Brewery Visit: Iron Hill Brewery

Iron Hill Brewery is a chain of brewpubs in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Lobster and I went to the Phoenixville, PA location. The outside of the building was very clean and new looking. The same goes for the inside, but I'd also add the word sleek to the description. We took a seat at the bar and had a fantastic placemat with great typography that explained the brewing process. Our friendly bartender told us about OG original gravity (specific gravity measured before the beginning of fermentation) and IBU International Bitter Units (a measurement of bitterness) in beer. There were a number of beers on tap, so we went with a sampler.

Raspberry Wheat
Brewery: An American wheat beer with a touch of raspberry flavor and aroma.
Alien: This beer was a huge disappointment as Alien loves raspberry flavored things, especially beer and ice cream.

Pig Iron Porter
Brewery: Dark in color, medium bodied with a distinct roasted character and a well-balanced bitterness
Alien: Cannot be fair as Alien doesn't usually like porters.

Abbey Dubbel (seasonal)
Brewery: dark, Belgian-style ale with notes of cherry and plum
Alien: liked it
Lobster: tasted like it contained the essence of roadkill

Nut Brown Ale and Nut Brown Ale on Nitro (seasonal)
Brewery: English style brown ale with toasted nut accents and subtle fruitiness, and served on Nitrogen
Alien: both versions were not tasty. The version with nitrogen had tiny bubbles.

Details:
Iron Hill Brewery
various locations throughout NJ, PA, DE
brewpub, serves food, no tour (at least at Phoenixville, PA location)