Lots more going on in Lancaster

Lancaster County already has more breweries than any other county in Pennsylvania (Lancaster, Stoudt's, Iron Hill, Union Barrel Works, Spring House, Swashbuckler, Bube's, and JoBoy's)...and they're piling on. Check out this news. Spring House is opening their taproom in the Hager Arcade (25 W. King Street) tomorrow (no brewing on-site, but a much bigger outlet for the beer, and the Conestoga tasting room will be closing...too bad!), and St. Boniface Craft Brewing has their beer on sale for the first time tonight at their nanobrewery (100 N. State St., Ephrata). Yeah, that's right: a brewery in Ephrata. Blows my mind. They'll only have growlers of their imperial stout...heh, only...but more beers are coming.

More breweries coming, too; more here shortly. GO PA!

Bulls Head Pub open in Lititz

Quick note of congratulations (and a heads-up to real ale lovers in Lancaster County): Paul Pendyck, the beer engine guru of Lancaster, has opened the Bulls Head Pub in the General Sutter Inn, at 14 E. Main St. in Lititz (it's so new the website doesn't reflect the change yet). The inn has been hosting regular cask ale nights, but the Bulls Head will have two casks on at all times. Now I can visit and get some exquisitely well-cared for real ale on my schedule, and that's great!

So, apart from two good brewpubs, when is Lancaster city going to step up? Beer has been languishing there for years; McFly's is gone, Quips has gone downhill... I hear Crush is good, but it's a wine bar! The bar at the Lancaster Arts Hotel is good, but it's really more a restaurant. Where's the beer bar Lancaster deserves?