Twin Elephant Brewing to open

Stopped in last night for a pour of Old Raritan and I was very impressed. the Pumpkin Habenero has real heat although someone told me it's mellowed since last week. Still, it reminds me a lot of Xocoveza. Today, I stopped for cans of Whammy. The line wasn't bad and I was able to sit for awhile with friends. The star of today was Feed Me to Gor Gor, a black IPA with pineapple purée. It's first rate! TE is adventuresome and the quality has dramatically improved this year.

 

anyone have issues with Vigilante Tantrum cans? I think there must have been an issue, my whole 4 pack was slightly underfilled, and dark brown and oxidized...carb was fine, smelled good, but had an oxidized flavor. Shame cause it's a good beer, and I hope people don't think that's the way it was supposed to taste or look...

 

Ah shit that sucks. I didn't get any cans, but underfilled cans that are not properly purged will definitely oxidize it.

 

On Tap
Feed Me To Gor Gor - Hoppy Cascadian Dark Ale w/ Pineapple - 8.3% ABV
Old Raritan - Imperial Milk PorterMilk Porter w/ cacao nibs, Pumpkin Peppers from Rutgers, cinnamon, and locally roasted coffee - 7.8% ABV
Whammy - Hoppy Wheat - 5.3% ABV
Chuck's Garage - American Session Ale - 4.3% ABV
Chatham Hotel - Farmhouse Ale - 6.3% ABV
Lil' Shimmy Ye - American Pale Ale - 5.8% ABV
Nakatomi Plaza - American Pale Ale - 5.1% ABV

Tapping Friday
Shimmy Ye' - American IPA - 7.7% ABV

Tapping Saturday
La Di Da Di - Milk Porter w/ cacao nibs, peppermint, & coffee - 6.8% ABV

The growler fills for this weekend will be:
Whammy - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Chuck's Garage - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Old Raritan - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Feed Me To Gor Gor - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Lil' Shimmy Ye - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Nakatomi Plaza - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Shimmy Ye' (Friday) - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
La Di Da Di (Saturday) - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available

As usual total fill volume limits are still 64oz max per person.

In the Secondary (coming up)
Dance With The Mantis - American Pale Ale
Name TBD - Session Ale
Weepel - American IPA
Shifty Dibs - IPA

 

just noticed that TEB added a new lager to the tap list on beer menus:

Passaic Drift - Pale Lager - 4.7%

only the second lager they've brewed... look forward to trying it out.

 

since I worked from home today, I popped down after clearing the driveway... surprised they opened frankly, but was nice a relaxed... had the new lager which was real nice and refreshing as a snow blower beer... then has a shimmy ye and took a small growler of La Di Da Di to go, which tasted really nice with the coffee, chocolate and peppermint in this weather. couple of good beers dropping over the weekend too...

 

On Tap
Feed Me To Gor Gor - Hoppy Cascadian Dark Ale w/ Pineapple - 8.3% ABV
Old Raritan - Imperial Milk PorterMilk Porter w/ cacao nibs, Pumpkin Peppers from Rutgers, cinnamon, and locally roasted coffee - 7.8% ABV
Nakatomi Plaza - American Pale Ale - 5.1% ABV
Shimmy Ye' - American IPA - 7.7% ABV
La Di Da Di - Milk Porter w/ cacao nibs, peppermint, & coffee - 6.8% ABV
Passaic Drift - Hoppy Pale Lager - 4.7% ABV

Tapping Friday
Dance with the Mantis - American Pale Ale - 6.3% ABV
Dooley's in the House - Session American Pale Ale - 4.7% ABV


The growler fills for this weekend will be:
Old Raritan - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Feed Me To Gor Gor - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Nakatomi Plaza - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Shimmy Ye' - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
La Di Da Di - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Passaic Drift - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Dooley In the House (Friday) - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Dance With the Mantis (Friday) - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available

 

Yea, the peppermint in the La Di Da is a nice treat. I want to like Raritan a bit more than I do, I think it's just a touch too much heat for me. Huge fan of Gor Gor.

 

I agree with you. I had to give my Raritan to my wife who loves spicy because it was just too much for me. Dance with the Mantis and Gor Gor where our favorites of the day.

 

flavor on old Raritan is great, and I don't mind the heat initially, but 2/3s through a 8oz and it was getting to be a bit too much... if they replicate this with a milder, smoky chile it would be killer.. or just dial back the current pepper used

 

Nice variety on this week's lineup.

 

Funny, I was just looking at the list wondering why are there so many beers with coffee in them?! Regardless, I'll be there tomorrow for a couple of brews.

 

Their darker beers tend to hang around a few weeks longer than their hoppy beers. I don't know why - they're quite delicious in their own right. So I guess they get a bit of a back log. I know old Raritan has been on since early to mid December I believe.

 

Fair point on the coffee (though I'll never complain about that lol). I suppose I was looking at it more from a style perspective.

 

latest batch of wepeel getting a lot of untapped love... nice.

 

With the hop profile of Shifty Dibs I was shocked that I liked Wepeel more. Even more shocked they were both still on for fills tonight at 9 pm.

 

Lil' Shimmy Ye back on Friday, and super excited by the return of Crooked Spoke Adjacent on Saturday... may even pop down for a growler of Wepeel as I missed it last weekend..