Beer Infinity Beer, Brewing & Beyond
Beer Infinity made a return visit to Old Forge Brewing Company in Danville, Pennsylvania, to find that the brewpub had moved a few yards down the street during August 2013 to larger location. It turns out that the previous brewpub was closed for 2 weeks in late August to enable the move and when we visited they had only had the new location open for about 2 weeks.
In addition to more seating and a larger bar, there is also an upstairs restaurant area plus a private party room. The brewing system has also been relocated from the front window of the brewpub into a larger area in the rear with additional fermenters. The basement also contains bright tanks to service the bar above. Behind the bar are currently 8 tap handles but with plans to expand this to 16 in the near future.
We ordered the following sampler:
- Slack Tub Stout on Nitro – 4.8%
- Loadmaster ESB on Nitro – 6.0%*
- Session IPA – 5.2%
- Rood Hop – 6.5%
- 298 Amber Ale – 5.7%
- Overbite IPA – 7.5%
(75 IBUs – 2 Lbs of of dry hops per barrel) - Falling Down Indian Brown Ale – 6.5%
- T-Rail Pale Ale – 5.4%
* denotes our favorite(s) from the above sampler.
Noticeable at the front of the brewpub is the rotating wheel mug rack that was a key feature of the previous location and takes pride and place in the new location. Finally, we learned that Old Forge Brewing currently had a 4.6% Pumpkin Ale available in 6-pack 20oz cans which we managed to buy next door at the local Chinese restaurant.
Next we made a diversion on the way home to visit Riepstine’s Pub, Williamsport, which only opened during the summer of 2013. We had previously met them during mid-August at the State College Brew Expo. We took this opportunity to order some food as well as the following sampler:
- The Great Pumpkin Porter – 9.0%*
- Vanilla Latter Stout – 6.1%
- Jaysburg Porter – 6.0%
- Arch Street Wheat
- Timbertown Scottish Ale (using beech wood smoked malt)
- Roundhills Red Ale
* denotes our favorite(s) from the above sampler.
Lastly we grabbed a Growler Fill of the Great Pumpkin Porter which we found to be a nicely balanced spiced beer that hides the 9% alcohol very well.
