Triumph (New Hope) Brewery Tour

Monday, we arrived at Triumph brewing in New Hope, PA… And I mean “arrived” in the loosest of manners, as River Horse and Triumph are, oh, about half of a mile apart. It’s not like we had far to go. Jeff had contacted Jay Misson, the head of brewing operations for Triumph, ahead of time and we were lucky enough that he was able to give us a private tour of the facilities.

We saw the whole shebang, including their walk-in storage refrigerator where Jay gave us a few choice gifts to remember the visit by. We can’t wait for a cool autumn night to crack those open! (UPDATE: We recieved a bottle of the Imperial Russian Stout and the Winter Bock, 750's each... We opened the IRS when I moved into a new apartment and threw a party for my friends. WOW! Triumph produces one of the best IRS's I have ever had. When we travelled to Sly Fox IPA Fest in December, we actually made sure to stop at Triumph to try the IRS on tap and were NOT disappointed. Devon and I were accompanied by our friend, Brian. The IRS was on Nitro tap, and it was as phenomenal as we remembered. If you're ever in town for the winter months, definitely stop in and try this beer!)

Anyway, after the tour we went to grab seats, some lunch, and a sampler of their beers which included: honey wheat, Irish red ale, German pilsner, Irish dry stout, IPA, saison, mild ale, and Irish red ale on cask. I know this is getting repetitive, but we were lucky as once again everything was great, and we even got a growler of the wheat and saison, our personal favorites! Also, while talking with Jay, he asked if we were planning to hit up Flying Fish Brewery. We said we would, but they weren’t doing tours that day. It turns out he knows the owner, and put in a phone call for us.

We headed straight over to Flying Fish and here's what we saw…