Phoenixville And Its Craft Beer Scene Featured In Forbes Magazine

PHOENIXVILLE, PA — Phoenixville and it's thriving craft beer scene have drawn the attention of a national outlet: Forbes Magazine.

Forbes' recent feature on the Steel City — "This Town May Be Small, But Its Craft Beers Have Quite A Buzz" — touts both the quality and quantity of the borough's breweries, as well as its phoenix-like rise from the ashes over recent decades.

Nightlife is buzzing on a weeknight at craft breweries, fine restaurants, shops and live music venues, and one wonders why there’s such a volume of activity in a locale with a population of about 17,000. A former beaten-down mill town 28 miles northwest of Philadelphia, an ambitious downtown revitalization plan has paid dividends for the borough of Phoenixville and led to the emergence of 10 craft breweries and a distillery.

It features an interview with Root Down Brewing owner Mike Hamara, and points to the collaborative nature of the Phoenixville beer scene as a main reason for its continued growth.

"Being in a town that embraces multiple breweries makes Phoenixville a destination-brewery location very similar to Asheville, North Carolina; Portland, Oregon, and Denver, Colorado," Hamara told the outlet.

Beer is so popular in Phoenixville that even the coffeehouse gets in on the action.

Read the full feature over at Forbes.

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