KClinger’s Tavern, Hanover, Pennsylvania
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KClinger’s Tavern (717) 633-9197 www.kclingers.com
304 Poplar Street Hanover Pennsylvania United States 17331
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Place: KClinger’s Tavern Rating Avg: 40 No. of Ratings: 15
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KClinger’s Tavern
Excellent based on 15 ratings
Type: Bar

304 Poplar Street
Hanover, Pennsylvania United States 17331 [ print map ]
(717) 633-9197
http://www.kclingers.com


Hours: Mon-Fri 11:00am-2:00am Sat-Sun 12:00pm-2:00am


Mayor: DiarmaidBHK (1) | Taps: 40 | Bottles: 500+ |

KClinger’s Tavern

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Beer Available At KClinger’s Tavern (arranged by most recent)
Terrapin Side Project Tomfoolery Black Saison 86, Belhaven Twisted Thistle IPA (USA) 78, Southern Tier Creme Brulee Stout 98, Weyerbacher Papa 79, Lagunitas A Little Sumpin’ Wild Ale 98, KClingers Brown Ale 43, Lefebvre Blanche de Bruxelles 60
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15 reviews for KClinger’s Tavern
 Ambiance  68%
 Service  83%
 Selection  85%
 Food  70%
 Value  76%
 Overall  82%
 Rating  90%
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bigguns22 (10), Maryland
  72   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/57/1011/15 7/10 8/1015/20

January 9, 2012
When for first time and almost couldn’t find off the strip.Bar food but good and fresh . Great deals for samplers and have ok glassware . Would go back anytime and taps change daily.

DiarmaidBHK (307), Pennsylvania
  82   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/510/1013/15N/A 8/1015/20

August 7, 2011
Has kind of a dive bar feel and it’s in the middle of nowhere but don’t let that fool you. This is a place that takes beer seriously. They have 40 taps of overwhelmingly craft beer plus a large number of bottles. The bartender knew a lot about the beers as well. The prices were also very good as well with most beers under $4.50. Plus they sell flights if their drafts. This place is better then anything they have in Gettysburg.

Brewman63 (39), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
  84   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/58/1012/15 8/10 8/1018/20

November 21, 2009
You wouldn’t expect to find a place like this out in the middle of nowhere (Hanover may not be the middle of nowhere but it’s close). Places like this in a larger city are hard to come by. If you can’t find a beer you like here then maybe you should stop drinking beer. They have an enormous selection of bottled beer and a large selection of drafts. I’ve only been here once (traveling on business) but plan to come back when in the area. The food was good, standard pub fare. The bar is full of different items that give it a quaint but not over-the-top cliche’ feel to it. This isn’t TGIFriday’s (thankfully). The waitstaff was very freindly and helpful. The people of Hanover should feel very fortunate to have a place like this in their hometown.

guzzler67 (38), Hanover, Maryland
  88   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/59/1014/15 7/10 7/1017/20

April 18, 2009
Always worried that the large number of taps in a relatively remote location (don’t say that to the locals) may mean less than fresh beer. But after many visits that has never been a problem. The bigger problem is what beer(s) to choose. The non descript exterior gives way to an inviting bar and adjacent dining area. Service has always been right on target. The reasonably priced food is better than average pub grub, with daily specials on a chalkboard. One thing they do that I wish other places would, is put the prices of the drafts on their beer list. Always worth a visit when in the area (Gettysburg is close by).

BeerGestapo (14), Mt.Joy, Pennsylvania
  68   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/58/108/15 8/10 8/1015/20

February 10, 2009
Drove right past this place in Hanover, but we found our way. There was a lot of hype about this tavern !!! The beers on tap were appx 40 and they were all average. The food was pretty good, nice music and the staff was very friendly. I did not see all the bottles that other people are talking about !!! But i might go back to see if this is true.

afireinside96 (33), Mountville, Pennsylvania
  70   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/58/109/15 8/10 8/1015/20

February 8, 2009
This was a decent enough place but I was expecting spectacular after hearing a bunch of hype about it. They had roughly 30 craft taps, most of which were pretty common. The food was excellent and service was good as well. Prices are average and well labeled. If I lived in the area I would probably frequent the place but as it stands it isn’t really worth an hour drive to go there especially when I can go to the Victory, Stoudts, Troegs, or Sly Fox brewpubs in about the same amount of time.

3fourths (962), Boulder, Colorado
  82   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/510/1012/15N/AN/A16/20

February 6, 2008
What’s a great beer bar like this doing stuck in a town like Hanover? Whatever the reason, this place is the real deal - the people who run Kclinger’s know their stuff about beer. Of course when I went I missed out by a day the Otto’s Sumatra and Jolly Roger taps, but still had an amazing visit. Draft Hopslam and Kclinger’s Brown Ale (made by Otto’s) were excellent, and they had (maybe the last one) bottles of of 2002 Oerbier Reserva ($20). The beer book is fairly out of date, with things like Westy and Vertical Epic listed that are long gone, but they still do have a lot of vintage and rare bottles, and nearly all of the 20-or-so taps were quality. The bartender didn’t seem to mind me bugging him so much about what was in stock, and he knew everything about the bottles and taps they had, so service gets a 10.

Nejhleader (68), Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
  84   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/58/1015/15 8/10N/A15/20

July 26, 2006
BIt of a drive for me, but I think the other Kclingers up in etters closed. This place offers basically the same thing, but is much smaller. It’s respectable offering of brew make this worth a stop.

doubleipa (5), Georgia
does not count - explanation
  78   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/59/109/15 6/10N/A18/20

July 12, 2006
I always plan on spending an afternoon that turns into an evening at KClingers when our family visits south central PA to visit relatives every summer. This summer’s visit turned out to the best so far. They had 9 IPAs or DIPAs on tap. We tried all of them excpet the SN. We can’t get ANY of the other 8 in Georgia. Food is average pub grub. Food service is OK, but the beer service is outstanding. Not only could the waitress answer all of our questions on beer, the bartender stopped by our table twice to talk beer with us. The best beer they had on tap was Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws. Not only was it on tap, but it was cask conditioned!! As if that wasn’t good enough, the bar tender allowed me to go with him down into the cellar and hand pick beers I could buy.

DualLines (1), Pennsylvania
does not count - explanation
  80   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/57/1015/15 8/10N/A15/20

March 3, 2006
KClinger’s was a little hard to find at first but I was very pleased when I did. It looks like your typical small-town bar from the outside. Inside’s a little better. But the sheer selection more than makes up for it. 40 taps, over 500 bottles! Great selection on draft and usually a few on cask as well. Food was good, service is good as well. It’s out of the way but definitely worth the journey. This is my favorite haunt, lucky I’m only 10 minutes away.

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