A new taproom with a record-store corner is opening at Rock Lititz. Cartel Brewing set a soft opening for 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at its Extended Play location, taking over the former Fetish Brewing space on the campus north of Lititz.
The taproom is at 201 Rock Lititz Blvd., Suite 22, in Pod 2, in Warwick Township. LancasterOnline reported in September that the space is about 1,800 square feet with seating for around 60 and 14 taps. Cartel plans to pour its own beers and may add guest taps from other local breweries, according to head brewer and majority owner Adam Chamberland.
What Extended Play will be
The concept leans on music. Breweries in PA reports that Extended Play is meant to be a live music and hi-fi lounge, with a small, eclectic vinyl record consignment shop. Food will be snacks for now, with plans to expand as the project moves along.
Cartel intends to stay open while work continues on the back half of the space. A formal grand opening and reveal could come in December or January, the brewery told the site.
The Fetish handoff
Fetish Brewing Co. started in 2012 when Aaron Risser, Brandon Stetser and Mike Simpson began brewing in Risser’s Millersville home. The business later moved to Lancaster’s Ice Avenue and then to Rock Lititz in 2018. The founders decided to close once they found someone to continue a taproom there. “It is the end of the line for Fetish,” Simpson told LancasterOnline.
Chamberland said the new taproom is a continuation of what Fetish began. “Fetish was one of the pioneers of breweries in Lancaster County,” he said.
Cartel’s other spots
Cartel also runs a brewery and taproom at 920 Landis Ave. in Lancaster, near Franklin & Marshall College, and works with YAH Brewing on Cahoots Taproom in Middletown. It has been working on a taproom called The Safe House at 26 E. Main St. in Manheim.
Extended Play sits inside Rock Lititz, a campus for live-event companies, so the music angle fits the neighbors. For current hours and what’s on tap, check cartelbrewing.com or the brewery’s Facebook page.