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WHAT’S ON TAP There’s an energy to visiting breweries that elevates the beer-drinking
experience. Here, check out both breweries and restaurants that
Cave Brewing Co. deliver a little something more. Hungry right now? Check out the
Food & Drink channel on the Go Guide app.
1407 Seidersville Road, Bethlehem
610-739-1381 Finishing up the line is Eight Oaks Colonial Rum (40%
cavebrewing.com ABV) made with 100 percent molasses.
Cave Brewing Co. is a craft “nano” brewery founded Hardball Cider
by long time home brewer Jeff Bonner and his wife Alison.
Jeff first started brewing beer at home in a half gallon 553 Main St., Bethlehem
fermenter in 1990 using a book his wife bought for him. 484-341-3101
From that very first batch until now, he was hooked! The hardballcider.com
5B brewery is located in a detached garage in Salisbury
Township near Fountain Hill. Cave produces a wide range Hardball Cider is a growing craft cidery with a
of beers from a craft lager (Cave Lager 5% alcohol by particular interest in and love for the game of baseball.
volume), Belgian Trappist Ale (Trapped in the Cave 6.5% After selling hard cider in Pennsylvania baseball stadiums,
ABV), IPA that is malt forward and deviously balanced retail locations, bars, and restaurants, Hardball Cider
(Cave IPA 7% ABV), a barleywine (Blindeye Barleywine plans to open a tasting room in the heart of Bethlehem.
11% ABV), two stouts including an Irish (Drew’s Hand New to craft ciders? Hardball Cider’s products range
6.3% ABV) and a Russian imperial stout fashioned after from light and fruity to sweet and fizzy, to dry and
early brewing pioneer, Bert Grant, (Bert’s Yakima Stout 9% hearty. Ciders include Fastball (6.9% ABV), a dry and
ABV), and a summer special wild lager with four berries complex cider reminiscent of a traditional English-style
(Cave d’Bear 4.5% ABV). There is a small taproom at the cider, carbonated and full of apple flavor; Curveball (6.9%
brewery and hours vary. The best way to visit is to sign up ABV), a light and sweet, carbonated cider that’s full of
for their newsletter via their webpage contact form where fruit character; Splitter (5.5% ABV), a semi-sweet cider
they announce taproom hours and special releases. Cave sweetened only with fresh-pressed apple cider, giving it
has had two releases of their New England style IPA (Cave a strong apple flavor and a little added fizz to enhance
Haze 2.0) and sold out both times the same day. They are the aromas; Sunday Hop (6.5% ABV), a dry, hopped
already planning their next release for late summer. cider with loads of citrus notes, perfect for the beer
drinker who hasn’t yet given cider a try; Shoeless Joe
Eight Oaks Distillers (6.0% ABV), an oaky, dry cider that has been aged in red
wine barrels for at least 6 months; and Teddy Ballgame
7189 Route 309, New Tripoli (7.5% ABV), a dry, complex, straw-colored cider with
484-707-6920 beautiful bourbon aromas and flavors that linger on the
eightoaksdistillers.com palate, aged in bourbon barrels for at least 6 months. All
Hardball Cider is naturally gluten free.
Eight Oaks Craft Distillers has released its first
Bourbon made from non-GMO grains raised on their Stony Run Inn
own farm. Eight Oaks Bourbon (44% ABV) begins
life as non-GMO corn, wheat and rye raised on Eight 2409 Route 737, Stony Run
Oaks farmland in the Lehigh Valley. This mash is fresh 610-756-4433
milled on site the day it is cooked and then double stonyruninn.com
distilled and aged in American White Oak barrels.
The mash bill creates a soft, smooth, grain forward Stony Run Inn’s summer selections include
bourbon with notes of nutmeg and spice. Leinenkugel Summer Shandy, a crisp Weiss beer
with a natural lemonade flavor; Stoudts Blonde
Customers are able to purchase Eight Oaks Bourbon Double Maibock, a rich and full-bodied lager with
by the 375ML bottle for $29 at the distillery and at any the perfect balance of malty sweetness and hop
of farmers market locations listed at eightoaksdistillers. character; Schöfferhofer Grapefruit Weizen, a 50
com. Eight Oaks Craft Distillers is a, veteran-owned, percent grapefruit beer that is the perfect ale for
farm distillery located in New Tripoli. They grow all summer; Weihenstephaner Vitus, a light-colored spicy
their own non-GMO grains including wheat, rye, corn single-bock with a round character based on extra
and barley to craft handmade spirits including vodka long storage time, with notes of apricot, citrus, cloves,
(40% ABV), gin (40% ABV), rye whiskey (44% ABV) and banana; Weihenstephaner Wheat, a golden-
and bourbon (44% ABV). Eight Oaks is also pairing yellow wheat beer with smells of clove and refreshing
up with Scholl Orchards for apple cider to make the banana flavor; and Samuel Adams Summer Ale, a
original American spirit, Authentic Applejack (40% ABV). summer seasonal that uses malted wheat, lemon zest
and Grains of Paradise, a rare pepper from Africa first
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