![]() ![]() Author Ceetar Posted on JJCategories beer, brewery, brewery visit Tags beer, flight, local brewery, new brewery Leave a comment on New Brewery Alert: Gearblock Brewing Company in Waldwick, NJ Mets On Tap Episode 21 Summer BBQ season is here, and you know I’m going to get a crowler or two to have on hand. Gearblock has already added a beer or two since I was there, and I’ll definitely be back soon to check them out. ![]() Something close enough that I can pop in for a beer when they’re open without having to make a special trip and plan. Most of all, I’m stoked that there’s a brewery so close. It’s a good start, and gives me hope going forward. As I write this a few days later, the Busted Barnacle, a gose that I got in a crowler to go, might be the one that’s hitting the memories the best, but I thought their hazy was pretty good, and so was the Märzen. I wasn’t wow’d by anything, but I wasn’t disappointed by anything either. How was the beer? The beer was fine to good. I didn’t see anyone I knew on this trip, but it’s inevitable that I will if and when I continue to visit. There’s something special about community watering holes, maybe something that’s no longer a dive bar thing. There was a Japanese baseball game on, which immediately raised my opinion of the place. It’s a nice space, bar, ample seating, bathrooms, and you can see through to the brewery in the back. ![]() It’s in a little strip mall type place, but with wide sidewalks that affords them a little outdoor seating, which is always nice, even in a parking lot, but I sat at the bar and ordered a flight. I managed to find my way over there, something way easier when it’s 4 minutes of side streets, on opening weekend to try out what they had. Luckily, finally, there’s a brewery within 2 miles of my house, in a spot I’ve ridden my bike past, actually adjacent to my doctor’s office…called Gearblock Brewing Company. Previously the closest brewery to me was a good 15-20 minutes drive on a good day, something deeply troubling. Praise be to the hop goddesses, I’ve finally got a local brewery. ![]()
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