New Wawa Brew To Debut At Langhorne Beer Store Opening

LANGHORNE, PA - Wawa’s newest beer store location will be one of the first to offer the chain’s signature drink with an adult twist.

“Shore Tea,” a hard beverage combining Wawa’s Peach Iced Tea and Cape May Brewing Co.’s iconic brew, will debut at the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Langhorne Wawa Beer Store (39 E. Lincoln Highway) on Thursday, according to Wawa representatives.

The Langhorne store opening will take place at 8 a.m., followed by Wawa and Cape May Brewing Co. tee-shirt giveaways and a meet-and-greet with the drink’s brewers James Fox, Director of Brewing Operations at Cape May Brewing Co. and Michael McLaughlin, Wawa’s Senior Manager of Concept Development.

Limited quantities of Shore Tea will also be available on July 21 at the Wawa Beer Stores below:

• Store 170 – 721 Naamans Creek Road, Chadds Ford, PA 19317
• Store 8148 – 1073 Baltimore Pike, Middletown, PA 19063
• Store 8153 – 201 S. Cedar Crest Blvd., Emmaus, PA 18049
• Store 159 – 296 Route 940, Blakeslee, PA 18610
• Store 148 – 1139 Horsham Road, Horsham, PA 19044
• Store 8132 – 2600 Penrose Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19145
• Store 8152 – 9101 Frankford Ave., Phila., PA 19114
• Store 8147 – County Line Rd. & W. Butler Avenue, Chalfont, PA 18914
• Store 8135 – Main Street & Quarry Road, Lower Salford Twp. PA, 19438
• Store 8151 – Chichester Avenue & McCay Avenue, Boothwyn, PA 19061
• Store 8126 – Rt. 309 & Passer Road, Coopersburg, PA 18036
• Store 8150 – 364 Susquehanna Street, Allentown, PA 18103
• Store 8044 – 600 N. W. End Blvd., Quakertown, PA 18951
• Store 8155 – 8053 Chestnut Street, Herford, PA 18056

If you miss your chance to snag a Shore Tea on Thursday, there will be a launch party at the Cape May Brewing Co. Tasting Room (1288 Hornet Road, Cape May) on Saturday, July 23 featuring non-alcoholic pint giveaways, Wawa pretzels, live music and free tee shirts while supplies last.

Shore Tea will begin retail sales on Monday, July 25, according to Wawa representatives. A six-pack of 12 ounce cans with 4.5% ABV is set to retail for $12.99.

The Langhorne location is far from the first Wawa to offer alcoholic beverages: the chain began selling beer in 2019, according to the Bucks County Courier Times, with locations in Richland, Middletown and Bristol touting liquor licenses, to name a few. The N Easton Road location in Doylestown is pending approval for a license, the publication wrote.

But the company still plans to expand its reach in alcohol offerings. The Philadelphia Business Journal reports that an extensive beer selection will be a part of the new store concept that Wawa has started to roll out in its “aggressive” growth plan. The company aims to double its number of nationwide stores as part of an eight-year expansion plan, which will see another 1,800 locations by 2030.

The new stores planned through 2030 will be a mix of "traditional" and "non-traditional;" storefronts, such as rest-stop style outposts and standalone drive-thru stores, Wawa CEO Chris Gheysen told the publication.

There are already over 260 New Jersey Wawa locations, with about 965 stores nationwide.