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    Two Rivers Beer Launch

    by theelvee_w2oe3m March 1, 2012

    A while ago we brought you some photos of the Two Rivers Brewing Company in Easton and the progress made so far.  Last night Two Rivers officially served their first brews up at Black & Blue.  The place was insanely packed, and the area where you could get Two Rivers samples was so busy you had to squeeze past people.  It was a fantastic showing for the brewery and proof that not only are there loyal craft beer followers in the area, but the diehard Easton crowd that frequented Which Brew, and now Porter’s, Pearly Baker’s, and Black & Blue will be filling the bar at Two Rivers.  Although it was touted as a firkin night, the beers appeared to be kegged.  A $5 donation (that benefited Easton’s Main Street Initiative) was suggested to sample the two beers and if you ponied up $10 you were entered to win a Weyerbacher gift package. 

    So, how were the beers?  The Pine Street Blonde seemed to be a bit of a misnomer.  It’s far more close stylistically to a witbier than to any sort of blonde.  That said, it was decent, but not anything out of this world.  With notes of coriander, it displayed a robust wheat character with strong carbonation backed by earth and spice notes.  Hijinx, another up-and-coming brewery in the area, makes an ‘Earth, Wit, and Fire’ that seems to be a step up from this.  Two Rivers’ Banker’s Brown, however, was delectable.  Not overly hoppy, as many American browns are, it had a great chocolate character with light roasty flavors.  With relatively light carbonation, this was smooth and certainly a winner. 

    Another interesting aspect to the evening was the unveiling of Two Rivers’ Founders Program.  The program, the brewery wants to make clear, is not an IPO or stock program.  Here’s the basic idea: you give the brewery $1,000 and over the course of the next three years they give you back $105 in beer quarterly, resulting in a total of $1,250 in beer for you.  With this you’ll also get a Founders Club shirt, pint class, food & drink specials, and priority access to special events.  It’s an interesting concept, but not necessarily a new one.  In fact, another brewery in PA, East End, has the same sort of program.  Two Rivers is offering 100 of these memberships.  We have a feeling they’ll certainly sell a bunch of these.

    We’ll keep you updated on the progress at Two Rivers and let you know of their events in the future.

     

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    March 1, 2012
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    Sun Inn Events Coming Up

    by theelvee_w2oe3m February 15, 2012
    February 15, 2012

    The Sun Inn is hosting dinners at Starter’s Riverport for fundraising and a beer dinner at the Inn to benefit juvenile diabetes.

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    West End Gastro Club’s First Dinner

    by theelvee_w2oe3m January 25, 2012February 9, 2012
    January 25, 2012February 9, 2012

    The West End Gastro Club held their first dinner at the West End Youth Center last Friday night. The event featured Hijinx Brewery, a soon-to-open nanobrewery in South Whitehall, and the Lehigh Valley Homebrewers, who paired beers with dishes concocted by Chef Tim Howells.

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    West End Gastro Club Announces First Dinner

    by theelvee_w2oe3m December 21, 2011December 21, 2011
    December 21, 2011December 21, 2011

    We brought you the news of the West End Gastro Club forming last month. They just announced their first pop-up dinner at the West End Youth Center on January 20th at 6:30pm.

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    Brew Works Beer Festival Wrap-up

    by theelvee_w2oe3m December 6, 2011
    December 6, 2011

    Saturday was the annual Allentown Brew Works Craft Beer Festival, and quite the time it was. There were a ton of fantastic beers and some of the best-ever local brew was being served up.

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    Brew Works Craft Beer Festival This Weekend

    by theelvee_w2oe3m November 30, 2011
    November 30, 2011

    The Brew Works is holding their annual Craft Beer Festival at Allentown Brew Works this Saturday.  There’s two sessions, from 1p-4p and 5p-8p.  The first session is $25, the second one is…

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    Gastro Club Coming to West Allentown

    by theelvee_w2oe3m November 16, 2011November 16, 2011
    November 16, 2011November 16, 2011

    The West End of Allentown is about to get a little more culinarily modern with the advent of the Allentown area’s first ever gastro club. A team of two are looking to do pop-ups, across the West End and help some charities along the way.

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    VegFest 2011 A Huge Success

    by theelvee_w2oe3m September 13, 2011September 13, 2011
    September 13, 2011September 13, 2011

    For all of the planning and marketing that went in to the first annual Bethlehem VegFest, it sure was a resounding success

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    PBS Microbrew Festival Wrap-up

    by theelvee_w2oe3m June 8, 2011June 8, 2011
    June 8, 2011June 8, 2011

    Boy, was this a fun festival.  With lots of breweries that don’t get a lot of press or tap space around here, the PBS Microbrew Festival at Coca Cola Park was a…

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