Eric's Special Beer

Well, hopefully you have figured it out but that's our friend Eric to the left.  Eric is one of the biggest supporters of craft beer that I have ever met... and not just our craft beer.  He is an instrumental part of our hometown beer community at Stlhops.com and I have been honored to pour him many a pint over the years.  One of my claims to fame is that a long, long time ago in a galaxy far away we even went to grade school together.  

He also has an affinity for round coasters!  Remember seeing @ericstl6 on our highly collectible round coasters.  Well, that's him next to 42,000 round coasters.  That's Eric in coaster heaven.  

So go ahead, next time you are out and about grab a pint of Eric's Special Beer and take a look around the bar.  If it's a beer event, my bet he is there.  If it's at a restaurant or a bar, you'll know you went to a great place.  - Jake Hafner, owner
A brief historical review: 
1861 Farmer Richard Fuggle of Brenchley found a special hop plant in a flower garden and propagated it like crazy. 
1980s Jake Hafner and Eric Hildebrandt of Saint Louis met in grade school. 
2008 Eric began promoting the local beer scene via stlhops.com 
2011 Jake, Dylan and Mike opened The Civil Life Brewing Co. and Eric promptly became a supporter. 
2014 Civil Life brewed a special thank you for being Eric using a shed-load of Mr. Fuggle's hops.

​Western Civilization likely involved a few other events and individuals along the way, but you're basically caught-up. This is a stronger, more traditional English Pale Ale. Reminiscent of freshly-baked scones drizzled with honey. It’s a perfect bittersweet balance with profoundly grassy, earthy, woodsy notes. A special beer for a special friend (you too.)  

Technical details:
ABV: 5.5%
IBU: 68
Colour: Bright & Sunny golden orange
BJCP Style: 11C. English Pale Ale: Strong Bitter
Notable Ingredients: UK Golden Promise pale malt, CaraPils and dark crystal malts, Mr. Challenger's & Mr. Fuggle's hops, English ale yeast
Hours :
Due to COVID19 our Pub will remain closed until further notice.  We are now selling direct out of our online store at https://civil-life-online.square.site/ Until then, please look for our beer at St. Louis retailers and grocery.   If you have any further questions please use the email link below.  Thank you. 

We appreciate your support. 

           PLEASE HELP FLATTEN THE CURVE. 
                                    Be Civil.    

NO PHONE NUMBER.  
  • OUR PUB IS SADLY CLOSED FOR THE TIME BEING DUE TO COVID19.   WE WILL RETURN AND PROSPER.

  • ​No Outside Food or Drink please.  
  • Unfortunately, we are unable to handle groups over 12 nor ANY BUS or Limo. It's a pub not the Oscars. 
  •  We have deemed ourselves ill-equipped to handle mean people.
  • We have no interest in over-serving and serving the over-served.  But would love to see you for your first pint or two. 
  • OUR PUB IS SADLY CLOSED FOR THE TIME BEING DUE TO COVID19.   WE WILL RETURN AND PROSPER.

  • We are however great at handling kind, good hearted people who appreciate good beer and the fellowship of humans.  We were scored A+++++ in this category by real live humans in our latest inter-galactic review. 
  • We'll pour you a sample of any beer we have. We'll treat you well and hopefully you'll come back.
The Civil Life Brewing Co. 3714 Holt Ave. St. Louis, Mo 63116, USA, Planet Earth