Summer’s here, but it may not be the summer we planned. Out: big parties, rowdy beer gardens. In: Picnics and road trips.
Pennsylvania has long been awash with great beer, with more than 400 craft breweries in the commonwealth, which produced 3.6 million barrels of beer in 2019, according to the Brewers Association. And now, we can finally visit some of them again.
We’ve rounded up a dozen Pa. breweries that you can make a day trip out of visiting, whether that means some outdoor dining and drinking, or just a quick trip for some curbside pickup. Check out the list below:
La Cabra isn’t a far trip from Philly, but it is a good one – especially now that it is offering seating for food and beer at its outdoor bier tents (seatings at 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday-Sunday by reservation only). Or, you can order your brews and food online ahead for curbside pickup (3 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tues.-Sun.).
Pro tip: Valley Forge National Historical Park is about a 10-minute drive away, so you could plan for a hike before your visit.
Pro tip: If you’ve got a sweet-tooth, Suzy-Jo Donuts (a favorite of Inquirer food writer Michael Klein’s in 2013) is right down the road.
This Chester County brewery is offering curbside pick-up (3 p.m.-6 p.m., Fri.-Sat.) for crowlers of its stellar beers and sangrias — plus house-made sodas and bags of locally roasted coffee from L’Assemblee Coffee, if you’re looking for something alcohol-free.
Pro tip: This weekend marks KBC’s five-year anniversary, which they’ll celebrate with ale-infused cupcakes, according to their Instagram page.
If you’re not into traveling, Free Will is shipping their brews to all of Pennsylvania. But their Perkasie spot is worth the trip thanks to a newly opened outdoor beer garden (12 p.m. to 8 p.m., Fri.-Sun.) in a field adjacent to their building, which is complete with a pop-up bar and sanitizing stations. Online order pick-up and takeout are also available.
Pro tip: Should you want to work up a pre-beer sweat, Nockamixon State Park is about a 20-minute drive away (but sorry, disc-golfers — the course is currently closed).
You can make a reservation for a tented outdoor table at this Bucks brewery (call 215-939-7874), or just show up for first-come, first-served seating at an uncovered table (open 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tues.-Thurs., 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Fri., 12 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sat., and 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sun.). Or, order online for some food and beer — available in crowlers and growlers — ahead of your visit and pick it up to take home.
Pro tip: The Quakertown Farmers Market and Flea Market is a five-minute drive from the brewery — and it’s open on weekends thanks to the area’s yellow phase designation — so feel free to do some socially distant shopping.
Funk’s Emmaus brewery is currently offering curbside pickup on four-packs of about a dozen of their brews. Or if you want a more relaxing option, they have an outdoor beer garden (4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Thurs.-Fri., 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sat., 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sun.), reservations not required.
If a drive through bucolic Bucks County to get some beer sounds good to you, Great Barn Brewery is your place. You can order four-packs, cases, and 22-ounce bottles of their beers online, and pick up at the brewery’s Kintnersville farm, where they happen to grow all the grain with which they brew (open 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Fri., and 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sat.).
Pro tip: Check out Ringing Rocks County Park — about four miles away — where you can check out Bucks County’s largest waterfall, and strike some boulders that will ring like bells (as the name would suggest).
Pro tip: Get a little outdoor R&R on the Saucon Rail Trail, which offers 7.5 miles of hiking trail on what used to be a railroad track — and it’s only about 15 minutes from Bonn.
Situated on 77 acres of land, Wyndridge Farm is the perfect place to enjoy a socially distanced beer or cider, which you can do on weekends with their pop-up beer garden (open 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday). But if you want to grab and go, their Farm Store Drive-Thru offers beer, cider, and wine (1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Weds.-Fri., 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat.).
Pro tip: About a 10-minute drive from Wyndridge is William Kain Park, where you can fish in two lakes, and hike on 12 miles of trails.
This massive Union County brewery is touted as Pennsylvania’s largest brewpub, and because the area is in the green phase, they are open for both indoor and outdoor dining (12 p.m. to 9 p.m. this weekend, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily starting next week). Plus, you can pop into their location for takeout beer, no online order ahead necessary.
Pro tip: The Buffalo Valley Rail Trail offers 9.5 miles of finished, scenic trail for walking, running, and bicycling, and runs right behind the brewery.
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