Mid-Atlantic breweries in planning (2020)

Odd Bird Brewing in Stockton, NJ looks set to open soon. They just brewed their first couple batches of beer. One of which is a Bitter that just went into casks. Excited for this place!

 

this sounds like my style! not too far from Referend either!

 

I can't say I am all that surprised by this news. I went there about a year ago, and found the beers to be ranging from below average to average. I had not heard from anyone suggesting that there was any improvement since then.

 

It's a very interesting situation. The owners had opened at least one successful brewery previously, albeit in Spain. Curious whether their approach got lost in translation when applied to the US, or some other reason. Some had said that they were too upscale with their restaurant for an area like Homestead. Could be a combo of a lot of things including, of course, if their beer quality wasn't up to par in a beer city like Pittsburgh.

 

I ride my bike along the canal quite a bit, it'll be good to have a place to "rehydrate" afterwards.

 

Human Robot Beer (Philadelphia) had their soft opening last Friday and says they will have a full scale opening as of Feb 6th. This is the spot where St. Benjamin's used to be.

Sly Fox Malvern is open as of today. The Sly Fox Den location in Reading was supposed to open over the weekend but was postponed for unstated reasons. Presumably it will be open within a week or so.

Liquid Noise Brewing (Marysville) is having its grand opening this Friday January 24th.

 

One day a few weeks ago I was at Plan Bee and decided to make a drive up to Suarez. I usually just take 9 all the way up, but my GPS had me take a different route because I was leaving from Plan Bee. I remember driving past some sign on the road that said "Brewery now open". I spent a good amount of time trying to figure out where this was when I got home. I even tried going along street view on google maps to try and find it.

Thanks for posting this. This had to have been what I saw.

 

Two MD breweries have announced opening dates:

Ministry of Brewing (Baltimore)- February 7
Flood Zone Brewery (Union Bridge)- February 29

 

Crystal Ball Brewing rumored to be closing its doors tomorrow. No official word. If true, that certainly reignites the concern of a shakeout in PA breweries.
cc @JackHorzempa

On the positive side, Sly Fox confirmed that their second Reading location opens Monday (a small taproom only). Maxie's Brew House opens in Shippensburg on Feb 1st and Rough Edges Brewing (Waynesboro) will have their soft opening that same day. Phantom Power Brewing (Millersville) is shooting for a March opening, as is Starview Brews (Columbia)

Mindful (Greater Pittsburgh) announced an expansion location, and another in the works. Hitchhiker announced a downtown taproom opening summer 2020. Levante Brewing announced that they are reopening The Stables in Chester Springs, as a year round location. Country Club Brewing nailed down a location in Allentown and hopes for a summer opening.

Sorry for the long post about all sorts of scattered opening announcements, but the anxiety from Crystal Ball's supposed closure called for a barrage of positive news. Fingers crossed, but gut feeling is that things will continue getting worse before they get better. 2020 seems set to be a rough ride in PA.

 

Just got back from a Monday dinner at Zeus. I'll echo that the facility is very beautiful. It's has one of the nicest bars that I've ever seen. That being said, the place kinda has a gentrification vibe considering the location, so take from that what you will.

My wife and I split a few of the small plates, and we enjoyed all it. My wife enjoyed the fruited sour. It was nice and tart with decent body. I really liked the imperial stout. It had a lot of coffee and dark chocolate notes.

Overall, we felt that they want to sell you on the restaurant that brews its own beer concept. It felt a notch or two above a brewpub/gastro pub. I personally prefer a " the salt of the earth" kind of experience ala Schatzi's, but I can see Zeus getting popular especially once they are able to open up the rooftop and patio.

 

Oh God No...…………………………….

 

My wife and tried to stop into Zeus on Friday night for a round or two and maybe a small plate as part of a little crawl to some other spots. Lol no. 90 minute wait for a table and bar was three deep.

with a babysitter at home for a few hours and the two of us on a (roughly) 530am-930pm schedule we hit Schatzis and called it good. I’ll go
Back to Zeus on a Sunday afternoon sometime I guess.

On the flip side had a great burger at Schatzis and we had Grimm and HVB cans and draft pours of the new EQ/vitamin sea collab.

 

Tom, I have never visited the Stables. Can I ask why you would prefer for it to not re-open?

Cheers!

 

It's like Disneyland without rides, but with plenty of kids!!

 

They actually announced that they're planning to have an exclusive 21+ area to address this problem. Not sure how well it will work, since kids are usually screaming their heads off while running around outside...but maybe it's part of the indoor space? They've at least taken note of the complaints. If Levante has shown anything, it's that they'll take all complaints seriously and try to find a reasonable way to accommodate as many opinions as possible.

 

That burger with the fried potato cake really is something else haha.

 

sesame place with beer, enough parents were assholes and let their kids run wild. Lori and I went once and never again.