Why a Beer Tour Through Amish Country Is Surprisingly Great

Central Pennsylvania’s stunning landscape ranges from rolling hills dotted with farms to mountains with burbling streams and crashing waterfalls. Water isn’t the only thing flowing through PA. This bucolic backdrop is home to a bustling beer scene brimming with taprooms and breweries dappled throughout parts of Amish countryside.

“Central PA is a trove of unique natural areas, small towns and micro-cultures,” says Tim Yarrington, professor at Penn College in Williamsport and co-founder of and head of brewery operations at Elk Creek Cafe and Aleworks in Millheim. His advice: Take the long way through the middle of the state. “Get off the highways, skip the strip malls and seek the independently owned businesses on the smaller roads that are so vital to their communities.”

 

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