Dry City Brew Works

Until the mid 1980's the western suburb of Wheaton was known as a dry city. If you wanted a drink you had to go to one of the neighboring towns that was referred to as "Whiskey Creek." Well, my have times changed cause this month a small batch brewery just opened up in downtown Wheaton called Dry City Brew Works.

Dry City Brew Works is a small nanobrewery that only brews beer in small batches. Currently they have four beers on tap in their small taproom. The taproom has a view of the brew kettle and fermentation tanks and has a few tables to sit and relax in. I ordered a flight of beers first so that I could sample them all and decide which one I wanted a full pour of. By the way you can only order 3 beers and 1 flight is considered as 1.

First up was their wheat beer, Homophonic, and I thought it was just average. Nothing really special about it in my opinion and everyone has opinions and everyone's tastes are different. Onto the Ryejacked an India Pale Ale brewed with hops from the Pacific Northwest. Now this is more to my tasting. I love me some hops especially west coast IPA's and rye beers. It had a nice hop aroma and a dry finish to it. Next was their Scotch Ale called I Saved the King. I haven't had any Scotch ales in a long time and this one was quite nice. Smooth and malty. Then the last beer from the flight was their coffee milk stout, Providence, brewed with coffee from River City Roasters a coffee shop that is located in downtown Wheaton as well. If you love coffee then you would probably like this beer more than I did. I'm not a coffee drinker and not a fan of beers brewed with coffee. My favorite was the Ryejacked so I ordered a pint of it after finishing off the flight.

Dry City Brew Works will have 4-5 beers on tap and will have growlers and 22 oz. bombers for sale soon. There's no signage on Main Street and you have to enter from the small parking lot behind the building. There will be a small patio area when the weather gets warmer and they don't sell food but you can bring your own in.

For more info on them: Dry City Brew Works