Tun Tavern Brewery facts for kids

Tun Tavern Restaurant & Brewery is a special kind of restaurant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. It's called a brewpub because it makes its own beer right there and sells it to customers.

This brewpub first opened its doors in 1998. It got its name from a very old and famous place called the Tun Tavern. That original Tun Tavern was a colonial business in Philadelphia that existed from 1685 to 1781. In 2006, the Tun Tavern brewpub made about 550 barrels of beer. A barrel is a large container, and in this case, it holds a lot of beer!

What Kinds of Beer Do They Make?

Tun Tavern is known for making different types of beers. They specialize in styles that come from places like England, Ireland, Germany, and the United States.

Some of the common beer styles you might find there include:

• Weisse and hefeweizen, which are types of wheat beer
• Red ales, which have a reddish color
• Seasonal beers, which change depending on the time of year
• Weizenbocks, another kind of strong wheat beer
• West coast IPAs (India Pale Ales), which often have a strong flavor from special plants called hops. The hops used here are even grown locally in New Jersey!

How They Operate: Licenses and Groups

To make and sell beer, Tun Tavern needs a special permit called a restricted brewery license. This license comes from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

This special license allows the brewpub to:

• Make up to 10,000 barrels of beer each year.
• Sell beer right at their location.
• Sell beer to other businesses that distribute it.
• Sell beer at festivals within New Jersey.
• Offer small samples of their beer at charity or community events away from the brewpub.

Tun Tavern is also a part of a group called the Garden State Craft Brewers Guild. This group helps support and promote craft breweries in New Jersey.