We met at Cushwa Brewing at 11:00ish. The original location is in Williamsport. Today we visited Cushwa's Columbia location, which opened Labor Day Weekend 2023, and by Thanksgiving had the Rad Pies kitchen up and running. Several folks got food. The beers I sampled were:

• New Anthem If I Stare Too Long (good 10.3% ABV TIPA)
• Electrofruit Pineapple Orange Birthday Cake (very good smoothee sour)
• Seven Caves (good coffee stout)
• Electrofruit Blueberry Cheesecake (fairly good smoothee sour)

Less than half a mile away is Reckless Shepherd Brewing, which used to be called Frisco Tap House (and used to be at the Cushwa location we'd just left). The full name is now "Frisco and the Reckless Shepherd Brewpub & Entertainment". This location, which opened in October 2022, has two sides: a restaurant/bar with food and guest taps; and a very large space with Reckless beers and a stage where bands play. We were in the latter. I tasted:

• Dead Man's Thoughts (pretty good hazy IPA)
• Chico and the Man Celebration IPA (pretty good)
• Mr. Gorbachev RIS '24 (good 11.5% ABV Russian imperial stout)
• Ace Next Door (good session IPA)

Here is the restaurant/bar:

Next we went to Black Flag Brewing. We stayed here longer than we'd planned because our next scheduled stop, Oversea Distillery, just a stone's throw away, was closed for a private event. I sampled:

• Uncut Diamonds (good 11.3% ABV barleywine)
• Sunken Diamonds (good 12.2% ABV barrel-aged barleywine)
• Barrels and Ladders (good 11.8% ABV barrel-aged imperial stout)

Shortly before 3:30 we arrived at Hysteria Brewing, which used to make some very good IPAs until shortly before the pandemic. There were about a dozen beers on tap, including some guest beers. I tried:

• Hoodie Season: Fall/Winter Lager
• The Morning After: Coffee Stout
• Trash Panda: American IPA
• Weight of the World: Amber Ale
• Dewey Secret Machine Cherry/Blackberry Pie Fruit Smoothee

At 4:00 we went next door to Lost Ark Distilling, which makes a number of cocktails. There were several rum drinks on tap so I got a sampler of 4: a mojito, a punch, a spritz, and something with ginger beer. The place had a nice atmosphere.

A little before 6:00 we got to Sapwood Cellars. I tried:

• Snip Snap Super Max (good 10.2% ABV TIPA)
• Lifeblood (good coffee stout)

What a fine way to spend a winter day: with good beer and good friends.