Ghost of a brewery

As I’ve mentioned, the story of Pennsylvania’s frontier (and that of much of the rest of the United States) is inextricably entwined with that of beer. Almost every town, camp, or outpost had some sort of plan for the provision of beer, much as they did for any other of life’s necessities.
We found an interesting example of this in a so-called “ghost town” in Pennsylvania’s Oil Country, a town once known by the unfortunate moniker of Pithole. Much of Pennsylvania’s history involves “firsts” which are later taken over in a big way somewhere else. Oil is no different, and shortly …read more