Twinpanzee Brewing Company

 

A fairly typical brewery with the non-production floor turned into a taproom. The front section has the bar/serving area with about 15 or so seats and a few high-top tables and some wall seating. An area in back offers more seating at regular tables and an area for live music.

The place had a dozen beers on tap, with just over a third being I/APAs - both NE and old school - and one each of a variety of other typical styles - saison, lager, Kolsch, Hefe, etc. There was only one high-octane beer on (a Belgain Quad), with the rest being under 7%. The samplers we had showed a decent quality in most cases, fairly solid but with a slight lack of refinement in some cases.

The place was quiet on a Saturday afternoon until a planned event took up most of the back seating. It's possible this place might have busier times than a Saturday afternoon, but this visit it seemed like a place to try a couple beers and maybe attend an event or music show. I could see this rating increasing if I notice that we just happened to hit a slow day.

 

 

This pub is located in a light-industrial park setting, and the interior of the pub is the same. The brewery has been open only 6 weeks. We arrived in the early afternoon on a Saturday and were the only customers. A food truck was parked outside. The bar is situated in front of a large white cooler that houses the kegs, and there are 18 taps on the side. Only 6 beers were listed on the menu, but one of them was sold out. The bartender said they have only a 3-barrel brewing system and are having difficulty brewing enough beers to fill the taps.

We ordered a sampler flight of the 5 beers that were available. Each was brewed to style, but none were exciting. I felt that the Re-Citra-Luss IPA was a bit unbalanced to the hop side, and I'm a citra lover. The only notable beer was the GF Punched Hefe, although the Far From Lonely Kolsch and the Mosaic District IPA were not far behind. Overall I gave the beers a B-minus grade. Being a new brewery I hope they are still tweaking their recipes so that things will get better.

We didn't have any food from the food truck, but apparently there is a rotation of trucks during the three days weekends when they are open. This brewery is worthy of a visit to anyone in the neighborhood, and there are nearby breweries that justify a pub crawl among them.