It was nice to welcome back Mike Simmons & Gary Toczko to the Friday BeerBuzz. If you dig back through our archive, you’ll see Mike joined us once before when he worked for Lion Brewery, so it was nice to see Mike “graduate” and go on to become head brewer for Nimble Hill Brewing Co in Mehoopany, PA.
Nimble Hill Brewing Co is a new operation being added to Nimble Hill Vineyard and Winery. Owned and operated by Gary Tomczko, Nimble Hill started small and gradually grew as a vineyard & winery, which is exactly the plan for Nimble Hill Brewery. Nimble Hill will start small and soon grow into their 15bbl brewing system. Because of PLCB regulations, the Winery & Brewery cannot share building space, so step one is building a brewery and installing a brewhouse.
Nimble Hill has already started planting hops and we should also note that while there are Winery/Cideries & Winery/Distilleries, Nimble Hill is likely to be the first Winery/Brewery in PA. This is exciting news for the Mehoopany area and all of NEPA and I look forward to watching Nimble Hill become a destination for wine & beer lovers alike.
Today Mike & Gary brought three of the new Nimble Hill Brewing Co beers. They currently have 6-beers ready, and Mike chose three brews likely to become core beers for Nimble Hill: Fuggle English Mild, Nim Wit & Flinke Hugel. Fuggle was a really traditional English Mild Ale and it had a wonderful malt/mild hop balance. Nim Wit will be a great summer beer and it’s an easy drinking sessionable wheat-based beer with what feels like a traditional Belgian yeast. Finally Flinke Hugel is a lager named for the brewery….yes Flinke Hugel is German for Nimble Hill and we really enjoyed it.
This is a great start for a new and upcoming brewery. As Gary outlined, they still have some work to do, but their aiming for a later Fall 2012 opening so stay tuned.
Thank you to Mike Simmons & Gary Toczko from Nimble Hill Brewing Co
, Nancy, John, & Joe for yet another fun Friday.
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Another great show today. I love how you bring us local breweries! Cheers to Mike & Gary.
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Thank you for introducing us to another new brewery. I never heard of them until today but I'll be at Krugels for lunch to try their beer. I know you you recommend them they're good!
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Thanks to Mike and Gary from Nimble Hill Brewery for being on the show today.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed all three beers but oddly enough my favorite was the English mild, Fuggle! Talk about drinkable. The low ABV isn't generally the direction I find myself headed in but that's usually because low ABV and low flavor often seem to go hand -in -hand. Fuggle turns that on it's head!
Continued success to Nimble Hill Brewery and looking for big things to come!
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John
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I love their wines but I do like beer better. Very exciting news. I'll be visiting Krugels and Nimble hill soon. Steve
ReplyDeleteGreat show buzzers. I like in Tunkhannock so I'll be visiting them when they open and visiting very often! Thom
ReplyDeleteI've brewed with Mike and tasted his home brews. Nimble Hill beers will be excellent. Chris
ReplyDeleteCheers to Mike & Gary. Wine & beer will keep us both happy. Amy
ReplyDeleteI love Nimble Hill wines. I have three bottles at home. I just started liking beer so I'm excited to visit. Cheers Mike & Gary. Eric
ReplyDeleteThanks for introducing us to Nimble Hill. I'll definitely try it out. Mark
ReplyDeleteOK Count me in. I'll be heading to Georgetown Deli now to try it! Steve
ReplyDeleteWow yet another beer destination added to my list by the buzzers. Thanks Guys. Dave.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear Mike on the show this morning. He's another homebrewer gone pro!! As a matter of fact, his award winning hard cider recipe is on the recipe page of the Wyoming Valley Homebrewers Club's website.
ReplyDeleteCheers to Mike and Gary and Cheers to the Friday BeerBuzz!!
Thanks again to Gary & Mike for joining us on the show today. We really enjoyed all three beers and I'll be excited to follow along as Nimble Hill Brewing Co gets up to speed.
ReplyDeleteYou always have the best guests on the show. Congrats to Nimble Hill. Meg K
ReplyDeleteSampling a few Nimbles @ Krugel's right now. Tasty. These guys know how to brew!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rock...I agree. We really enjoyed all three beers and I'm excited to see which Flinke or Fuggle comes next!
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