Kane Brewing (June 2016)

I haven't seen otherwise but are there still bottles left? Any idea how many there might be if so?

 

All sold out. Lasted until right around 6.

 

Just cracked a SB. It tastes like Morning Bell plus cinnamon and maple syrup. On a series note, MB is my favorite coffee beer and this is equally excellent in its own unique way. I don't hesitate to say 5/5 - just extremely luscious.

 

Yeah, because that's exactly what it is.

 

Oh yeah, I grabbed more Head High.
We're hoping to go back soon. Our beach plans usually conflict with breweries in the summer. We only made it to Kane because of the storm the "meteorologists" said we were going to have. It never came, but I got Sunday Brunch, so thanks meteorologists.

But if we do plan to go back up, I'll let you know.

 

Seating should be proportional to the size of the brewery. There were 4 picnic tables and they could add a few more. If you noticed I said I went to Carton as well and didn't mention the seating, because it was a small place and had a few couches and it worked. I've been to Other Half plenty of times and wouldn't expect seating there. Kane seems to be about the size of Finback, but Finback is set up to be a much more comfortable space.

 

Agree to disagree I guess. Unlike Carton's dedicated taproom Kane's taproom is in the brewery so all of that seating needs to be removed and stored when they are closed to the public, they might not have the space to store tons of tables. I guess it can be a problem for people with disabilities that need to sit but I feel like the barrels and picnic tables are pretty adequate. Sometime you might have to share with people you dont know but its always nice to meet cool beer people. As someone said above, heres to hoping Kane keeps gobbling up all the building in the complex and continues to expand.

 

Well some of us have bad backs, so standing on a concrete floor for an extended period of time can get quite uncomfortable. I'm far from handicapped or disabled, but it's still not pleasant. So instead of staying for 2 or 3 hours like I do when I go to finback, I instead stayed 45 minutes and only tried 3 beers.

 

Me too... every time I walk out the back door.

 

To be fair, it's a "tasting room" situation in Jersey and it's a working brewery. It's not meant to be the ultimate in convenience for you. It's meant for you to taste their offerings in a relatively appropriate time frame (say, 30 to 90 minutes) as opposed to a tavern situation where you camp out for two to three hours seemingly drinking every offering available.

 

I think that's the point, They really don't want you (or anyone) there 2-3 hours. Have your flight, fill your growlers, buy available cans and bottles, and make room for the wave of newly arriving customers. Anyone who's hanging out there more than an hour, probably isn't spending a whole lot of money in hour 2 anyway. I think that's the business model for most small breweries.

 

On a serious* note.

I am not dumb, just can't type.

 

The new batch of Sunday Brunch is just tremendous. I really liked the previous batch, but this one is a bit less of a cinnamon bomb and a bit more balanced overall. So good.

 

I'm dying to open one. Thinking about kicking my vacation off next week with one.

 

That would be amazing. But for some reason I feel like Citra Pale cans are far far away.

 

I'd be broke and divorced. And the judge would probably award these cans to the ex-wife.

 

I hope so. But according to the TTB website Over Head labels were approved on 03/12/2016, nothing on there about Citra...unless its a different name, which is certainly might be based on what people have been saying.

 

There was/is a contributor to this thread that knows much more about this than I do, but for the life of me I cant remember who it is. Maybe they can chime in.

But... if you go here select your date range and search KANE BREWING COMPANY everything comes up.

https://www.ttbonline.gov/colasonline/publicSearchColasBasic.do

 

I remember some one saying that Overhead was the next to be canned
Timeline is the fall

 

Going to be in North Jersey (Essex County) for July 4th weekend to see family! Excited to try some Kane brews for the first time.