LANGHORNE, PENNSYLVANIA

The small Bucks County town of Langhorne, twenty miles north of Philly, is home to Sesame Place and since March 12, 2020, ARISTAEUS CRAFT BREWING COMPANY, a nifty open floor-designed five-barrel nano with an exceptional lineup. Master brewer Harry Arnold began his journey homebrewing in 1996, designing well-balanced stylistic recipes.

Aristaeus has an Industrial feel as its wood-furnished epoxy-floored pub room features aged wood columns, exposed pipes and hanging black lights plus a black top serving station with twelve-plus draught handles serving suds from the left side tanks. A cement patio doubles the patronage.

Mott The Hoople’s “All The Young Dudes” plays as my wife and I grab a few elixirs on a brisk Sunday afternoon, early February ’25. Also available were wine, nitro cold brew coffee and specialty cocktails.

Dry pale malts pasted straw-cleared American lager, Skyline 75, a sessionable light-bodied pleasantry for mellow thirsts.

A sun-splashed lemony orange spritz dashed atop the biscuity rye base of Big Oak Bend Rye Saison, finishing with citrus-spiced herbage.

Nitrogenated milk-sugared stout, Kalapa, let mild coconut toasting enter the ‘slightly sweet’ chocolatey fray, picking up mild caramelized coffee riffs.

Another easygoing nitro milk stout, Dark Matter, retained dryer dark chocolate chalkiness, picking up latent coffee nuttiness.