Our Story
POLLAR BREWING is a microbrewery located in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. Since 2015,
our beers have been found at local craft brew festivals and brewing competitions.
Our Name
Is Your Name Misspelled?
Not at all. Our name is derived from the brewmaster father and
son duo that started POLLAR BREWING.
2024
D-Town Brew Down
October 2024
We were honored to be a part of this year’s D-Town Brew down in support the downingtown library. Our Nordic Nacht Dunkel won Judges First Place at D-Town Brew Down!
Our Nordic Nacht Dunkel being announced as having won the Judges 1st Place
Lancaster Science Factory “A Taste of Science”
October 2024
Thank you to everyone who voted for us at the Lancaster Science Factory's "A Taste of Science". Our Black Walnut Brown Ale won second place and our Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout won third!
Hoppy Possum: Southern Brewers Cup
September 2024
Not even hurrican helene could keep us away! Had a blast at Hoppy Possum: Southern Brewers Cup pouring our Sled Dog Lager, Nordic Nacht Dunkle, and Arctic Bark Rootbeer Sour.
Lititz Craft Beer Fest
September 2024
We had a great time at the Lititz Craft Beer Fest! Our Eskimo Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout won 3rd Place People’s Choice. Thanks to Lancaster Homebrew for supporting this event and local homebrewers.
Brewed Black Walnut Brown Ale and kegged four beers!
September 2024
Another Double Brew Day: Dunkle and Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout
August 2024
We must be crazy because the next weekend we had another 12- hour double brew day to get beers made for Lititz Craft Beer Fest and Hoppy Possum: Southern Brewers Cup. We actually start prepping the night before and this Dunkle took over 50 lbs of grain to accomplish. Trying out new yeast strains and recipes this year. Let’s not forget that we had to clean some kegs for all this beer to go into.
Double Brewing Day: Lager and Root Beer Sour
August 2024
Because we have beers to pour at both Lititz Craft Beer Fest and Hoppy Possum: Southern Brewers Cup back to back weekends in September, we had to resort to double brew days. That is 12 hours of brewing and cleaning.
Finalist for Lititz Craft Beer Fest Homebrew Competition
July 2024
We are thrilled that our Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout will be at this year’s Lititz Craft Beer Fest’s Homebrew Competition. Vote for us on September 21st!
Skook County Brew Fest
July 2024
Hot and hoppy at Schuylkill County Brew Fest pouring our Eskimo Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout and Sled Dog Lager.
Habitat for Humanity Hops for Homes Fundraiser
June 2024
Love supporting local charities! Pouring at Habitat for Humanity of Chester County’s annual fundraiser in Exton, PA.
Brewing Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout
May 2024
Another great day to brewing beer!
Brewing Lager
May 2024
Beautiful day to brew our first lager of the year!
West Reading Craft Pretzel & Brew Fest
April 2024
Pouring (in more ways than one) at West Reading Craft Pretzel & Beer Fest. Our new tent held up nicely in the weather and so did our brew team.
Berks County Homebrew Club’s Wort Transformation Challenge
April 2024
Our American Strong Ale won Judge’s 1st Place at the Berks County Homebrew Club’s Wort Transformation Challenge. We can’t thank Jeremy Drey enough for allowing us to participate and Pagoda City Brewing for supporting the club and this event.
Norco Fire Company
April 2024
Donated our beer to pour at the Norco Fire Company Station 64’s Annual Beef and Beer fundraiser.
Bucks Beer Bash
March 2024
Our Kodiak River Black Walnut Brown Ale did us proud, again.
We won 2nd Place People’s Choice at Bucks Beer Bash 2024!
POLLAR BREWING winning 2nd Place People’s Choice at Bucks Beer Bash 2024!
Kodiak River Black Walnut Brown Ale
February 2024
Brewing our Black Walnut Brown Ale for the Bucks Beer Bash in March!
New Fermentors
January 2024
we have three new brewbuilt x2uni fermentors installed on our custom fabricated table and attached to our penguin chiller glycol machine. just in time for our 2024 brew season!
2023
Lancaster Science Factory
October 2023
We served our kodiak river black walnut brown ale, bourbon barrel pipeline, and iditarod dog sled lager. Our Black walnut Brown ale took 2nd place in people’s choice!
Hoppy Possum: Southern Brewers Cup
September 2023
We poured our kodiak river black river brown ale, bourbon barrel pipeline, pickled penguin wheat beer, and iditarod sled dog lager. This year’s event was held in Bristol, TN!
West Reading Homebrewers Competition
April 2023
our northern lights apricot sour won third place at this year’s west reading homebrewers competition. we were joined by 16 other homebrewers who offered a total of 36 beers.
Kodiak River Black Walnut Brown Ale Release Party
March 2023
we were joined by family and friends at chatty monks to try the kodiak river brown ale that we brewed in january with them. the beer turned out great!
Brewing Oatmeal Stout
March 2023
our second brew of the year brings us to an oatmeal stout. mounted our plate chiller and tried some new high-temp, quick-disconnects with valve closing technology.
Brewing Apricot Sour
February 2023
our first brew day of 2023! Starting off with an apricot sour and some new spike pumps.
Brewing Kodiak River Black Walnut Brown Ale at Chatty Monks Brewery
January 2023
As winners of the 2022 West Reading Craft Pretzel & Beer Fest Homebrewers Competition, we were given the opportunity to brew our winning beer at the Chatty Monks Brewery. Great experience learning how professional beers are made. Can’t wait to try it on tap at their taproom!
2022
Lancaster Science Factory: A Taste of Science
October 2022
This charity event in Lancaster, PA, is sponsored by the Lancaster Brewers Club and benefits the Lancaster Science Factory.
Libations for Learning
October 2022
This charity event in douglassville, pa, was a wonderful mix of homebrews (from bruclear homebrew club) and commerical beers. we won first place people’s choice award for our peach sour!
Hoppy Possum: Southern Brewers Cup
September 2022
As always, we had a great time at Hoppy Possum! We now have a enclosed trailer to haul all our beer equipment and new marketing materials, including polar beer suits and blow-up mascot. Thanks to Rich for providing them!
Just follow the polar bears to POLLAR BREWING!
Using the wench to lift our sixtels from the keezer.
Grapefruit IPA
August 2022
We use almost all of these grapefruits to flavor this IPA. The zest goes in just before fermentation and then the grapefruits are peeled, frozen, and dethawed so that their juice can be added to the beer after fermentation. The freezing breaks down the fruit’s cellular walls and allows for more juice to be released. Adding the juice after fermentation provides for a more fruit-forward taste to the beer.
Peach Sour, July 2022
Our Peach Sour with Philly Sour yeast which gives it a lighter, Not as strong sour taste. You can smell and taste the peaches on this one. It won First Place People’s Choice at Libations for Learning!
Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout, July 2022
You can actually smell and taste chocolate and peanut butter!
2022 AHA HomebrewCon
We had a great time at this year’s homebrew con in pittsburgh, pa. great classes, great beer, and great times!
Brewing Barleywine, April 2022
This barley-heavy beer comes with a high-alcohol content and will have an extended vacation in the fermenter.
Out Kodiak River Black Walnut Brown Ale once again won the top People’s Choice vote at West Reading’s Craft Pretzel & Beer Fest. This means that we will be invited to brew our beer at Chatty Monks Brewery this fall. We can’t thank our fans enough!
We have built a custom keezer to increase our sixtel storage capacity and provide a better pouring experience. We also installed a electric lift wench to aid in lifting those beer-filled sixtels in and out of the keezer.
Brewing Bourbon Barrel Pipeline Porter, March 2022
Brewing Kodiak River Black Walnut Brown Ale, February 2022
2021
Brewing Holiday Cheer Ale, November 2021
Lancaster Science Factory’s “A Taste of Science”, October 2021
Hoppy Possum: Southern Brewers Cup, September 2021
Brewing Grapefruit IPA, August 2021
Kegged 12 Sixtels of Beer in Preparation for Hoppy Possum: Southern Brewers Cup
Brewing Black Walnut Brown Ale, August 2021
Brewing Chocolate Stout, June 2021
New Brewery Tour - We moved in May to a new facility, but don’t worry - we are still located in Mount Joy, PA!
The Brew Crew
They break as much as they fix.
The existing shelves needed to be altered to accommodate for the new sink
2020
Brewing Extra Special Bitter (ESB) Ale, May 2020
New spring addition to the brewery- a motorized grain mill!
Brewing Rauchbier, April 2020
Brewing Ruby Red Grapefruit IPA, March 2020
2019
Brewing Coconut Porter, November 2019
Kodiak River Black Walnut Brown Ale Release Party
at Columbia Kettle Works
POLLAR BREWING Kodiak River Black Walnut Brown Ale Release Party at Columbia Kettle Works on November 15, 2019
Pennsylvania Dutch Brewers Festival 2019, Reading Liederkranz
Lancaster Craft Brewfest 2019, Lancaster, PA
HomeBrew Con 2019, Providence, RI
Summer Solstice Party 2019, The Lancaster Science Factory
Columbia Kettle Works 5th Anniversary Celebration, Columbia, PA
We are humbled to have our Black Walnut Brown Ale win 1st Place People’s Choice Award at the Columbia Kettle Works 5th Anniversary Celebration Homebrewers Competition! We are excited to have the opportunity to brew this beer for CKW. Keep an eye out for our tap.
2018
Pennsylvania Dutch Brewers Festival 2018, Reading Liederkranz
POLLAR BREWING's Black Walnut Brown Ale won 1st place at the 2018 Pennsylvania Dutch Brewers Festival at the Reading Liederkranz.
