CROYDON, PENNSYLVANIA

Anchoring an overhead-doored red warehouse with large grain silos at New Hope Ferry Market, NESHAMINY CREEK BREWING COMPANY is stationed north of Philly in the town of Croydon (with a second satellite taproom in nearby Dublin opened October ’21). Founded in 2010, this well-established microbrewery has received massive distribution throughout New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland since 2016.

At the New Hope Ferry Market, Neshaminy Creek’s main pub features a wood-seated pine top bar with stainless steel draught handles serving several community tables spread between the snazzy post-modernist wall design. A small right side lounge area and a billiard table fill out the room and celebratory beer-related murals don the white sidewalls. The aluminum ceiling contains exposed pipes and hanging Edison lights. Near the back room brew tanks is a nifty party center.

My wife and I visited early February ’25 mid-afternoon, downing the four tapped beers I never had on tap or at home.

Mocha-dried toffee spicing permeated German-styled Bock Buster, a Noble-hopped moderation with slightest ashen walnut skin.

Zesty lemony grapefruit bittering stayed subtle soaking up cologne-perfumed dry spicing and resinous pining of Imperial IPA, Date Jeans, picking up strawberry, banana, white grape and tangelo snips.

Dry red rye IPA, JAWN of the Dead, placated its grapefruit-seeded orange rind bittering with black grape and dried plum tartness as compost earthiness and resinous pine reached the burnt toast base.

Bitterly black-malted dark chocolate and powdered cocoa spread wide for dark roast hop-charred Baltic Porter, Eye On The Tide, a ‘raucous’ mocha full body with peated Irish coffee remnant.