Twin Elephant Brewing 2021

Nice work starting the thread! Here's a bit more info:

Hours (adjusted for Covid-19)
Thursday 5pm - 10pm
Friday 5pm - 10pm
Saturday 12pm - 10pm
Sunday 12pm - 7pm

Covid-19 Info:

Our taproom and outside patio is now open to the public for onsite consumption! You are able to make a reservation on www.twinelephant.com, for a 90 minute reservation block. Walk-up availability is not guaranteed. Please be aware of the following rules:

- 21+ year olds only
- No food brought in or delivered
- Masks required except for when seated
- Reservations are subject to change due to weather

BEER PICKUP
11am-7pm - Wednesday-Saturday / 11am-6pm - Sunday

On our eCommerce store located at https://shop.twinelephant.com there is a section called Beer Pickup & Delivery where, depending on beer availability & packaging schedule, we will be offering a variety of 32oz crowler cans, 32oz & 64oz growler fills with new glass (no refilling allowed), and 16oz four packs of cans for contact-less pickup at the brewery.


Other Breweries / Beer Options Nearby:

Untied Brewing in New Providence is about 9 mins away (3.8 miles), and has indoor and outdoor seating

Bull n Bear Brewing in Summit jus opened in December and is less than 5 minutes (1.6mi) away, and also offers indoor and outdoor seating

Trap Rock Restaurant and Brewery in Berkley Heights is 10 minutes away​

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Two Ton Brewing in Kenilworth is 15-20 minutes away​

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There are a number of good bottle shops nearby including Bottle King in Chatham about a block away, Gary's Wine & Marketplace in Madison, Main Street Wine Cellars in Madison and Wine Traders in Chatham

 

I been pretty crazy with work recently, but very glad to see that, per FB, TE is beginning to dabble in home delivery! Awesome. I think I saw it was Middlesex county??

 

Correct - trial run starting in Middlesex. cool that people can get delivery - but I take it as a red flag that taproom sales and curbside orders are down, but I think that's an industry problem not a TEB specific one...

on the plus side, glad to see The Swarm on deck for canning along with Nosh citra mosaic. Hope to try the new Kellerbier on tap as well.

 

Yeah but that's not the safest way to do things. They may have evaluated and determined that they can afford to be as safe and protective of their employees as they can. Plus if an employee gets covid, really in a small place you could end up down really for nearly two weeks if you test and quarantine like you should.
Moreover, I have zero idea what employees' families (and employees') health problems are. Maybe someone there has a husband or wife or live in parent with a solid organ transplant, or Crohn's disease, or MS and so on....

 

Interesting, I had not thought of it that way..probably because I'm used to so many breweries around here doing delivery (though, I suppose TE is smaller than them). Hope all is well for them, though I would not be surprised if taproom sales were down given the current Covid numbers. I shall do my part to try and increase curbside

Hell yea to Nosh. And I'll definitely want that Kellerbier in a growler

 

Home delivery has now expanded to Essex, Monmouth, and Somerset counties as well. Being I'm in Somerset, I'm stoked.

 

I too am looking forward to trying it otu

 

had the "West Coast" IPA called Quested yesterday. Totally not West Coast by any traditional sense, but more an NEIPA with some subtle west coast attributes, but I really liked it. Bit more resinous aroma and taste, less heavy mouthfeel, more bitterness and a little higher carb, and nice and hoppy. Hopefully they experiment more down this path.

 

This was pretty flippin amazing. These guys are firmly on my radar now.

 

I've been following this brewery on social and what gets posted here. Can anyone speak to their other styles outside IPAs? For example, how are the two porters (Poison the Well and Rugged Snuggle)?

 

Thanks for the response @dennisthreeninefiveone

You answered my question. In short, I would like to give this brewery a try but I am not much of an IPA drinker.

Jeremy

 

I’ve enjoyed Rugged Snuggle and the saisons they’ve put out. Don’t recall many stouts. They’re kind of another IPA factory but the non-IPAs are all done well IMO.

 

their mixed ferm stuff is very good. I believe 2 on tap currently.

 

Nice. This is good information! I am afraid saisons and farmhouse ales arent really in my wheelhouse. Was thinking of posting a trade rrom (2 or 3 crowlers) the to-go options currently listed on the website.

Jeremy

 

Most of what I’ve had are IPA, but their Italian Pilsner and their Porter, Bakers at Dawn were both excellent.

 

@dennisthreeninefiveone
@njcraftfan

Not sure if you want to add this to the above but when I asked Twin Elephant if they allowed proxy pickups, the following was their response:

Do you allow proxy pick-ups for orders?

Yep as long as you let us know and the person picking up has valid ID.

 

My wife usually picks up my orders since she works right near there. I’ve never let them know and it hasn’t been an issue.