Beer Trails: Five New Breweries Get Poconos And Susquehanna Valley Rocking

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After being so bereft of solid brewpubs, five worthy ones have sprung up along the expansive Northeastern Corridor of Pennsylvania sidling Route 80. In fact, a sixth pub soon to be ventured, Turkey Hill Brewing Company, had a large advertisement spotted at the Bloomsburg onramp to the tree-lined interstate highway while cruising back home to Jersey. Each independently run operation had its own tangible niche and interesting beer selection, helping to accelerate the growth of the Quaker State’s increasingly expansive brewing industry since 2009. Even Williamsport, a few miles northwest, has two new-sprung brewpubs competing with sterling mainstay Bullfrog Brewery (the free-spirited Bavarian Barbarian and more conventional Abbey Wright).

So I left the three kids at home alone, jumped in the car with my wife, Karen, and headed west to the Pocono Mountains and beyond for a two-day excursion on Good Friday. Our trip began at Shawnee-On-Delaware’s bucolic Gem & Keystone Restaurant, a maroon three-story Colonial edifice perfectly in tune with the surrounding wooded countryside. Located at the Shawnee Inn & Gold Resort alongside a rolling stream in easternmost part of the Poconos, this fabulous eatery served beers crafted at Shawnee Craft Brewery by Leo Bongiorno. As if to prove winter still had one last breath, I spotted a few leftover snowflakes before entering.

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