Drinks

The Lehigh Valley Food & Wine Festival is returning to the Sands Bethlehem Event Center from Friday, May 31st to Sunday, June 2nd.

Weyerbacher Brewery in Easton is releasing the 2012 version of their Riserva raspberry sour beer this Saturday at 10am, as well as hosting tours and samplings.

Braveheart Highland Pub in Hellertown will be hosting an Irish whiskey tasting this Friday, March 15th from 6pm to 8pm.

Bethlehem brewer Chris Bowen is finally ready to finish his Arctic journey, but needs your help. Arctic Alchemy, Bowen’s documentary about his brew-induced trek to uncover the history behind a beer, is in its final stages. Bowen is running a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to help finish up the film. We recently spent a day brewing with Chris and tasting historic beers while discussing the story behind his truly extraordinary experience.

Lehigh Valley Beer Week starts today. We round up the best of the best of where to go and what to drink.

The Farmhouse in Emmaus closed a few days ago for renovations, hoping to open back up in the summer. There’s also some big personnel changes at the restaurant.

Yet another restaurant recently opened in downtown Easton, which has been undergoing quite the culinary renaissance recently. Mesa is owned by Chef Rafael Palomino, the same restaurateur behind Pacifico at the Promenade Shops and Tapas on Main in Bethlehem, among two other spots in Connecticut. It takes the place of the former Tex-Mex Trio restaurant.

Two Rivers Brewing Company in Easton is now open for business. Check out the finished interior and the food menu inside.

Let’s face it, people don’t vacation to Pennsylvania for the wine. People usually only vacation to the Lehigh Valley for a few select events, the biggest of all being Musikfest. But every year people come from all over the country, and world, for one week to Philadelphia. For what, you ask? Beer. Now the Lehigh Valley is getting in it.