A Beer Hall You'll Love, Out in the Countryside

Occasionally you run across a totally unexpected pleasure.  Two Henry's Brewing Company is six miles north west of Plant City, FL at the corner of Thonotosassa Road and Branch Forbes Road.  Six miles of two lane country roads lined with farms and strawberry fields, the occasional house and a few residential trailers. The drive is worth it.  The brewery beer hall is a hidden gem,  And if your drink of choice is wine you should know that the beer hall is also a wine hall for the Keel and Curley Winery.  The picture shows the outside bar where we sat and the view of the pond from the outside bar.

On a Thursday late afternoon there was plenty of parking spaces for the few customers.  However, the size of the parking lot and the seating spaces in the hall and their outside patio suggest the brewery / winery is a popular place to visit, probably at weekends.

The web site http://twohenrysbrewing.com/ says that Two Henry's produces "Great Beers inspired by two of Florida's greatest pioneers. Two Henrys" The two Henrys are Henry Flagler and Henry Plant, read about the two Henrys here and here and the competition between them and their railroads here.

I drank a 7 Mile Bridge English Style IPA, which the website describes as "A malt forward take on the IPA, biscuit and crystal malts combine with spicy English hops and some fruity Simcoe dry hop on the nose. Six different hops give a complex, robust herbal and cistric hop flavor. Medium bodied with a reddish amber color. ABV 6.5%" Translated into English I can understand, this means that the beer had a nice body and the hops and malt were nicely balanced so the hops were present but not overpowering.  

Patricia drank a Two Henry's Blueberry Cider which the web site describes as "A traditional hard apple cider blended with 100 percent blueberry juice pressed from our own blueberries.  6.0% alc by vol. Gluten free" 

I enjoyed the beer and Patricia enjoyed the slightly sweet cider a lot as we talked about our day and our new client while watching a pretty duck play on the pond.  This is a good place to visit and while away a few hours.