Wawa, Delco Brewers Team Up For Limited Run Of Holiday Beers

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — Wawa and Aston's 2SP Brewing Company are teaming up again for a limited run of beers for the holidays.

Back for its third year, the collaboration between 2SP Brewing Company’s Head Brewer Bob Barrar, and Wawa’s Manager of Concept Development and "coffee guru" Michael McLaughlin, brings about a brand-new beer: the Holiday Reserve Coffee Stout.

The Holiday Reserve Coffee Stout is a creamy coffee oatmeal stout spiced for the holidays with cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and balanced with Wawa’s Winter Reserve Coffee blend.

Also back by popular demand is Reserve Reserve Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Coffee Stout. This brew is a bold imperial coffee stout made with Wawa’s coveted Winter Reserve Coffee blend and aged for seven months in bourbon barrels.

And, available for the first time and in highly limited quantities, is the Reserve Reserve Rum Barrel Aged Imperial Coffee Stout. Reserve Reserve Rum Barrel Aged Imperial Coffee Stout is aged for seven months in Jamaican Rum barrels.

All three beers will be available for sale starting Friday at the Wawa stores located at 721 Naaman Creek Road in Chadds Ford and 1073 Baltimore Pike in Middletown, as well as 2SP Brewing Company, 120 Concord Road, Units 101-103 in Aston, on Saturday.

Additionally, there will be a Facebook live event from 5:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday at which 2SP’s Mike Contreras along with Barrar and McLaughin will tap the beers and taste them. You can watch the live stream at 2SP's Facebook page here.

On November 23 the beers will be available at select distributors and beer retailers in Southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Eastern Shore Maryland.

Watch McLaughin, Contreras, and Barrar discuss the beers below:

Below are details of the three beers:

Holiday Reserve Stout– 4 Pack, 16 oz Cans, ABV: 6%
Established in 2018 and known for its easy drinking & creamy bodied oatmeal stout, the classic beer has been enhanced with hints of holiday blend flavors of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger.

Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout – 500 ML, ABV: 9%
An English Style Imperial Oatmeal Stout aged in Woodford Reserve barrels for 7 months. With the addition of Wawa’s Winter Reserve Coffee this beer is silky smooth with a lot of nuance from the bourbon barrels, including notes of vanilla & chocolate. The sweetness upfront is balanced by the coffee on the back end.

Rum Barrel Aged Imperial Stout -500 ML, ABV: 9.3%
An English Style Imperial Oatmeal Stout aged in Jamaican Rum barrels for 7 months. This big beer will pick up a lot of sweet vanilla, plum, and cane sugar flavors from the rum barrels. Silky smooth and with the addition of Wawa’s Winter Reserve Coffee, balance out the sweetness from the rum flavors. Exclusively available at Wawa Stores and 2SP Brewing Company only.