Breaker Brewing Co - Where can you find the beers?

Elmer Sudds (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
Kelsies, (Ashley PA)
Anthracite Cafe (Wilkes-Barre, PA )
Dugan's (Luzerne)
Purv's Beer & More (Peckville)
Back Yard Ale Houe (Scranton)
Grotto Pizza (Harvey's Lake)
The BaR (Plains)
15th St Beer Warehouse (Hazleton)
Madison's (Nanticoke)
Ice House (Mountaintop )
Coopers (Scranton)
AuRants (Duryea)
Coopers Seafood House (Scranton)
Arena (Wilkes-Barre) - Currently not on tap

Stay tuned for updates!

Breaker Brewing Belsnickler Bottles

I just love saying that!

Chip the Beer Guy Rock 107 – Breaker Brewing Co Pot Belly Pumpkin

On today’s show we discussed the concept of beer & food pairing …matching interesting beers with foods that compliment them, or vice versa ;).  I’ll admit this is a concept I’ve just started to become interested in and other than Nachos, Pizza and cheesy-fries; I’ve done little experimentation.  The guys paired pasta and Vodka Sauce with a German Blonde Bock that Chip brought home in the patented (or yet to be patented) beer suitcase.  Now I’ll admit I wouldn’t have jumped in with a Italian sauce and German light Bock beer, but again what do I know.  For anyone interested there has been some discussion of a beer & food group locally…stay tuned for details.

So on to the show….It’s always nice to hear Mark & Chris on the air and today was no exception.  Today the show featured their Pot Belly Pumpkin Ale (available at Kelsey’s in Ashley).  I hope to be tasting this beer tonight actually at Elmer Sudds, but it sounded good.  The guys also discussed the reformulated I Love PA (another beer I hop to be trying this evening), the upcoming holiday Belsnickler Ale, and their work on the new 16-ton Imperial IPA to be released late winter/early spring.  Turns out there are two versions of the Belsnickler Belgian-ish ale, one darker than the other.  I’m not sure if they will each be bottled or if the guys intend to blend them before bottling.  Either way it sounds like we’re in for an interesting 8% ABV + holiday warmer and an exciting Imperial IPA in the spring.

Cheers Guys…..great show….and be sure to click on the photo.

Breaker Brewing Belsnickler Bottles

I couldn’t resist the alliteration and an easy excuse to show you a peek of the 22oz bottles getting ready to be filled with Breaker Brewing Belsnickler.

Breaker Brewing Co – Belsnickler & News

From Chris @ Breaker Brewing:

Our Pumpkin has been selling well and is on tap at a variety of our bars.  Coopers Scranton an AuRants will both soon be serving BBC Beer. Speaking of the Potbelly Pumpkin Ale it will be available next week during Backyard Ale House Fest.

We submitted our label for Belsnickler Ale to the TTB for approval in 22oz bottles.

The latest version of I-Love-PA came out I think where we wanted it to be...Grotto @ the lake just purchases 3 kegs of that, finally changing out the Anthracite Ale the has been running all summer.

Also we have been getting some requests to brew the Malty Maguire again so I believe we will be doing that before years end....

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And it sounds to me like the guys maybe looking for some more real-estate (i.e. a building!)

Breaker Brewing – Pot Belly Pumpkin is out!

Just thought you’d want a quick peek at the Breaker Brewing Pot Belly Pumpkin Ale handle.  They just delivered the first keg to Kelsey’s and it should be on tap there and other BB bars soon. 

Breaker Brewing – News & Brews

Just heard from Chris @ Breaker and he tells me They’ve just added Madison’s in Nanticoke to their list of Breaker bars (Anthracite Ale coming up). They will also will be working with the Wilkes-Barre Breakers Rugby team to make them their own beer tentatively named "Bloody Rugger Ale". The Breaker Brewing Pumpkin ale is almost ready and should be in some bars by next week, they have made a few batches of Belsnickler Ale to be ready for December. Also some time in January keep and eye out for their "16 Ton IPA" which will be an imperial IPA and Lunch Pail Ale which will be a very similar recipe to the original I-Love-PA.  Good stuff guys…can’t wait to try all the new beers.

Breaker Brewing Co – Samples in Wilkes-Barre for the Ousterhout Library

I’ve just heard from the guys that they will be pouring samples this Sat (10/3) on the rooftop.

Host:  Osterhout Free Library

Date:  Saturday, October 3, 2009

Time:  5:00pm - 7:30pm

Location:  Park & Lock East Parking Garage Roof

Street:  Corner of Market and Washington Streets

City/Town:  Wilkes-Barre, PA

Email:  ckelly@osterhout.lib.pa.us

Wilkes-Barre is going Topless! We are Raising the Roof with a Happy Hour Party on the Park & Lock East Garage Roof. Everyone over 21 is welcome. All proceeds benefit the Osterhout Library.

Breaker Brewing Co – Pot Belly Pumpkin Peek

Just thought you’d want to see a quick peek at Breaker Brewing Co’s new Pot Belly Pumpkin Ale going into the tanks.  It’s actually more of a picture of Mark looking into the tanks, but you get the idea.  Stay tuned for details on the release of Pot Belly Pumpkin Ale.

Chip the Beer Guy Rock 107 – Breaker Brewing Olde King Coal Stout

Today’s show featured our very own Chris & Mark from Breaker Brewing Company.  As I reported earlier, there is a lot of good news coming out of Breaker Brewing.  More and more local beer bars are serving up BBC beers, so many that the guys just had to purchase 30 more sixtels.  There are three new beers coming, Lunch Pale Ale (the renamed first version of I Love PA IPA), a new hoppier I Love PA (in the tanks now), the new Pot Belly Pumpkin Ale (also in the tanks) and their Christmas/Holiday ale to be named Belsnickler Ale—with Belgian candied sugar.  It’s always great to hear the guys on the radio and more importantly getting the recognition they deserve.  We very quickly forget how hard it is to do what Chris & Mark are doing, let alone how hard it is to be successful doing it.  Keep in mind Breaker Brewing Co is their second job.

Today the guys tasted Olde King Coal Stout, one of my favorite BBC beers.  They also revealed that their Belsnickler Ale will be bottled in bombers for aging and also perhaps aged in oak barrels for later consumption (stay tuned for details).

Congratulations guys and thanks to Chip, John, Jay & Ruthie for an entertaining show.  Cheers!