Touring and tasting Pennsylvania’s craft beer options

Rural road in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania which cuts through my grandfather’s snow-tinged corn fields. (Courtesy Rob Fink)

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Ahh, the Bullfrog. Here lies the origin of my craft beer evolution. (Courtesy Rob Fink)

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Green Fuzz IPA from the Bullfrog. (Courtesy Rob Fink)

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One of those stellar, non-advertising, don’t-care-to-expand-even-though-we-could kind of breweries. It doesn’t hurt that everything is burnished in beautifully white snow. (Courtesy Rob Fink)

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Selinsgrove Brewery & Pub, Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. (Courtesy Rob Fink)

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A peek inside the cozy basement bar at Selinsgrove Brewery & Pub. (Courtesy Rob Fink)

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Not much can beat a properly poured and cared for cask beer. The St. Fillian’s Wee Heavy has a gorgeously soft texture which intermingles with a biscuit and caramel-laden malt complexity to provide a profound cask experience. (Courtesy Rob Fink)

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The entrance to Pizza Boy Brewing Company in Enola, Pennsylvania. (Courtesy Rob Fink)

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West Shore IPA from Pizza Boy Brewing Company. West Shore IPA exhibits a great balance between pine and herbaceous hop aromatics/flavors, making the beer highly reminiscent of “West coast” IPAs. (Courtesy Rob Fink)

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Digital draft list at Pizza Boy. (Courtesy Rob Fink)

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Sunny Side Up from Pizza Boy Brewing Company. A delicious imperial oatmeal stout infused with coffee from local roaster Little Amps in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Courtesy Rob Fink)

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I didn’t realize DC Brau made it to central Pennsylvania, but then remembered that my home state has pretty awesome distributors in the Philly area. (Courtesy Rob Fink)

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