Borough showcases history with beer

Founded in 1867, Spring City plans events to mark sesquicentennial

SPRING CITY >> “Main Street was the center of activity in Spring City ... At the turn of the century it was a growing, vibrant and complete community.”

Those were the words used to describe Spring City as it was in 1867. And a growing and vibrant community is exactly what it was celebrating over the weekend.

Spring City kicked off its 150th birthday Saturday with local music, beer and even some birthday cake. The festivities began at around 4 p.m. with local brewery, Tuned Up Brewing.

“We’re kind of new to the community and we’re hoping to kind of kick-start the community and get some more businesses onto Main Street and start bringing people into town,” said Clint Tischnell, one of the owners of Tuned Up Brewing. “We want to help to revitalize it here for the next 10 years.”

And beer was certainly the way to do it.

The borough wanted to create a special product for the event and that beer seemed like the best option, according to Spring City Borough Councilman Eugene Sweeney, chairman of the sesquicentennial committee.

“We were thinking of doing something special but not too much is made in Spring City anymore,” said Sweeney. “We have beer made here though so I approached them about doing a beer.”

Tischnell said they created two special brews for the occasion, the Common Ale and the Stove Works Porter.

“To come up with those beers I talked to the historical society. We kicked around some ideas about what Spring City might have been like, what it was about in 1867,” explained Tischnell. “We came

MARIAN DENNIS — DIGITAL FIRST MEDIA Tuned Up Brewing served up some special beers for the kick-off of Spring City’s sesquicentennial on Saturday. The beers were named with the help of the historical society and were meant to reflect aspects of Spring City in 1867.