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Discover the Art of Craft Beer Brewing at Stoker's Brewery & BIERGARTEN

25 Different Handcrafted Beers BREWED ON-SITE !

Judged

BEST OF SHOW

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2024 Pennsylvania Farm Show

Explore Our Unique Beer Selection

Fantasifull Dream ~ 2025

CELEBRATE DIVERSITY

Our Philosophy

At STOKER’S BREWERY, we are committed to brewing a wide variety of exceptional beers using traditional, time-honored methods and innovative techniques.

Our dedication to quality and craftsmanship shines through in every beer we brew for YOU!

“All told, Stoker’s tap list covers an eclectic range of light and dark, bold and bright, clean yet complex. There’s a beer for every palate, and a few to pique even the least curious among us… each delivering remarkably on its advertised profile.”

—Jonathan Davies, DiscoverNEPA

BREWS & VIEWS: THE AWARD-WINNING Works of STOKER’S BREWERY

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KINDLING KWAD

Belgian Dark Strong Ale

11.0% ABV

Judged

BEST OF SHOW 🏆

Brewer’s Choice Award

2024 PA Farm Show

TAP LIST

25 Different Handcrafted Beers BREWED ON-SITE!

w/ ingredients sourced from countries of origin.

“Stoker’s brewhouse, like the chef’s kitchen, the poet’s desk, or the artist’s studio, is a sacred temple. It’s as much a space of the mind as it is of cinder blocks and ceiling joists… Nowhere is that more evident than in Stoker’s wide selection of masterfully crafted beers.”

—Jonathan Davies, DiscoverNEPA

Pumpkin Ale

5.1% ABV

’Jack’ is back! 🎃

Oud Bruin

5.7% ABV

Belgian-style Flanders Brown. Cellar aged for more than a year.

Bay Breeze

5.0% ABV

Summer Ale.
Best enjoyed in flip flops 🩴

Irish Coffee Stout

5.6% ABV

Nitro

Myrtille 🥉

5.1% ABV

Wild Blueberry Lambic

Key Lime Pie

5.0% ABV

Ale brewed with key lime rind, and served with a rim of homemade whipped cream and graham cracker crumb

Raspberry Truffle Stout

6.0% ABV

Nitro

Chocolate Porter S’mores

6.4% ABV

Finished w/ a rim of Graham Cracker Crumb & Marshmallow

American Wheat

5.0% ABV

Crisp & Clean Ale

Mauch Chunk Street Rauchbier

5.7% ABV

Beechwood Smoked German Lager

Plzyenský Drozd 🥇

5.3% ABV

Traditional Czech Pilsner

'Fest

5.3% ABV

Märzen

German Amber Lager

Hazy Hopper 'No.9'

6.4% ABV

Hazy IPA

TropiHop

6.4% ABV

Hazy IPA w/ Passionfruit, Orange & Guava

Yo Bot! Apricot

4.6% ABV

Fruited Sour Ale

Ale Rider

7.6% ABV

West Coast American IPA

Stogaarden

4.9% ABV

Belgian Wit Ale

Jalapeño Lime Wit

5.1% ABV

Chili Pepper Ale

Fantasifull Dream

8.4% ABV

Anniversary Hazy IPA

Tangerine Dream

8.4% ABV

Anniversary Hazy IPA w/ Tangerine

Hefeweizen

5.0% ABV

German Wheat Ale

Blood Orange Hefeweizen

5.0% ABV

German Wheat Ale w/ Blood Orange

Grapefruit Hefeweizen

5.0% ABV

German Wheat Ale w/ Grapefruit

Peach Cobbler Ale 🥇🥇

5.1% ABV

Served w/ optional Cinnamon/Sugar Rim

Divine 🥇

9.6% ABV

Belgian Strong Golden Ale

Kindling Kwad 🏆🥇🥈🥉

11.0% ABV

Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Tap List changes seasonally; for holidays; on a whim. Selections may differ.

IN 2017, when I told folks of my plan to open a craft brewery in the small, Pennsylvania coal region

town of Tamaqua,

they laughed.

⁉️ 😂

When I told them that I bought, and was refurbishing a dilapidated old building that sat vacant for the better part of a decade—smack dab in the center of one of the more undesirable neighborhoods in town—

they told me I was crazy.

🤪 ‼️

“His self-consuming use of his retirement funds to pursue his FANTASIFULL DREAM of opening a brew delivery pub as reviewed before is neither credible nor realistic.”

These words were written as part of a legal OPINION in 2017, so I thought it only fitting to pay tribute to them by naming our Anniversary Hazy IPA—FANTASIFULL DREAM—in recognition of it.

These words grow more and more meaningful with each passing year.

THE IMPROVEMENTS we’ve witnessed in our

Mauch Chunk Street neighborhood and town

since opening our doors in the summer of 2018,

have been nothing short of remarkable.

“A new energy radiates from the central Five Points intersection.” —wrote Jonathan Davies in a DiscoverNEPA Brewer’s Loop Series article published in December, 2019.

“There’s an enthusiasm here fueled by passion, artistry and hereditary grit. And it’s all driven by a forward-thinking breed of entrepreneurs, restauranteurs and community leaders.”

“At the heart of it all, a quiet, dedicated man brews his beer in the back room of a former dry cleaner. His story, along with those of the beer, the building and the town welcome some odd cosmic lineage. Each spills its lesson like a secret into every pint – whispering to willing ears, “Full steam… Onward!”

“The name of the town is Tamaqua, and this gutsy craft brewery illustrating its rise from the slag heap of quiescence is Stoker’s Brewery.”

STOKER’S BREWERY CUSTOMERS, many of whom also patronize local restaurants, businesses, venues and events while visiting, have breathed new socio-economic life into our neighborhood, community and region.

Folks are starting to see the small, coal region town of Tamaqua in a new light, and Stoker's Brewing Company is humbled and blessed to be a part of that.

Thank YOU for helping change the narrative❗️

Thank YOU for making a difference❗️

None of this would be possible without

YOU ‼️ ❤️

If the true meaning of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, then maybe opening a craft brewery in one of the more undesirable neighborhoods in town,

WASN’T so crazy after all.

So come raise a glass to YOUR Fantasifull Dreams—and don’t forget to toast your inspirational naysayers too—because here at Stoker’s Brewery,

we know FIRSTHAND…

Opinions only matter if YOU allow them to.

Cheers❗️🍻

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Doug Drost

Founder / Brewmaster

Stoker’s Brewing Company

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Better yet, see YOU in person!

We LOVE our customers ❤️ so feel free to visit during normal business hours.

“Stop by Stoker’s Brewing Company on your next craft beer adventure. Grab a seat. Try a flight and go make a friend out of a nearby stranger.”

—Jonathan Davies, DiscoverNEPA

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STOKER’S BREWERY & BIERGARTEN

Stoker's Brewing Company, 36 Mauch Chunk St, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania 18252, United States

Hours

Mon	Closed
Tue	Closed
Wed	Closed
Thu	Closed
Fri	04:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Sat	02:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Sun	Closed

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A NECESSARY DISRUPTION TO THE ORDER OF THINGS

“An overhead view of Tamaqua reveals a beautifully compact marvel of grid planning. The eye and even the flow of traffic directs inward to the Five Points business district.”

Circa ~ 1996

In the fall of 1996, my godfather gave my dad a homebrew kit for his 65th birthday. My dad jokingly told him that—being he was retired now—he would rather just drink the beer, not make it. So he gave me the kit, and asked me to brew him a batch instead.

From that first batch on, I was hooked.

Soon afterwards, I found myself enrolled in brewing school at Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago. Over a quarter century later…

I haven't stopped brewing since.

When I told my godfather of my plan to open a craft brewery some day, he wrote me a letter of encouragement…

“I hope you go ahead with your plan as the only way to true success in life is to fulfill your dreams.”

Words of wisdom, indeed.

My godfather and my dad are no longer with us,

but the memories of them and that homebrew kit retirement gift that started it all, live on in the taps of Stoker's Brewery.

Circa ~ 2001

In the summer of 2001, I had the privilege of meeting English beer journalist, Michael Jackson, host of the popular 90’s television series—

THE BEER HUNTER. I told him what a big influence his books had on me and my life,

and then blamed him for my out-of-control hobby.

He laughed.

We talked about our mutual affinity for Belgian beers, and when I asked him…

How do you get a job like yours?

he paused for a moment,

then looked up at me from over his eyeglasses

and said…

“You create it.”

He then signed a copy of his BEER COMPANION book with the following, understated message written in it…

To Doug,

Brew great Belgians!

—Michael Jackson

28 July, 2001

These words still resonate with me today.

OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE

Reflections on Stoker’s 7th Anniversary

August, 2025

Some 25-odd years ago in the quaint,

Pennsylvania college town of Bloomsburg,

a small brewpub start-up by the name of

Starving Artist Brewing Company

was in the works.

Visible from Main Street in the center of town,

folks passing by could catch a glimpse

of a gleaming 3.5-barrel brewery,

prominently displayed behind

floor-to-ceiling plate glass windows.

One could almost smell the hand-tossed

gourmet pizza sizzling in the rustic,

wood-fired brick oven installed inside.

Across the street was the county courthouse.

Next door was an historic, majestic hotel.

Right around the corner was the community

arts and theater district.

Location, location, location…

There were no brewpubs in the area at that time,

and most folks in town were either unaware

or unfamiliar with the concept.

Sound familiar yet?

But working a full-time job while trying to

open a brewpub on a shoestring budget,

certainly has its challenges.

Navigating a sea of regulatory red tape

with no foreseeable end in sight

was just one of them.

And it required far more time and start-up capital

than originally planned for.

When a “plan b” promise made by an angel investor

to help out if needed fell through,

and local venture capitalists were unwilling

to take a chance on an entrepreneur

with a solid business plan

but no proven track record of success,

9 months of renovations and 18-hour work days

riddled with blood, sweat and tears,

didn’t matter much at all.

Inevitability, the painstaking business decision

to cut losses and liquidate assets

had to be made.

So why am I telling you all of this?

Because the Starving Artist Brewing Company

was my FAILED first attempt

at opening my own brewery.

Pulling the plug on that dream project of mine,

devastated me to the core.

It took me a long time to recover from that.

But invaluable lessons were learned along the way.

Lessons, I’ll never forget.

Lessons that I still apply and am grateful for,

today.

Fast forward all these years later and here we are…

”Knockin’ on the Door“ of Stoker’s Brewing Company’s

7th Anniversary Fantasifull Dream Celebration.

I digress.

As the thoughts and emotions of the past 30 years

run through my mind like a loaded steam train

chugging through town,

there is one thought that stands out above the rest.
Rudyard Kipling said it best…

“Success and Failure are Imposters.

Treat both those Imposters, just the same.”

I muttered those words to myself many years ago.

I still mutter them to myself, today.

Nobody said it was easy.

Nothing worth having, ever is.

It’s been a long, hard journey,

but now it all makes sense.

I was given the Divine gift of another opportunity.

I am blessed to have seen it come to fruition.

I am truly grateful for each and every one of you.

The smiles on people’s faces,

and the friendships made along the way

—all over a glass of beer—

are what I value and cherish most.

Thank you for the love ❤️ and right back atcha.

All the awards and accolades,

as well as the congratulatory well-wishes

for continued “Success” are nice

—and I really do appreciate them.

But it would be remiss of me

not to mention and recognize

the other “Imposter” in the room

while we’re at it too.

So raise a glass with me as we celebrate

Stoker’s Brewing Company’s 7th Anniversary

this weekend…

🍺

To “Success and Failure”…

God only knows where we’d be without you.

Cheers,

🍻❗️❤️

Doug

Discover the Art of Craft Beer Brewing at Stoker's Brewery & BIERGARTEN

CELEBRATE DIVERSITY

Our Philosophy

BREWS & VIEWS: THE AWARD-WINNING Works of STOKER’S BREWERY

TAP LIST

25 Different Handcrafted Beers BREWED ON-SITE!

Pumpkin Ale

Oud Bruin

Bay Breeze

Irish Coffee Stout

Myrtille 🥉

Key Lime Pie

Raspberry Truffle Stout

Chocolate Porter S’mores

American Wheat

Mauch Chunk Street Rauchbier

Plzyenský Drozd 🥇

'Fest

Hazy Hopper 'No.9'

TropiHop

Yo Bot! Apricot

Ale Rider

Stogaarden

Jalapeño Lime Wit

Fantasifull Dream

Tangerine Dream

Hefeweizen

Blood Orange Hefeweizen

Grapefruit Hefeweizen

Peach Cobbler Ale 🥇🥇

Divine 🥇

Kindling Kwad 🏆🥇🥈🥉

STOKER’S BREWING COMPANY

FANTASIFULL DREAM ~ 2025

STOKER’S BREWING COMPANY

FANTASIFULL DREAM ~ 2025

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OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE

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