12 oz. bottles.  You can also find it on tap in limited amounts in Weyerbacher's distribution network. Canes Venatici is an ideal model for the camera Weyerbacher Canes Venatici  (from Weyerbacher ) 6.7% ABV maibock style lager Showcases a unique hop in the flavor and aroma called Mandarina Bavaria, which adds a citrusy, oran