The pretty town of Media, PA, a few miles west of Philly in the suburban fringe, boasts two quality craft beer makers, one of the Iron Hill chain and
Sterling Pig Brewing Co., a small (10-bbl?) operation with a good-vibe taproom and a menu with some tasty barbecue, smoked on site.
Founded in July 2015 by local restaurateur Loic Barnieu, the pub's food fare does stand out from typical pub grub. The barbecue, like pulled pork, is smoked on the premises and the pizza comes out of a copper clad oven upstairs. The beer selection is much more varied than the typical IPA house, too. How many taprooms will have two pilsners on out of about a dozen choices?
Sterling was doing a standard pilsner, called Shoat (5% abv), hopped with just Mt. Hood, and Hoppin' Pils (4.9%), same process as Shoat to the end of the boil, then adding whole leaf Liberty hops in a hopback process. I tried both, liked the second version a bit better.
Another good pint was the Sty-Lander (yes, a
few piggy names here), a Strong Scotch ale at 8.3%. This had not just a malt-in-front taste, there was a bit of peat in there too.
The pizza oven is shown on the right.
(Visited 04/26/18)
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