The Brew Works only ‘brews’ the best!

Our new coffee blend is the result of partnerships that develop a line from the birth of the bean to the smiles our our guests. The line runs from Fegley’s Brew Works through the Cosmic Cup (our roaster) back to Hacienda El Roble, a sustainable coffee farm in Los Santos, Colombia.

Fegley’s Brew Works is proud to use Mesa de los Santos beans for our house blend. Mesa is grown on Hacienda El Roble, an organic coffee estate in the Santander province of Colombia. In partnership with our roaster, Troy Reynard, of the Cosmic Cup in Easton we have formed this direct relationship between the coffee we serve and the people who grow and harvest the coffee.

Oswaldo Acevedo, owner of El Roble, is an innovator in both the quality of his coffee and the sustainability of his practices. Our Mesa Blend is a mix of carefully chosen coffee varietals, including Typica, Bourbon and Caturra, all uniquely suited to microclimate at El Roble. Our Mesa Blend is characterized by its smooth, sweet flavor, highlighted with hints of tropical fruit and chocolate.

The farm is Rainforest Alliance certified, which ensures our Mesa Blend conserves biodiversity and ensures sustainable livelihoods at origin. 168 species of birds can be found inside Hacienda El Roble, and the farm helps support a K-12 school that serves the entire Los Santos region. Growers and harvesters are paid above-average wages, enjoy good working conditions and have access to healthcare.

Common Questions Answered:

Is your new blend Fair Trade?

Our coffee is beyond Fair Trade. We have a direct relationship with the farm, which pays fair wages to its workers. Independent farms are not allowed to participate in the Fair Trade system. Only large cooperatives of hundreds or thousands of small farms are allowed to participate in the Fair Trade system. It’s hard to control quality and consistency on such a large scale. But we wanted to have a relationship with a single farm, so we could personally witness and participate in the sustainability and quality that happens at Hacienda El Roble. El Roble is also certified by Rainforest Alliance, which is a third-party that guarantees that the farm is socially and environmentally responsible.

We have decided to go beyond Fair Trade, ultimately, because we found that the Mesa coffee from El Roble was better. Through our relationship with El Roble and the farm’s Rainforest Alliance certification, we know that their workers are paid fairly and have access to education and health care.

Have you been to the farm?

Troy Reynard, our roaster, visited the farm this past January in part to create a relationship coffee blend for Fegley’s Brew Works. Troy will visit El Roble on an ongoing annual basis, to consult with the growers on quality and participate in development projects in the Los Santos region. Fegley’s Brew Works, by buying this coffee, is an active participant in this process.

Why did you change your blend?

The difference is night and day! We find our new Mesa Blend sweeter and smoother than our old blend. Troy has been developing blends and roasts with El Roble for 6 years. The growers are extremely meticulous in how they cultivate, harvest and process their coffee, and if you give it a chance, you will definitely taste it in the cup.

Is your coffee still organic? Is it shade grown?

Our Mesa Blend is certified organic, shade grown and bird friendly. The coffee trees are cultivated under a dense forest canopy, and is certified organic by BCS OKO-Garantie, a leading international certifier. El Roble is a habitat for over 120 varieties of migratory birds.

You have voiced your concerns and the Bethlehem Parking Authority has heard!

The Bethlehem Parking Authority will provide FREE PARKING to you when you dine at the Bethlehem Brew Works and have your stub validated at our host stand on your departure.

In addition, signs are coming to direct customers to the North Street Garage and the Walnut Street Garage.

Although they are not able to provide a perfect solution, they “want to be a partner in helping [us] provide personal service” to you, our valued guests!

THANK YOUs to:

Robert W. Curzi, Operations Manager, BPA; The Bethlehem Parking Authority; Mayor John Callahan; and the City of Bethlehem.

Great American Beer Festival

GABF Bronze – “Rude Elf’s Reserve” – 2009

GABF Silver – “Bagpiper’s Scotch Ale” – 2009

GABF Bronze – “Bagpiper’s Scotch Ale” – 2008

GABF Gold – “Pro-Am ‘William Allen’ IPA” – 2007

GABF Bronze – “Berliner Weisse” – 2006

World Beer Cup

Bronze – “Framboise Lambic” – 2008

Category 44: Belgian-Style Sour Ale, 28 entries
Gold: Geuze Boon, Boon Brouwerij N.V., Lembeek, Belgium
Silver: Oude Geuze Ale Oud Beersel, Oud Beersel, Brussels, Belgium
Bronze: Framboise, Allentown & Bethlehem Brew Works, Allentown, PA

In the highly competitive international field of Belgian-Style Sour Ale, Allentown & Bethlehem Brew Works in Allentown, Pennsylvania was awarded the Bronze for Framboise, placing it in the limelight with Gold winner Geuze Boon from Boon Brouwerij N.V. in Lembeek, Belgium and Silver winner Oude Geuze Ale Oud Beersel from Oud Beersel in Brussels, Belgium. A little prince among giants! – Carolyn Smagalski, BellaOnline’s Beer and Brewing Editor

Last month, Bethlehem’s raspberry-flavored Framboise was named the bronze medalist Belgian-style sour ale at the biennial World Beer Cup. It finished just behind two of the world’s most highly regarded lambics, Geuze Boon and Oud Beersel Oude Gueuze – both made in the Zenne Valley.  - Joe Sixpack, Philadelphia Daily News

World Beer Championships

Silver – “Chain Link Pilsener” – 2006

Gold – “Kriek Lambic” – 2005

Silver – “Rude Elf’s Reserve” – 2002

Silver – “Fegley’s ESB” – 2001

Silver – “Framboise Lambic” – 2001

Additional Company Commendations

BLUES BREWS AND BBQ, Best Baked Beans 2009

SOUPER BOWL CHAMPION, 2009 People’s Choice, Loaded Baked Potato; 2010 Chowder Winner,  Sweet Potato & Jalapeño Corn Chowder.

READERS CHOICE AWARDS, Morning Call (Tribune), 2004 Best Microbrewery, Best Beer Selection; 2005 Best Microbrewery, Best Beer Selection; 2006 Best Bar Overall; 2007 Best New Restaurant

BEST OF THE VALLEY, Lehigh Valley Magazine, 2004 Best Overall Bar; 2009 Best Bartenders, Best Beer Selection

URBANSPOON™, Brew Works is currently listed online as 1st, 2nd, and 8th Best Restaurants in region

ALLENTOWN PRESERVATION LEAGUE AWARD, May 2007, restoration and rebirth of property for Allentown Brew Works

MAYORAL CITATION, Allentown Brew Works Appreciation Day, October 12th, 2007

MAYORAL CITATION, Allentown Brew Works Appreciation Day, May 6th, 2009

COUNTY EXECUTIVE PROCLAMATION, May 2009, for Superior Commitment to the Greater Lehigh Valley

PA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CERTIFICATE, Jennifer Mann, HR132, Downtown Commitment Award

PA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CERTIFICATE, Jennifer Mann, HR132, PA Diversity Network Award

SENATE OF PENNSYLVANIA CERTIFICATE, Patrick M Browne, PASen16, PA Diversity Network Award

U.S. CONGRESSIONAL CERTIFICATE OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION, Hon. Charles W. Dent, PA 15, PA Diversity Award

U.S. SENATE CERTIFICATE OF SPECIAL RECOGNITION, Hon. Arlen Specter, PA Diversity Award

Congratulations to Chef Jill Oman and Sous Chef Justin Hogge of Bethlehem Brew Works

Jill and her team won the Souper Bowl Chowder category with Justin’s delicious recipe! We’ve decided to share the recipe with you so you can make Brew Works’ Sweet Potato and Jalapeño Corn Chowder soup right at home.

Brew Works Sweet Potato & Jalapeño Corn Chowder

2 sweet potatoes (2 cups)
½ cup finely diced onion
2 tbls. butter
1 quart chicken stock
2 cups corn (fresh or frozen)
2 teaspoons diced jalapenos
½ cup heavy cream
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
½ cup chopped green onion
½ lb. bacon

Peel sweet potatoes and cut into large chunks. Boil until soft. When cool, place in blender and pulse briefly to purée.

Dice bacon, then render it down until its nice and crisp. Save ½ of the drippings, and add it to the butter.

Sautee the onions in butter until done. Add sweet potatoes and stock. Bring to a boil, reducing liquid slightly.

Add corn, jalapeños, heavy cream, and salt. Simmer for five minutes, garnish with green onions and serve.

Awards for Fegley’s Brew Works

Reviews of Brew Works bottled beers

Hop’Solutely Triple IPA
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Insidious Imperial Stout
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Hop’Solutely a well-rounded ale

“He that buys land buys many stones; he that buys flesh buys many bones; he that buys eggs buys many shells, but he that buys good ale buys nothing else.” – John Ray

Beer: Hop’solutely
Made by: Fegley’s Brew Works, Allentown

Since opening in April 1998, Brew Works has only ever bottled a pair of seasonal beers, Rude Elf’s Reserve and its pumpkin ale. And that work was done on a contract basis through another brewery.

The demand and brand familiarity weren’t quite there to justify expanding the bottled options, but a growing craft beer market in and around Philadelphia helped open the door, according to Jeff Fegley, president and partner in the Allentown and Bethlehem Brew Works.

“There’s really an opening there that wasn’t there before,” he said.

Hop’Solutely marks the first beer brewed and bottled entirely by the family-owned brewery and will be followed shortly by a new seasonal bottled offering, Insidious Imperial Stout.

Brew Works decided to expand its bottled offerings after signing on with the Lehigh Valley IronPigs and Coca-Cola Park, which represented the brewery’s first major account outside the brewpubs, Fegley said.

“That’s when we saw the first real value in brand marketing,” he said.

In recent years, demand for craft beers in Philadelphia has blossomed with taps changing continually as drinkers demand the newest microbrew offerings, according to Fegley.

Brew Works is bottling out of its Allentown location with a bottling line that it purchased from a defunct brewery before the new brewpub even opened. Emmaus-based Shangy’s serves as Brew Works’ distributor for the Philadelphia area, and the bottled beers are available in 44 establishments locally and in the Southeast and Northeast.

Insidious is bottled and awaiting labels for distribution in about two weeks as a winter seasonal. Next up is Bagpiper’s Scotch Ale, winner of a bronze medal at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival in Denver and a silver at last year’s event.

Fegley said Scotch Ale will be a year-round beer set to debut this spring. Brew Works plans to bottle as many as four new seasonals this year, including some type of wit and a lambic, he said.

Web site: thebrewworks.comType of beer: India Pale Ale

British pale ales brewed for the Indian Empire were reportedly made with a higher strength and more hops to protect them on the long journey.

Rating: 4 pints out of 5Beer review: Hop’Solutely comes in a 25-ounce cork and cage bottle. It’s more of a copper-colored beer with, of course, a hoppy aroma, although not quite as hoppy as I expected.

There seems to be a particularly floral nose underneath the hoppiness, which is, in fact, a really nice undertone.

The aroma surprised me and the flavor surprised me even more. A fan of big bold IPAs, I was anticipating a hoppy explosion of sorts, considering the sheer hoppiness of Brew Works’ Hop Explosion IPA, which packs a bitter punch.

Hop’solutely, on the other hand, is more subtle. It has a softer edge on the palate with not as much aftertaste as one might expect from a bottle-conditioned triple IPA weighing in at 11.5 percent ABV. The bitterness is quite mellow with perhaps just even a touch of maltiness.

This could be an interesting option for someone on the fence about IPAs or even IPA training wheels for the uninitiated.

Those same floral notes seem to be drifting underneath the flavor. Does it even offer up just a touch of citrus? I’ve read where brewers indicate a beer offers hints of grapefruit. If you have a hoppy beer with a touch of bitterness, does that qualify as grapefruit?

Anyway, I liked it because of the balance. While I normally enjoy and embrace a much hoppier beer with more of bitter edge, this was a nice well-rounded beer with full body and flavor and a touch of bitterness to make it eminently drinkable.

Ed Sieger’s column of beer reviews and local beer news appears every two weeks in EXPOSED. He can be reached at 610-258-7171 or by e-mail at esieger@express-times.com.

When you purchase any main dish from our Menu, you can upgrade to first class for only $1.95 with a cup of one of our delicious soups.

Try our signature Beer Cheese soup! This luscious creation is made with over ten pounds of extra sharp cheddar cheese and our own Valley Golden Ale, blended and simmered to perfection.

Or try our delicious French Onion Soup Gratinée– a rich beef broth loaded with caramelized onions with a hint of sherry. Topped with a French baguette, swiss and provolone cheeses. Mmmm…Délicieux!

Or our Classic Chili prepared with all-natural ground beef & kidney beans mildly spiced with a touch of Steelworker’s Stout. Topped with cheddar & jack cheeses, it’ll warm your heart!

And ask about our soup of the day, because Executive Chefs Jill Oman (Bethlehem) and Aaron Custer (Allentown) are always simmering something special!

In the Hamilton Room: The Bridal Fair and Event Extravaganza 2010! This year with a fun Circus theme!

Over 60 of the Lehigh Valley’s premier bridal vendors to help you plan day of your dreams and the ultimate party event!

There will be plenty of giveaways and raffle prizes as we takeover 3 levels of the Allentown Brew Works to pack in all of the fun.

Specialty beer tastings and plenty of great things for the guys! Register to win a $500 gift certificate for a fabulous rehearsal dinner!

Tickets were: $5 presale or $8 day of the event.

Call: 610-433-7777 x 13

Manic Monday
Start Your Week on a Roll! 1/2 Price “Build Your Own Burgers” til 10pm
$5 Select Martinis & $2.50 Copper Kettle Pints

Tijuana Tuesday
$2 Tacos & $3 Quesadillas at the bar & hightops!
$3 Margaritas & $2 Pig Pen Pils

Wild Wednesday
40¢ Wings | $2.50 Copper Kettle Pints | $3 You Call It Well Drinks

Down the Shore Thursday
1/2 Pound Peel-N-Eat Shrimp…$5 | Pound of Clams…$5
$2 Steelgaarden Wits | $4 Long Island Iced Teas

Friday Office Party
“Dollar Lobster Tails!”
Add a lobster tail to any all natural steak for only $1!!! 5 to 11pm
$8 Brewer’s Choice Pitchers at the bar & hightops! | $4 Cosmopolitans

Sensational Saturday
1/2 Price Kids Meals 11 to 4pm | $3 Mimosas & $3 Bloody Marys
$4 Flavored Long Islands & $4 Pomegranate Martinis, ALL DAY!
$8 Brewer’s Choice Pitchers at the bar & hightops!
HALF PRICE APPETIZERS & PIZZAS in Silk til midnight!

Family Day Sunday
BUILD YOUR OWN PIZZA NIGHT…$7.99 Choose up to 6 Chef’s Toppings!
Kids Eat Free! 4 to 8pm
$2 Porters | $3 Mimosas | $3 Bloody Marys

ABW Happy Hour
5 to 7pm Weekdays

$3 SELECT DRAFTS!  $5

Drink Specials:

Raspberry Mojitos
Not So Martini
Strawberry Cosmo
In Grape A Bull Martini
Espresso Cream Martini

$5 Food Specials:
Peel & Eat Shrimp (1/2 lb)
Fried Ravioli
Margherita Pizza
Onion Petals

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BREAKING NEWS!

Biggest Loser champion comes to Allentown Brew Works December 23rd

Allentown, PA—A woman who has conquered both tough audiences and obesity comes to the Allentown Brew Works to headline a special comedy event! Poppi Kramer will be one of three performers in the Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad show at 8pm on Wednesday, December 23rd. Tickets are on sale now at www.TheBrewWorks.com.

Kramer, who was listed among New York City’s hottest comics in The Village Voice, won Season 3 of NBC’s Biggest Loser, dropping over one hundred pounds. She has taken that experience, among with many others surrounding her life as a previously overweight Jewish woman, across the country with her hilarious brand of stand-up comedy.

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Shawn Prelovsky

Joining Kramer will be Ophira Eisenberg, a finalist in Comedy Central’s Laugh Riots competition who has also been featured on Comedy Central’s Premium Blend. Eisenberg has also appeared on The Guardian (CBS), Queer As Folk (Showtime), Best Week Ever (VH1’s the Oxygen Network), and her own half-hour comedy special in her native Canada on CTV’s “Comedy Now!” Hosting Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad is Shawn Pelofsky, whose TV appearances include Comics Unleashed and the Chelsea Handler Show on E!

This Allentown Brew Works special comedy event is produced by Ryan Hill, host/producer of Tickle Me Tuesdays, the Lehigh Valley’s only stand-up comedy showcase. Tickets are $12.50 in advance and $15 at the show. Please note that advance tickets are only available online at www.TheBrewWorks.com and that reservations will not be taken at the Brew Works, they are guaranteed with advance ticket purchase.

For more information, or to schedule an interview with Kramer or anyone else involved with Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad at the Allentown Brew Works, please contact Ryan Hill at ticklemetues@gmail.com or by calling 484.951.3969.

The Bethlehem Brew Works is proud to release our latest “Masterpiece” in the Brew Works long list of fine Pale Ales. Our interpretation of this classic British Style uses powerfully bitter Magnum hops for a lovely initial bite. The patriotic American in us, however, couldn’t help but to dry hop a ridiculous amount of Cascade hops to bring forth a nice grapefruit aroma. Available on tap now in the Christmas City for all those who love Father Christmas, and those who love good ‘ol Santa Claus!

A Fantastic way to watch the game with a buddy! Or bring the Family!

Enjoy the new Weekly Specials at the Brew Works on the Green!

Buy One Get One Appetizer FREE!  All Day, All Night! EVERY  SUNDAY!

Buy One Get One Burger FREE! All Day, All Night! EVERY MONDAY!

(Both offers are buy one get one of equal or lesser value free, dine in only, at the Brew Works on the Green)

A scale used to measure the bitterness of a beer.  an IBU is one part per million of Isohumulone, an acid derived from the hop.  The higher the IBU number the bigger the bite at the back of the tongue.

Examples:

American Pilseners (bud, miller, coors) 12-15 IBU’s
Pale Ale (ABW Copper Kettle, Sierra nevada) 30-50 IBU’s
IPA (ABW Hop Explosion, Russian River, Weyerbacher) 50-120 IBU’s
Porter ( ABW Pawn Shop Porter, Deschutes, Anchor) 25-40 IBU’s

Allentown, PA—Tickle Me Tuesdays, the Lehigh Valley’s only stand-up comedy showcase regularly featuring local talent alongside professional comics from New York & Philadelphia, will be held on the 1st and 15th of December in the Allentown Brew Works’ High Gravity Lounge. Each show features 5-6 amateur & semi-professional comics from the Lehigh Valley and beyond, and each show ends with a professional headliner.

The following is the headliner information for December:

December 1st headliner – Steve Balbier. This up-and-coming young comedian from Philadelphia has made a name for himself on the Philly scene with his unique, dry style. A teacher by day and a comic by night, Steve lets audiences know what smart teachers are really thinking when they’re dealing with dumb kids. Steve has performed throughout the greater Philly area and beyond, sometimes showing up on the popular ‘Ministry of Secret Jokes’ show among many other shows where the cool people hang out.

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December 15th headliner – Larry DeFelice. Larry’s clean, high-energy act has been enjoyed by hundreds of audiences in venues ranging from traditional comedy clubs to church basements to banquet halls. He has been heard on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio (“New Rascals Comedy Hour” & “The Wiseguy Show”) and has been seen in a national television commercial for Circuit City Electronic Stores, as well as sketch work on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien show. Impressions of TV and movie characters fill his act, which is also peppered with his life experiences of being “on the cusp”. (Larry’s height of 4’10″ puts him “on the cusp” between “The Normals” and “The Little People”) Think, “The Sopranos meets Fantasy Island”!

Both of these shows are at 8pm on their respective dates, with doors opening at 7pm. Tickle Me Tuesdays are hosted and produced by Bethlehem-based professional comedian Ryan Hill; Fountain Hill-based comic Kate Hayes will be the guest-host for the December 1st show.

Click here for more information about Tickle Me Tuesdays

Classic American Style Ale made famous or some may say infamous by a large regional brewery from New York in the seventies. Cream Ales are light, Crisp and refreshing and Cold rolling Cream Ale is no exception. Cold Rolling is 4.7% ABV and a straw color and smooth taste.

As the leaves blow merrily from the trees to the ground,
Something special is pouring right here in downtown,
And it soon was discovered, yes I say, it was found,
That even a Grinch would love Beau’s new Nutso Brown.
So come in and imbibe a snif-snofterly taste,
Get every last drop, and let none go to waste,
And unwind your unwinder when you’ve got yourself wound,
On Hamilton Street with the new Nutso Brown.

That’s right! we are rolling out the barrel once again with our newest release: Nutso Brown Ale.  Nutso is 4.8% ABV with a deep mahogany color.  This brew has a nutty, chocolate and caramel flavor that comes from specially selected roasted malts and finishes with a floral english hop aroma. Available at the Allentown Brew Works.

Come raise a toast! Come one and come all!

And hope you don’t find your glass two sizes too small!

Currently we are scouting for new talent with our open mic nights and will be scheduling the top musicians for upcoming Saturdays!

Previous performers include:

Scott McKenna Scott is a singer/songwriter specializing in acoustic originals and covers. You can expect to hear from some of his favorite influences- Jason Mraz, John Mayer and Dave Matthews!

Mike Metzgar Mike performs extensively in the Poconos, Easton area and in New York City playing a super-fun set of popular covers with everything across the board from the Johnny Cash to Jimmy Buffett. It’s a  broad selection of classic and modern popular rock. Acoustically performing all of your favorites with a catchy mix of guitar, vocals and humor at every performance.

The Rum Runnerz – Mike Gallagher and Ed McCartan! Perform a great acoustic set covering artists such as the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, The Band, and many more!

Allentown, PA—Tickle Me Tuesdays, the Lehigh Valley’s only stand-up comedy showcase regularly featuring local talent alongside professional comics from New York & Philadelphia, will be held on the 10th and 17th of November in the Allentown Brew Works’ High Gravity Lounge. Each show features 5-6 amateur & semi-professional comics from the Lehigh Valley and beyond, and each show ends with a professional headliner.

The following is the headliner information for November:

November 10th headliner – Alex House. Based in Easton, Alex is a two time winner in the Bud Light’s Ladies Of Laughter Comedy Contest, has participated in the Toyota Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival and the Arizona Women’s Funny Fest. She has also been on ABC’s “The View” twice in the course of two weeks and was one of the East Coast Semi-finalists chosen out of thousands of comics on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”. When she’s not performing comedy, she studies acting with coach JoAnna Beckson, whose past students include Ray Romano, Dave Chappelle and Brett Butler.

November 17th headliner – Kenny Michaels. One of the hosts of the Conte & Kenny radio show, broadcast on CringeHumorRadio.com every Monday night, Kenny Michaels has been making his way through the New Jersey comedy scene in the past few years. Now often a headliner at clubs and colleges up and down the East Coast, Kenny has also opened for Otto & George.

Both of these shows are at 8pm on their respective dates, with doors opening at 7pm. Tickle Me Tuesdays are hosted and produced by Bethlehem-based professional comedian Ryan Hill; Breinigsville-based comic Randy Tonge will be the guest-host for the November 10th show.

Tickle Me Tuesdays are normally the first and third Tuesday of every month; November’s shows were changed due to Election Day. The Allentown Brew Works is located at 812 W. Hamilton Street in Allentown. Advance tickets are not available, but reservations can be made by calling the Brew Works at 610.433.7777. Free parking is available on all surrounding streets, including Hamilton, 8th and 9th, anytime after 6pm. There is also a free parking lot available off of 8th Street between Hamilton and Linden Streets; the entrance to the Brew Works is less than 50 yards from that lot.

For more information, please check out our Tickle Me Tuesday event page.

The holiday season is official here and what better way to celebrate than with our awarding winning seasonal ale. Rude Elf is fresh off a Bronze Medal win at The Great American Beer Festival and ready for your consumption.

Rude Elf’s Reserve is comes in at a whopping 10.5% ABV and is brewed with a special blend of spices and a unique selection of Belgian yeasts to create a warm and inviting holiday brew. Belgian brews are typical served in a special unique glass and the Brew Works has just the right one to enjoy this wonderful elixir in. Our 13oz Tulip glass will allow you to experience the wonderful aromatics and the beautiful reddish hue.

Due to the alcohol content we will only be serving Rude Elf in our 12oz Goblet but you will still get mug club pricing. Free mug club Goblets are available from 11-03-09 until 11-09-09 or until our next new brew is tapped.

Also, Rude Elf is available in 25.4oz bottles with cork and cage finish as singles or gift packs of four. These will go very quickly so get yours today!

We’re proud to have our great beer at Scranton’s #1 Restaurant!

Cooper’s Seafood House 701 N. Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA

Best Overall Restaurant, Best Seafood and Best Beer Menu in the Electric City
Best Overall Restaurant and Best Seafood in the Diamond City & Best Restaurant and Best Seafood in in the Weekender Readers Choice Poll.

At Cooper’s Seafood House you can find some of the finest beers on 14 drafts and among a massive bottle selection.  Fegley’s Brew Works is happy to be a part of it!

While in Scranton, you can find Fegley’s PUMPKIN ALE on draft and HOP’SOLUTELY and RUDE ELF’S RESERVE in bottles. Brew Master Beau Baden grew up literally across the street, went to school a block away!  This became his regular haunt when it was time, and he is known to raise a glass here still!

Owned and operated by the Cooper family since 1948 Coopers has become a landmark in Scranton PA. The current location has evolved a long way from the original restaurant that used to be the passenger station of the Erie – Lackawanna Train Station and now encompasses a life sized pirate ship that houses the ships pub, the lighthouse bar, the tiki bar deck, the whale room, the train room and the private coral room.

What else does Cooper’s and Fegley’s Brew Works have in common?

We each hosted a President of the United States! Brew Works hosted President Barack Obama in Bethlehem and Cooper’s hosted President Bill Clinton.

ON JOY & SORROW – THE GLASS PRISM STORY

The Glass Prism rose to rock ‘n roll fame in the 1960s using the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe as the lyrics to its groovin’ progressive rock tunes, but the group’s journey to stardom was quickly snuffed out like so many bands of the time. Now the guys are back and ready to rock again!

An Official 2009 Selection of the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and the Flint Film Festival of Flint, Michigan. From associate producer/co-writer Sarah, editor Matt Lewis, (both ALLENTOWN RESIDENTS), and producer Bob Ross (Jim Thorpe). The three filmmakers will be in attendance at the screening on Oct. 24 in the Silk Lounge.

Doors open 7, screening runs 7:30 to 8:30 pm.

The event is open to the public.

The official blogsite for the film is: onjoyandsorrow.blogspot.com

The YouTube link to the trailer is HERE.

Nineteenth century poetry and 1960s rock ‘n roll converge in the documentary-

“On Joy & Sorrow: The Glass Prism Story.”
The Glass Prism was a psychedelic band from 1960s Scranton, PA, credited with creating the first
“concept album.” The band adopted the poems of Edgar Allan Poe as the lyrics for each song on
their entire first album, “Poe Through The Glass Prism,” which was recorded and engineered by
the legendary Les Paul.

The album scored big on the Billboard and Cash Box charts and the foursome of blue-collar coal country boys found themselves riding a tidal wave of success. Despite soaring popularity, the loss of a lucrative national tour with the world-famous Blood, Sweat & Tears and the disappearance of the group’s manager stalled the Prism’s progress and halted their rise to fame.

This film chronicles their formation as the poppy teen group the El Caminos, transformation to the groovy Glass Prism, decline amid the 1970s hard rock scene and the ultimate decision to reunite and start rockin’ again with their first big concert in 40 years. The film contains in-depth interviews from the founding members, the ever-loyal fans, an Edgar Allan Poe expert, and the late Les Paul, plus footage from two live concerts the group completed during the making of the documentary.

The film takes the viewer to Scranton, Philadelphia and New York City, and from the 1960s to the present, with expert use of archival film footage and historic images of the band.

Allentown, PA
September 26th, 2009

Results are in from the world’s largest and most popular beer competition in the world -  the 2009 Great American Beer Festival – and Fegley’s Allentown & Bethlehem Brew Works have won awards in two categories. Brewmaster Beau Baden produced the 2009 vintage of the Brew Works annual holiday ale, Rude Elf’s Reserve, which received the Bronze Medal in the “Herb and Spice or Chocolate Beer” category. He also recreated the Bagpiper’s Scotch Ale (which won the 2008 GABF Bronze), and this year’s production of that seasonal brought home the Silver Medal.

Great American Beer Festival medals are among the most coveted by brewers regardless of commercial size. It was a 1985 GABF gold medal that Jim Koch and the Boston Beer Company used to take Samuel Adams Boston Lager on it’s historic rise out of New England and around the globe. In its first two and a half years of operation, Fegley’s Allentown Brew Works has now won medals three years in a row (the 2007 Gold Medal in the Pro-Am category, the 2008 Bronze, and this years double prize). Baden also won for Bethlehem Brew Works in 2006 with a GABF Bronze for Berliner Weisse.

“Beer geeks notice when you keep on winning,” said a beaming Beau Baden. He had just received news from the Denver festival where 132 judges evaluated 3,308 beers to pick the best entries of 78 beer style categories, and was proud that the Fegley’s Brew Works continues its streak of wins. The company overall has medaled in every major competition entered over the past four years.

“We never entered the Rude Elf’s [Reserve] before because it’s a holiday beer and the cutoff time for entry was too early,” said Brew Works owner Jeff Fegley, “but because we’re bottling this year we already had samples aging and ready to go. And it won!” The two Brew Works GABF medals helped put Pennsylvania in the top five medal winning states at the festival. Top states to win medals this year were CO (45), CA (39), OR (22), WA (13), PA (12).

The Silver Medal Bagpiper’s Scotch Ale is currently on tap at all three Brew Works locations: in Bethlehem at 569 Main; in Allentown at 812 Hamilton; and at the new Brew Works on the Green at 3400 Tilghman (at the Allentown Municipal Golf Course).

The Bronze Medal Rude Elf’s Reserve will be available on tap in November to the public in a few weeks, as well as in bottles suitable for Christmas gifts. The bottles of the holiday ale will be at the restaurants and select distributors in the Lehigh Valley.

Brew Works Winners

Rude Elf’s Reserve
1.095 O.G., 10.5% ABV
GABF Bronze 2009 (Category: 5 Herb and Spice or Chocolate Beer)
World Beer Championships Silver 2002

Belgian style holiday beer brewed with dark Belgian candi sugar and special spices. A spicy aroma and flavor with a sweet maltiness.

Bagpiper’s Scotch Ale
1.084 O.G., 8.5% ABV
GABF Silver 2009 (Category: 76 Scotch Ale)
GABF Bronze 2008

Strong, malty, full bodied ale. Dark red in color, with flavors of caramel and smoked & roasted malts.

2009 GABF Top Medal Winning States

Pennsylvania 2009 GABF Medal Winners

2009 GABF Quick Stats

• 49,000 Attendees (includes brewers, volunteers, and tick holders)
• 3,308 Beers in the GABF Competition
• 3,000 Volunteers
• 2,100 Beers served in the hall
• 495 Breweries in the competition
• 457 Breweries in the festival hall
• 132 Judges from 10 countries
• 78 Categories judged + Pro-Am category
• 72 Beers entered into the Pro-Am Competition
• 51 Breweries attending for the first time

Press Contact

For more information or to schedule photos or interviews contact -

Michael Fegley
Marketing and Public Relations
Allentown and Bethlehem Brew Works
812 W. Hamilton Street
Allentown, PA 18101
610.433.7777 x26
mike@thebrewworks.com

Former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), Mike Fegley, and Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.). Photo Credit: Mike Laws

Read all about the 9/2/2009 event:

The Hill’s BLOG BRIEFING ROOM “[It was a] night of bipartisan discussion and imbibing…”

The Philadelphia Inquirer “The beer’s on me,” Toomey said.

The Morning Call “The two candidates have agreed to meet afterwards at the Allentown Brew Works over a beer.”

And From Politics PA.com:

Sestak, Toomey share a Brew at “beer summit”

By Alex Roarty
PoliticsPA Staff Writer
roarty@politicspa.com

ALLENTOWN – They arrived at Muhlenberg College, they answered health-care questions, they spoke to reporters afterward.

And then Pat Toomey and Joe Sestak drank.

Following through on an idea meant to echo President Barack Obama’s famous “beer summit” with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and James Crowley, the two Senatorial candidates and their staffs met at Allentown Brew Works shortly after their health-care town hall. The downtown location was near Toomey’s campaign headquarters, and the bar’s relatively close quarters meant the campaign staffs, on completely different sides of the ideological spectrum were forced to mingle.

Not that that was a problem for the candidates themselves. The two shared a table for about an hour, each with a beer. The town hall had gone well, with neither candidate personally attacking the other. In fact, the two took time to compliment the other for engaging in honest, civil public discourse.

The two campaigns had mostly set up on either side of the narrow bar area. Facing away from the bar itself, the Sestak staffers sat on the left, Toomey staffers on the right.

Perhaps even more appropriately, a small group of Specter campaign members sat in the middle.

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Senator Arlen Specter and Mike Fegley

NOTE: Not wanting to leave out Senator Arlen Specter, I was able to say hello to him too in Philadelphia recently.  

Join us all season long as we present these gridiron specials:

SUNDAYS - $2.00 Lager Pints and 40¢ wings! ALL DAY!

MONDAYS - $2.00 Lager Pints and you can fill up with our ½ price U-Build-It Burgers!

Available on tap for a limited time at all three Fegley’s Brew Works locations.

COMING SOON: Also available in bottles for your enjoyment…purchase locations TBA.

Allentown

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