Nov 09 2011

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Iron Brewer is in the tank.

Remember the Iron Brewer contest we sponsor every year? (Here’s an article Joe Sixpack wrote about it if you don’t) Well I finally got around to having the contest winner in to brew his batch of beer.  We’ll be debuting it on November 28th at 7 pm and I’m sure the Barley Legal homebrewers will be out in force to celebrate [...]


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This year's "Iron Brewer"

Oct 27 2011

Iron Hill Brewery Maple Shade Iron Hill Brewery Maple Shade Chris LaPierre Brewer, Maple Shade

The Video Edition

I just realized there were a couple of video links I’ve been meaning to post for a while.  I’ve finally got a second to do it!  The first is a piece that Jeff Linkous did for his website Beer Stained Letter.  If you haven’t come across it yet, check it out.  It’s all about craft [...]


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Iron Hill Brewery

Oct 10 2011

Iron Hill Brewery Maple Shade Iron Hill Brewery Maple Shade Chris LaPierre Brewer, Maple Shade

Sander’s Cones on tap Wednesday evening.

Remember Sander?  Last year he came into the restaurant and offered me some fresh, off-the-vine hops from his backyard.  We dry hopped a few firkins with it last year with some great results.  Once again Sandy was generous enough to share his crop with me.  I dry hopped two kegs of our Kolsch with a [...]


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WholeHops

Oct 04 2011

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Iron Hill comes home with some jewelry!

I just wanted to take a moment to congratulate Bob, Vince and all of our brewers on our recent wins at the Great American Beer Fest.  Bob continued his uninterrupted ten-year winning streak with a silver medal for his Russian Imperial Stout.  Vince took his first (of many we’re sure) GABF medal in the form of a bronze [...]


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GABF Medal

Sep 28 2011

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Beer and Chocolate Event October 5th

Here at Iron Hill we’re all about pairing beer and food.  Most of you are familiar with the beer dinners we do here.   When I was working in West Chester I used to do a lot of beer and cheese events with a local cheese shop (Carlino’s) and did one really great chocolate event with [...]


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Beer&Chocolate

Sep 17 2011

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Meet Jerry Vietz & Drink some Unibroue 10/3

Some of you know that I used to work for the original Dock Street way back in the day.  That was a fun time in my life.  I made a lot of great friends there and have kept many of them.  One of them resurfaced after about a decade, my old buddy B.J. (uh, that’s Bernard now.  He’s [...]


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jerry-8603

Sep 10 2011

Iron Hill Brewery Maple Shade Iron Hill Brewery Maple Shade Chris LaPierre Brewer, Maple Shade

The Pumpkins are coming! Saturday, 9/24

I think I’m getting smarter in my old age.  For years (almost a decade in fact) I’d come to work super early and borrow the chef’s ovens to get my pumpkins roasted for the pumpkin ale.  I’d struggle with the unfamiliar kitchen and run back and forth between my mash in the brewery and my [...]


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PumpkinPour2

Aug 17 2011

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IPA celebration and Iron Fish Release 8/27

The Iron Fish is almost ready to surface!  This past Sunday Casey and I met up in one of our favorite center city bars to taste the Iron Fish and talk about how we wanted to dry-hop it.  I smuggled in a flat growler straight from the fermenter.  I dry-hopped it accordingly on Monday and again [...]


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IronFish

Aug 17 2011

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Christmas in July in August

Hey all. Just wanted to let you know that I’ll be tapping a firkin of Christmas in July tomorrow at 4 pm and leaving it on ’till it’s gone. Christmas in July is our Winter Warmer, a strong dark ale brewed with winter spices, aged in a used Bourbon barrel for several months. I came [...]


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ChristmasInJuly

Aug 09 2011

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Are you a woman who loves beer?

Beer for Babes, south jersey’s women’s beer appreciation club will be coming by tomorrow night for a tour of the brewery, a tutored tasting and relaxed discussion about, and of course enjoyment of craft beers.  Tara, the club’s founder is a freelance journalist who specializes in craft beer.  She’s writes for Philly Beer Scene, co-hosts Still [...]


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