Brass Rail Beverage

August 6, 2008
All three people I encountered here were very friendly and eager to help. I told them just how painfully new I was/am to decent beer, and two guys tagteamed me, spending 10-15 mins answering questions and pointing things out. Quite impressed.

April 8, 2008
This by far the best distributor in Lebanon County. They have a great selection with a surprisingly high turnover of American micros and imports given the area. Very nice selection including: Founders (Centennial IPA, Breakfast Stout, Blushing Monk, etc), Hoppin’ Frog (Black and Tan, BORIS, Hoppin’ to Heavin, Mean Manalishi), Bell’s (Expedition, Two Hearted, Hop Slam, etc), Stone (Ruination, IPA, RIS), Moylans, DFH, Victory, etc. Great selection of imports and Belgians. As has already been said, lots of parking, clean, very helpful and knowledgeable staff.

November 25, 2007
Very nicely arranged case shop, almost in the middle of nowhere (but quite close to Hershey). Excellent selection of U.S. and foreign micros, including Founders, Bells, Stone, DFH, Hoppin Frog, etc., plus a lot of lesser-known mid-Atlantic cases. Trappist selection is solid. Very helpful staff, clean store, and plenty of parking. Glassware and t-shirts and such as well. You can tell the people here know what they’re doing, and micros seem to take preference over macros (front of the store, high visibility and turnover). No rare finds (the place is only three years old), but a great place to buy current releases. Highly recommended.

January 14, 2006 [ Updated April 22, 2006 ]
They have a very wide selection of micro’s and imports. Also has a list of the top 100 beers with RateBeer.com as a factor. Plenty of other information to complement their selection. Fairly knowledgable employees, and will give sample bottles of various is available. They have beer samplings every thursday. Clean, bright, friendly.

November 25, 2005 [ Updated October 24, 2007 ]
not a bad place, but nothing too great. Has a decent selection of imports and micros in cases, but nothing to go ga-ga about. Pretty much your average beer store.