State College Brew Expo 2013

On Saturday August 17, 2013, the 15th annual State College Brew Expo was held at the Tussey Mountain Ski Resort. This event comprised of over 30 local, regional & national breweries together with two bands, two seminars and food stands. Approximately 1500 people attend this event that is held to raise money for Coaches for Cancer at Penn State.

Breweries

Below are the breweries from this year’s event together with their beers that were being poured (where known or sampled):

• Angry Orchard (Boston Beer Company):
  • Apple Ginger
  • Cinful Apple
  • Crisp Apple
  • Traditional Dry
• Appalachian Brewing Company:
  • Kipona Fest*
• Atwater Brewing Company:
  • Dirty Blonde
• Avery Brewing Company:
  • White Rascal
• Boulder Beer Company
• Brooklyn Brewery:
  • 25th (Silver) Anniversary Lager
  • Lager
• Drunk Monkey Brew Works:

  

  • Captain Jack’s Grog White IPA
  • Captain Jack’s Rusty Rudder Amber
  • Captain Jack’s Saison** & *
  • Captain Jack’s Temptress Belgian Blonde*
• Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery:
  • Hoppy Bunny
  • Milk Stout*
• Duquesne Brewing of Pittsburgh:
  • LT
  • Pilsener
• Elk Creek Cafe & AleWorks:
  • Gr8 Blue Heron**
  • Little Village MFA
  • Penns Valley Pilsner
  • Princess Porter (Bourbon Barrel Aged Porter)
• Finch’s Beer Company:
  • Cut Throat Pale Ale
  • Golden Wing Blonde Ale
• Full Pint Brewing Company:
  • 321 Kolsch
  • Chinookie IPA
  • Little Brown Ale
  • Tri-PA**
  • White Lightning Belgium White
• Full Sail Brewing Company:
  • Black Session Lager*
  • IPA
• Gamble Mill Restaurant:
  • Big Pig Double IPA
  • J Rose Pale Ale
• Goose Island Beer Company:

  

  • 312
  • IPA
• Great Lakes Brewing Company:
  • Commodore Perry IPA
  • Silver & Gold IPL**
  • Wright Pils
• Lancaster Brewing Company:
  • Hop Hog
  • Milk Stout
  • Strawberry Wheat
• Magic Hat Brewing Company:
  • #9
  • Elderbetty*
• Marzoni’s Brick Oven & Brewing Company:
  • Stone Mason Stout*
• Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company:
• North Coast Brewing Company:
  • ACME IPA
  • Scrimshaw Pilsner
• Otto’s Pub & Brewery:
  • Hefeweizen
  • Nittany Pale Ale
  • Zeno’s Rye**
• Pennsylvania Brewing Company:
  • Kaiser Pils
  • Octoberfest
  • Penn Pumpkin
• Riepstine’s Pub:

  

  • Alpha Deuce IPA
  • Apricot Hefeweizen*
  • Timbertown Scottish Ale*
  • Triple Berry Wheat
• Rivertowne Brewing:
  • Grateful White*
  • Scottish Ale*
• Sam Adams (Boston Beer Company):
  • 13th Hour Stout**
  • Boston Lager
  • Double Agent IPL
  • Harvest Pumpkin
  • Octoberfest
  • White Lantern
• Sixpoint Brewery:
  • Resin**
• Sly Fox Brewery Company:
  • Grisette Belgian
  • Phoenix Pale Ale
• Southern Tier Brewing Company:
  • 2X Stout*
• Stoudts Brewing Company:
• Straub Brewery:
  • Amber
  • Cask Conditioned IPL**
  • India Pale Lager
  • Traditional Lager
• Traveler Beer Company:

  

  • Curious Traveler Shandy
  • Jacko Shandy
  • Just Beer Project IPA
  • Tenacious Shandy
  • Time Shandy
• Troegs Brewing Company:
  • Troegenator Doppelbock
  • Perpetual IPA
• Voodoo Brewing Company:
  • Love Child*
  • Wynona’s Big Brown Ale*
• Yards Brewing Company:
  • Brawler Pugilist Style Ale
  • Chocolate Love Stout**
  • IPA
• Yorkholo Brewing Company:
  • Vanilla Porter
• Yuengling:
  • Light Lager
  • Octoberfest

* denotes our favorite beers at the event.
** for VIP’s only.

Home Brew Competition

For the first time this year’s event included a Best In Show style competition for home brewers which was judged by the head brewers of Elk Creek, Gamble Mill & Otto’s. The organizers were very pleased with 50 beers being submitted as well as the overall quality of entries. Marks were given out of 75 with 1st place getting 62 points. Hopefully this competition will continue and grow for 2014. Beer Infinity submitted a Belgian Blonde and a Belgian Dubbel with the former getting 45 points but unfortunately the judging sheet for the Belgian Dubbel going missing 🙁

Bands

Three bands were featured at this year’s Brew Expo:

• Ted McCloskey & the HiFi’s – a popular local band from the State College area who can regularly be seen weekly at The Phyrst and Bar Bleu.
• Bronze Radio Return – they have played for President Obama and are originally from Hartford, Connecticut.

If you attended the State College Brew Expo 2013, please let us know what you thought about the event and which beers were your favorites?