Scarlet Lady E.S.B. pours copper in color. This ale from Stoudts greets the mouth with roasted malts and toffee notes. The Lady is a smooth, drinkable bitter making it, like most English ales, a much-sought after session beer. It’s not Fuller’s mind you, but well worth consuming—I wouldn’t turn one of these down.
The Phillies. The Penguins. The Steelers. The Nittany Lions. They’re all champions this year, and they’re all from Pennsylvania. Sports fans have had a lot to celebrate in the Keystone State. Fortunately, they have plenty of beer to do it with.
Sierra Nevada’s newest year-round release—Torpedo Extra IPA, an India pale ale embellished by the brewery’s homemade hop-extractor, dubbed “the hop torpedo”—may be viewed as a thank-you to the craft beer drinking community. After all, the brewery helped launch our collective love of hops when it introduced its flagship pale ale in 1980.
Stoudt’s Brewing Co. Adamstown, PA Available: PA, NY, NJ, DE, VA, DC, OH, MA This bottle-conditioned stout fuses two British stout traditions: oatmeal stout and Imperial stout. Stoudt’s Brewing Co. was established in 1987, Pennsylvania’s first microbrewery since Prohibition. Alcohol (wt.): 7.2 Alcohol (vol.): 9.0 Color: 32 Bitterness: 55 Gravity: 1090
