USA Today has released its annual 10Best award nominees. They are asking readers to help them pick the 10Best among many different areas. Their travel experts select the top 20 nominees in contests covering food, lodging, destinations, travel gear, things to do and more. It’s up to you to make the final decision by casting your vote.
And many Pennsylvania beer brands have been nominated! See the nominees (and vote of course) below. Each person is allowed one vote per day.
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Best Beer Garden
Love City Gardens – Philadelphia
“All are welcome and celebrated at Love City Brewing, a popular brewery and beer garden created to bring Philadelphians together over their love for both their city and craft beer. Love City Gardens offers Love City brews, both canned and on tap, as well as a number of cocktails, wines, ciders, and mocktails. Guests are welcome to bring their own food or grab something delicious from whichever fantastic food truck the taproom is hosting during their visit.”
Vote For Love City
Best Brewery Tour
Troegs Independent Brewing – Hershey
“Visitors in Hershey can choose between three tour options at Tröegs Independent Brewing, a free self-guided tour through the heart of the brewery, a guided production tour or a Splinter Tour exploring the brewery’s barrel-aging program. The popular production tour includes a behind-the-scenes look at the wood-aging cellar, mill room, hop cooler, brewhouse, fermentation cellar and packaging line. A welcome beer is included.”
Vote For Troegs
Yards Brewing – Philadelphia
“A tour of Yards gives beer lovers an inside look at how one of Philadelphia’s most popular beers is made. These humorous (and entirely wheelchair accessible) tours take guests through the production facilities, with tastings along the way and last about 40 minutes.”
Vote For Yards
Best Beer Bar
Monks Cafe – Philadelphia
“Advertised as “the soul of Belgium in the heart of Philadelphia,” Monk’s Cafe prioritizes fine beer. Their Beer Bible is a guide to help bargoers select the beer that best fits their palate, choosing from over 200 bottles and 25 taps.”
Vote For Monks
Best Beer City
Philadelphia
“The City of Brotherly Love is a hard-drinking town – ask anyone who’s been on South Street during last call – and more and more Philadelphians are focusing their efforts on enjoying the area’s impressive craft brews. Fortunately, there’s no shortage of top-notch beer bars, from the much-lauded Monk’s Cafe to the equally impressive City Tap House. Yards Brewing Company is the city’s most popular craft brewery, and there are several smaller outfits that have popped up in recent years. Perhaps it’s the year-round event calendar that sets Philly’s beer scene apart. Spanning 10 days, Philly Beer Week is the country’s oldest and biggest event of its kind.”
Vote For Philadelphia
Best Beer Festival
Barrel & Flow Fest
During Pittsburgh’s Barrel & Flow Fest, formerly known as Fresh Fest, some 3,000 craft beer industry professionals and enthusiasts come together for a weekend celebrating Black-owned breweries with collaborations with Black artists and entrepreneurs from throughout Pennsylvania and the country.”
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Philly Bierfest
“Philadelphia’s German Society founded this German-inspired bierfest in 2011 to honor the state’s cultural and historical connection to Germany. The one-day event hosts Pennsylvania brewers who are creating traditional German-style brews and features German importers. Expert Gary Monterosso shares: “Since the return from the pandemic [hiatus], this event has emerged as one of the best.”
