Twin Elephant Brewing to open

Oh yeah! Can't wait!!

 

“Doors open to the public Saturday May 7th 12pm;” like the look & strategy…sounds promising?


“Lagers will be available once we add some extra fermentation space down the road…We realize hops currently rule, so a few of those beers will certainly be hop forward. As beer drinkers, we enjoy many sour and wild styles and as we grow will incorporate a barrel program. Plans are to get some red wine, white wine, rum and whiskey barrels.”

 

Looks cool.

 

I been waiting for a local brewery that will be more sour-centric. I'm excited to give them a try!

 

I really would love for this place to be good. Right near my work.

 

Fully torqued.

 

Science experiment at first, then dialing in: Trial and error before fine-tuning?


"the small system mean the owners aren’t planning to start with any flagship beers, instead opting for a variety and quick turnover with their offerings. 'We want to keep the variety and keep it hyperlocal...To keep the fun of homebrewing'..."On tap opening day, McLuskey expects a milk stout, a porter, a brown porter, a saison made with rakau hops, another saison make with hallertau blanc hops, an India pale ale, an American red ale, and a red Kölsch."


http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/ne...phant-brewing-opens-weekend-chatham/83379504/

 

That's a lot of different beers to open with. Well, I'm remaining optimistic.

 

Look forward to your feedback. Unfortunately I have plans that day.

 

Nice. I have plans like, the whole family is coming to my house at exactly noon that day for a Mothers Day weekend gathering. But I will make it at some point.

 

It is a lot, but two of them have been brewing together for a decade, and the other has 6 years under his belt. Consequently, when I hear "Much of what we brew will come from our homebrew recipes," I take their history/experience into consideration

Starting off with variety may warrant negativity, but the receipes here (may) have been worked/perfected on over the last few years...we shall see. Regardless, I think they have the right attitude: "We want to make the tap room an educational experience...Not a bar, but a place to discuss and learn about beer.”

Also, appears as though these lads like to experiment with yeast strains and make funky saisons, which may lead to that nice sour barrel program

 

I can throw a rock from my job and hit this place. I'll be there every Saturday if they're even halfway decent.

 

I moved to Madison about a year ago from Boston, and really suffered in terms of brewery access; this part of Jersey seems like a bit of a black hole in terms of breweries, so this is welcome news. I know a lot of folks who will be checking it out. If they are even pretty good, I expect they'll get a ton of traffic.

I agree it seems like a broad selection for a start and an unusual one ('brown porter'? 'Red Kolsch'?) but I'm certainly hoping for the best. I doubt I can make the opening, but I'll come by as soon as I can.

 

That is a fascinating lineup. Please don't shit on these guys if they don't put out a HH/0dub level IPA first try! We need more Jersey brewed saison, Kolsch etc

 

Maybe I'll see you there if I'm not working that day....I live 30 miles away, but I do have special ties to Chatham.