In late December I visited my friends Mike and Virginia, as I usually do around the holidays. On Thursday the 29^th we visited 3 highly rated breweries located a little north of Philadelphia, about an hour from where they were living in Chadds Ford.

Stop #1: Hidden River Brewing. Housed in a building that dates back to 1711, it has a nice interior with two bars and a room in between with many books and a fireplace. They don't do flights but they let us try a few beers before ordering. We got some food and tasted:

• We Go Back (pretty good DIPA)
• Claws and Fangs (pretty good DIPA)
• Extra Lava Channel (nice 9.5% ABV DIPA)
• Apprised (good TIPA)
• Conjuror (pretty good DIPA)
• Wadjet (good DIPA)

Stop #2: Warwick Farm Brewing. Like the previous place, they don't do flights but let us sample a few before ordering. We tried:

• DDH Citra Sensation (good IPA)
• DDH Expressions (pretty good IPA)
• Haze Finder (pretty good hazy IPA)
• Frozen Rope (good hazy IPA)
• Midnight Coffee Run (good milk stout)
• Super Session (good hazy session IPA)
• Mountain Breeze (pretty good hazy IPA)

Stop #3: Imprint Beer Company. Located in an industrial park, it's a neat place with all the brewing equipment on display, as well as a food place inside called Cantina Rabo. Imprint makes thick fruited sours called schmoojees, served from cans, which are similar to the fruit sours made by The Answer in Richmond. We got some food, and since Imprint does flights we sampled many beers:

• Adopted (good hazy DIPA)
• Sketchy AF (good hazy DIPA)
• TDH My Morning Haze (nice hazy DIPA)
• TDH Little Green Bag (good hazy DIPA)
• Schmoojee Raspberry Strawberry Guava (quite good)
• Schmoojee Cherry Crisp Parfait (quite good)
• Schmoojee Strawberry Margareeta Coconut Macaroon (nice)
• Schmoojee Strawberry Blueberry Boysenberry (quite good)
• Schmoojee Strawberry Blueberry Waffle Cone (good)
• Schmoojee Pâtisseree Banana Flapjacks with Blueberry Compote (quite good)

We bought about a case of hazies and schmoojies before heading home.