Degroen's Weizen

Pros: Wonderfully Authentic Hefeweizen
Cons: Limited Distribution Area

That's BA for Bavaria, of course. Penn Hefeweizen isn't really from Germany, but you'll have no trouble believing it is. The Pennsylvania Brewing Company has been brewing authentic German beer styles for many years now, and this is certainly one of...

Pros: Sweet, smooth and beautiful
Cons: Can't get this beer back in Texas!

Pittsburgh has always been one of my favorite small American cities. It is just such a wonderfully down-to-earth place that I can't help but love it! Of course it helps that they are also a great city for baseball and beer. The funiculars are a bonus!...

Pros: One of the best Bavarian style wheat beers in America.
Cons: limited distribution

One of the great things about living in the Philadelphia area is proximity to many great beer cities. (Philly itself is an outstanding beer town but that's another story for another day.) Baltimore is one of the better beer cities on the East Coast....

Pros: Classic Bavarian wheat beer -- sweet and smooth
Cons: Limited distribution area

Spring might mean daffodils or easter bunnies to some people, but to me, it means it's time for a tall cold glass of cloudy wheat beer while I sit on the patio reading the Sunday paper. Bavarian-style wheat beers have always been associated with warm...

Pros: Penn Weizen is an authentic, top fermented, wheat beer that's conditioned in the bottle.
Cons: Just be careful pouring....

The craft brew revolution may have started on the West Coast in the 80's, but Pennsylvania, itself no newcomer to revolutions, has more than its share of quality breweries of the micro variety.

One such brewery is the Pennsylvania Brewery,...