On Tap at The Barracks - Beers

The Paoli Massacre

Bitter - Session / Ordinary.

5.2% ABV Artillery Brewing Company West Chester, PA. 

On the evening of September 20, 1777, British forces mounted a surprise attack, often referred to as 'The Paoli Massacre', on a small encampment posted at the Paoli Tavern in Malvern. In order to keep their approach a secret, the British Regulars were ordered to omit gunpowder in their muskets and attack with fixed bayonets and no quarter was to be granted. Although the majority of the Colonial force would escape, the event would be used by propagandists to enlist new ranks to the revolution angered by what was printed in Philadelphia newspapers as a slaughter. This English style bitter is light in body with a red hue and is quaffable for session drinking while keeping your guard up. The enemy may be approaching in the cool, dark night, so