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Yea Verily: Haddonfield’s Indian King Tavern Serves Beer For the First Time in 139 Years

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. Photo: Courtesy Indian King Tavern

Bust out that tricorn hat and put your drinking shoes on, because on Saturday, the historic Indian King Tavern over in Haddonfield, NJ is doing something that it hasn’t done in nearly a century and a half. It’s serving beer! And it’s not just any beer; for this momentous and certainly historic affair, the tavern will be pouring Yards’ Ales of the Revolution, the brews recreated from historic recipes used by founding fathers George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. What’s all the fuss? Well, Haddonfield’s been a dry town since 1873. But the tavern dates back to 1752, and kept soldiers in the Continental army and local militias properly refreshed throughout the Revolutionary War. It’s now a museum, and as a fundrasier for much needed renovations, it secured a permit to sell beer for one day. [Indian King Friends]

Yea Verily: Haddonfield’s Indian King Tavern Serves Beer For the First