Beer Club - This week's entry by Double Nickel Brewing Company

I visited Double Nickel brewery in Pennsauken, NJ last year, less than a month after it had opened. It is a large facility tucked between twisting highway ramps and hills. It had the feel of a startup with places to go. We (my brother & I) had a personal tour with the brew-master, and he ended up pouring our flight. I remember the guy saying we could bring in our own food (though he did have some bar nuts or pretzels on hand). A nice touch either way. The tasting room is chrome-covered and huge, with a nice L-shaped bar backed by windows looking onto the brew floor, tables and chairs all around plus a balcony with additional seating above it all.

Double Nickel was named (if I recall his story correctly) for the amount of the former toll to cross the nearby bridge. A little Googling confirms that recollection:

The Tacony-Palmyra drawbridge (as well as the Burlington-Bristol Bridge upstream) once had a nickel toll. Truckers, especially, liked the bridge because its toll was cheaper than that of the southern Betsy Ross and other expanses. When the bridge commission hiked the toll to 10 cents, the truckers reminded each other by calling the bridge Double Nickel over their radios.

Today I bring you their Session IPA, coming in at 4.7% ABV. I remember this was great on tap, and they weren't canning anything at the time. Now, Joe Canal's has at least 4 of their beers on hand. Knowing this, and seeing photos online, they have come a long way since my visit.

I hope this can is as good as my experience was. I'll be going back to the brewery either way.