Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a long-standing history of its residents serving this great nation
through military service. The Pennsylvania National Guard dates its history back to the mid 1700’s when
Benjamin Franklin organized the first Pennsylvania Militia. During the years of the Revolutionary War,
Pennsylvania’s Regiments were some of the largest populated units in the Continental Army.
Since the Colonial era, Pennsylvania citizens have stepped up to answer the call for their Country’s wars
both at home and abroad. They have served in the PA Guard, Reserve units and on Active Duty. Today,
there are over 350,000 Veterans of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard living in the
Commonwealth and continuing to serve or preparing for retirement.
So, Pennsylvania is proud to say they are leading out front when it comes to service to this great nation.
And that service does not stop in their businesses owned across the Commonwealth. Veterans have taken
all they’ve learned in the Military and brought those skills back to the civilian world including the brewing
industry.
Another area Pennsylvania is a leader in? Craft beer! As the number one beer producer in the country,
there are over 300 breweries operating in Pennsylvania today and more coming each month. They range
from small brewpubs, to expanding franchises to larger production breweries, see the full list of PA
breweries here.
Nestled within that list are a group of Veteran Owned or operated breweries using their skills honed in
this Nation’s branches of service to create some truly awesome brews.
Which is why they are excited to announce that for Memorial Day weekend 2019, 15 of those
Pennsylvania breweries are coming together for the first ever State-wide Collaboration Brew in support of
military Veterans! This beer will be brewed by Veterans dedicated to the service and sacrifice of Veterans.
This will be the first of its kind but certainly not the last. The goal is to bring everyone together for a
dedication brew for Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
For their first brew session they will be brewing at the newly opened Newfangled Brew Works in Eastern
side of Harrisburg. It’s centrally located amongst all the breweries and boasts a brand new 15bbl
brewhouse and fermenters for us to use. Adam Cole, part owner and head brewer, has offered up his
facility for this project. These breweries all coming together in mid-April to brew this beer to be released
in time for Memorial Day Weekend. Proceeds from this beer will go directly to charity.
Currently there are 15 breweries signed up to collaborate as well as other veteran owned Pennsylvania
businesses. You can see the full list of participating breweries below. Along with these breweries they’ve
brought on businesses such as Deer Creek Malthouse, GEMS Hop Farm and First Sip Brew Box – all of
which are veteran owned.
The beer will be a Double IPA with a release scheduled for Memorial Day Weekend at all of the
participating breweries. Stay tuned and follow us on social media for more details.
Participating breweries for this project:
Aston Abbey Brewing – Aston
Black Forest Brewery – Ephrata
Couch Brewery – Pittsburg
Cox Brewing – Elizabethtown
Collusion Tap Works – York
GearHouse Brewing – Chambersburg
McAllister Brewing Co – North Wales
New Fangled Brew Works – East Harrisburg
Root Down Brewing – Phoenixville
Seven Sirens Brewing – Bethlehem
Shubrew Brewing – Zelienople
Stonebridge Brewing – Johnstown
Tattered Flag Brewing – Middletown
Ten7 Brewing – North Wales
Union Brothers Brewing – Harmony
Breweries in PA
Deer Creek Malthouse – Glen Mills
GEMS Farms Hops – Carlisle
First Sip Brew Box
1 May 2019 Update:
Breweries In PA is excited to introduce "Hurry Up And Wait" the beer brewed by Pennsylvania
Veterans in support of Pennsylvania Veterans. 20 veteran owned/ operated breweries in
Pennsylvania have joined forces to release this beer in celebration of Memorial Weekend 2019.
A portion of proceeds from this beer will be donated to the Pennsylvania Veterans Foundation.
For this project, it was very important to those involved to support local veterans. Which is why
they are proud to team with the PVF. Their organization exists to provide assistance and support
for Pennsylvania veterans and their families. Over the last 8 years they have raised over 2 million
dollars towards their cause.
Release Details:
The beer will release at the following breweries (draft only) below on Thursday, May 23rd
. A
map of where the beer will be pouring can be found here.
2nd Story Brewing – Philadelphia
Aston Abbey Brewing – Aston
Black Forest Brewery – Ephrata
Blueprint Brewing – Harleysville
Burgh’ers Brewing – Pittsburgh
Couch Brewery – Pittsburgh
Cox Brewing – Elizabethtown
Collusion Tap Works – York
GearHouse Brewing – Chambersburg
Imprint Beer Co – Hatfield
McAllister Brewing Co – North Wales
Newfangled Brew Works – East Harrisburg
Root Down Brewing – Phoenixville
ShuBrew Brewing – Zelienople
Stone Bridge Brewing – Johnstown
Stony Run Brew House – York
Tattered Flag Brewing – Middletown
Ten7 Brewing – North Wales
Whitehorse Brewing – Berlin
Beer Details:
"Hurry Up And Wait" is an 8.0% Double IPA brewed with 2400 lbs of Deer Creek (West
Chester, PA) Keystone Pale, 440lbs of Pale Oat Malt and 220lbs Pale Triticale. The hops used
for the beer is the Yakima Veteran blend; a group of hops that were hand-selected by a group of
veteran-owned breweries from across the USA.
Please join us in raising a glass to veterans all across Pennsylvania and the country!
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