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Planet Rock: Earth Bread + Brewery
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| Photos | James Saul | |
All us Northwest Philly feel-goodies are mad stoked on Tom Baker and Peggy Zwerver’s Earth Bread + Brewery, the latest addition to the 7100 block of Germantown Avenue in Mount Airy. This place is huge! Two stories, two bars and plenty of room to spread out and enjoy pizza and beer. ‘Cause come on — what’s better than pizza and beer?
There are four brews on tap made in-house. Here’s the lowdown:
- Biere d’earth: A “rustic ale” brewed with cracked pepper, which delivers a hearty bite on the finish. There’s a lot going on with this one, but the solid malt backbone holds it all together.
- Love Your Mother Ale: A super-smooth English-style brew, crisp and perfect for sessioning. The beer-weary will delight in this mild offering.
- Terre Fume: Behold, a smoked beer that doesn’t taste like liquid Slim Jims! Not really my style, but a well-balanced wheat ale nonetheless.
- Sedgwick Ale: Germantown represent! This is the strongest and hoppiest beer on EB&B’s menu, all while packing in a modest 5.8 percent ABV. Too citrus-y for my tastes, but maybe that’s because it’s brewed with lemon verbana.
As far as “bread” goes, I had the Mexican, a fiesta of black beans, roasted tomatoes, corn and fresh cilantro on Earth’s fresh-baked thin crust. More than enough to make this Northwesterner anxious to come back for seconds.
Earth Bread + Brewery, 7136 Germantown Ave., 215-242-MOON, earthbreadbrewery.com
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