GETTYSBURG / CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA
Stayed at Gettysburg Hotel (established 1797) two blocks down from train station where Lincoln delivered Gettysburg Address, April ’06. Quaffed Guinness Stout at attached Mc Clellan’s Tavern, a gorgeously snug turn-of-the-century Van Tromp mahogany bar imported from England.
By nightfall, drove one mile towards historic Civil War Battlefield and nearby freestanding wood-pillared spire-roofed APPALACHIAN BREWING (thirty miles west of original Harrisburg brewery). Prominent midsize bar centered right-left side dining sections while banquet room and brew tanks bedecked downstairs area.
Classical tavern food was served alongside sharp lemony grapefruit-invigorated floral-hopped pepper-embittered Peregrine Pils, soft apple-orange-fronted cereal-grained honey-malted Zoigl Lager, orange peel/ grapefruit rind-embittered Hoppy Trails IPA, and creamy malt-fruited softie Celtic Knot Irish Red.
Heartier thirsts will gravitate towards dry black chocolate-y coffee-burnt wood-chipped Chocolate Coffee Stout and sourer Susquehanna Stout (which tasted drier in bottled version). Really enjoyed seasonal malt-thickened bruised cherry/ overripe banana-lacquered Broad Street Barleywine and Belgian-styled Abbey Roade, a candi-sugared dark ale with peppery spices and speckled pear-grape-plum notes. Bottled Appalachian selections listed in alphabetical section.
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