On tap at Poor Henry’s, tropical-fruited New England-styled IPA takes advantage of citric-dried Zythos hop influence. Tart lemon-dropped grapefruit, mandarin orange, passionfruit and melon tones pick up grassy astringency. Summery aspirations.
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BRIX CITY R.I.P. (2018)
On tap at Poor Henry’s, syrupy dark chocolate glaze enriches delightful full-bodied sweet stout. Immense chocolate cake creaming picks up crème brulee, cocoa and vanilla illusions above minor wood-charred hop bittering. Great chocolate dessert.
BRIX CITY SILK CITY BOURBON BARREL IMPERIAL STOUT (2018)
On tap at Poor Henry’s, sweet bourbon elegance drapes dark chocolate permanence as well as rich vanilla creaminess and pureed dark cherry tartness to contrast light hop char and minor alcohol burn of valiant nightcap.
BRIX CITY SILK CITY IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN COGNAC BARRELS
On tap at Poor Henry’s, subtlest cognac sweetness nearly lost in rich dark chocolate syruping of full-bodied (10% ABV) Imperial Stout. Light oak influence politely dries out recessive red cherry, sherry, burgundy and brandy snips.
BRIX CITY DOPE NOSE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, resilient golden-beiged medium body drapes juicy orange and grapefruit tang above mild floral-daubed pine hop bittering. Clean-watered crisping really brings out the expressive citrus splendor.
BRIX CITY UNDISCOVERED WORLDS PILS
On tap at Beef Trust, brisk Mandarina Bavaria hop varietal provides lemon-dropped pineapple and tangerine tang for resinous floral-daubed herbal notions and lightly sugared pilsner malting. Lively citric hops pick up mild wood-toned astringency.
BRIX CITY BREWING
LITTLE FERRY, NEW JERSEY
At a cement-floored warehouse on a quiet cul de sac in Meadowlands-bound Little Ferry, BRIX CITY BREWING has gained widespread Northern Jersey exposure since opening for business, May 2015.
Though I’d consumed about two dozen original Brix City brews at every worthy Bergen-Passaic-Morris County beer pub imaginable, there were a few more to be had at my initial August ’17 visit.
After purchasing a home brew kit in 2010, Hasbrouck Heights schoolyard pals, Peter Reuther (an Army vet) and Joe Delcalzo (local accountant), decided to try their hand at full-time brewing. The results have been quite impressive and the dynamic duo now utilize 16-ounce cans to satisfy the growing demand for big sellers such as celebrity-inspired Jaromir Lagr, Derek Wheater and Brews Willis.
A large map of Newark (the inspirational Brick City that once housed tons of breweries before prohibition) covers a side wall and a few colorfully chalked blackboards boast of regional brewpubs and provide today’s draught menu. Several wood barrels consume the back area near the brew tanks and four community tables get serviced by the eight draught lines at the wood-lacquered bar.
Heritage rock music by the Allman Brothers and Eric Clapton plays loudly in the raw space as my wife and I plow into a delectable Belgian blonde, a sturdy pilsner and two glistening IPA’s.
Enchanting candi-sugared Gloria Belgian Blonde Ale had a certain summertime serenity as its lemony banana tartness and sweet vanilla creaming gained mild floral herbage, pithy clove-coriander piquancy and a smooth vermouth sway above the prickly salty bottom.
Pungently grain-husked Undiscovered Worlds American Pilsner gathered dry wood tones, leafy hops and spiced pilsner malts.
Gently citrus-spiced Just Another IPA brought mild lemon-juiced mandarin orange and navel orange tanginess to the fore above oats-dried malts.
Bitterer, heartier and more decisive, Just Another Double IPA loaded tangier citrus spicing and resinous pine hops onto moderate crystal malt sugaring.
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BRIX CITY RIGHTEOUS JAMS
On tap at Poor Henry’s, perfectly centrist IPA with frothily creamed head and illuminating golden body retains gentle tropical fruit spicing. Crisply clean-watered grapefruit, orange, pineapple and mango tanginess sits atop sugary crystal malts. Rewarding moderate-to-medium-bodied ‘jam.’
BRIX CITY SUNSHINE DAYDREAM IPA
On tap at Twisted Elm, truly approachable and highly sessionable moderation steps forward lightly as its delicately spice-hopped grapefruit and orange peel tang subtly lingers above wispy pine tones.
BRIX CITY COSMIC CHARLIE INDIA-STYLE PALE ALE
Sunny citrus entry gains dry lupulin-powdered hop oiling and mild herbal dankness above creamy crystal-malted wheat sugaring. Lemony grapefruit tang picks up sweet ‘n sour pineapple, peach, mango and tangerine tropicalia to contrast moderated bitter end.
BRIX CITY TABLE BEER SESSION IPA
On tap at Poor Henry’s, sessionable moderate-bodied India Pale Ale allows honey-sweet peach, navel orange and white grape fruiting to thrive above dank hop resin and lager-like pale malting.
BRIX CITY BREWS WILLIS INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Dog & Cask, dry IPA reminiscent of British styling with its earthen dewiness, dank weeding and woody Simcoe-Chinook hop bittering. Mellow mango, pineapple and peach illusions settle at the back of the tongue.
