Spellbound Brewing

We love going to this place. The tap room is nothing fancy, but something about it is appealing. The mixed crowd is friendly, we always manage to get a conversation going with someone nearby, despite the age difference. Several times we visited, someone offered to share some of their pizza, hoagie slices or whatever… nice. I like the varying selection of beers, and they will allow you to taste any of them before committing to a glassful. The bartenders are generally busy but friendly. HINT: how about buying a few more chairs for us to sit on. Is there a weird NJ microbrew law about max chair count?

Great craft beer! I support local brews!

Cool little spot. I visited on a Sunday afternoon and got to have the place to myself for about a half an hour. It was nice to speak with the very friendly bartender about the local beer scene and get some inside info on the beers they offer. The highlights for me were the Palo Santo Porter and the Cherry Belgian Tripel. The Oatmeal Raisin Cookie, was interesting as well.

One of the best breweries in the area. Didn’t dislike one beer on tap. Staff is friendly and makes you feel welcome. The Palo Santo Porter and Peach IPA are two of their best!

Probably the second best brewery in NJ. Their porters are incredible. Look for them to really shine in 2016.

I hope you like IPAs. Because 9 out of 12 beers will be at any time. That said, they have gotten me read ducted to hops, so I ain’t mad. Super friendly and knowledgeable folks here, tripping over each other to take you on a really interesting tour. You can also cap your own 6-​pack sometimes! If they figure out a way to serve food, we’re golden.

When I saw the tap list I was intrigued. I love fruit beers and almost every beer on tap the day I went was a fruit beer. I was expecting sweet, syrupy goodness but the idea is better in theory than in reality.
The interior of the tap room is nice, new and clean, so no complaints there. It was packed when I showed up, and it was easy to see how frustrated the guy behind the bar was. He was a little rude, roughly asking all the new folks at the bar what they want, and not very welcoming. We took the beers that were thrust at us and got a seat outside on one of their benches. At least I do like their little beer garden a lot, I bet it is very cute when they turn the string lights on.
My boyfriend got the gingerbread brown, and it was one of the better beers we tried. It really does taste like gingerbread at first, but at some point simmers down into more of a coffee taste. I had a flight of four — the pumpkin ale, citra pale ale, blueberry pale ale and peach IPA. The pumpkin ale was almost undrinkable. It was far too hoppy for a sweet pumpkin beer and smelled extremely skunky. The citra pale ale was alright, nothing to write home about, and while the citrus was obvious on the nose it was less detectable in the taste.
That being said the blueberry pale ale was definitely one of the better blueberry infused beers I’ve tried; it was very natural tasting and there were no artificial overtones. Also the peach IPA was very palatable. I usually greatly dislike IPAs but since their peach appeared to be their flagship beer I decided to give it a try. It’s one of their better beers and doesn’t have that overwhelming, face scrunching bitterness found in most other IPAs. I would drink it again.
I think maybe they need to tone down the number of novelty beers they produce and go back to some basics. It felt like every beer had something cutesie about it, and sometimes it’s just too much. They also need to either expand their taproom or work on their customer service. I feel like the branding of this brewery is perfect and the ambiance could match, but it just doesn’t, and falls flat. I’ll be back here to try more, since I think they deserve a second chance, but I was not overly impressed.

After moving to the area and doing some research, I found Spellbound Brewing and began following them on instagram — I was so pleased with my decision to do so, as they released a small brew of orange chocolate brown ale and posted about it online!
I was out running errands and caught a glimpse and knew my first time at Spellbound would be later that day.
We were able to find the parking lot, but almost missed the sign for Spellbound. There is a gate at the end of the strip that leads down to the brewery.
There are a few tables set up outside which is nice if you want to bring food and sit down and eat, there were tables inside, but I didn’t see any chairs.
I ordered the orange chocolate brown ale and my fiancé ordered the porter.
I wish I could properly articulate the beautiful aroma coming out of my glass! While it was a dark beer, the smell was positively amazing; it smelled surprisingly bright and refreshing.
The taste, while also delicious, was deceptively different than the smell, but also so good! It wasn’t a sweet chocolate, but more of a bitter chocolate and you would get after notes of the orange.
My fiancé loved his porter also.
I am so looking forward to coming back here and trying more beers, I saw many people got flights, which I wish I would have done, but that will be for my next trip!

I love beer. No, seriously — if beer were a person, I’d marry it. So on my neverending quest to find «the one», I’ve gone to a ton of breweries to quaff IPA’s, weizens, pales, and porters of all types. Spellbound is my latest ‘adventure’ in the world of beer, and oh, what an adventure it is!
First things first, this place is tied with Kane as being my #1 favorite brewery in NJ. Seriously, it’s *THAT* good. The menu of beers available at Spellbound is both diverse enough in styles and flavors that even the pickiest of beer drinkers will probably find something to swoon over. I’ve been here twice now, and let me tell ya’, the things these guys can do with fruit in beer is just shocking. The peach IPA is among some of the most flavorful IPA’s I’ve had, the mango pale ale was downright *buttery* in texture, as well as being absurdly delicious (as was the Citra pale!), the coffee porter just oozed an immense coffee flavor but without being too bitter, and the blueberry beers showcased how tart NJ blueberries can be, without that sickeningly sweet fake blueberry flavor that plagues so many others. Oh, and the palo santo porter? Yeah, that’s a thing of beauty in and of itself — just try it. I don’t think I’ve ever had a single beer from here that was anything short of wonderful.
As is typical with NJ breweries, there’s no food served here (screw you, NJ ABC!), but you can bring in some stuff from outside if you’d like, which is a plus. The interior is kept nice and cool, even on the hottest of days, another *huge* plus, since most other NJ breweries tend to be on the warm side, or downright sweltering. There’s plenty of standing table and bar space, so bringing friends is never a problem, and there’s always room for one more.
All said and done, an amazing brewery run by some pretty awesome and talented people. If you like beer even a little, you owe it to yourself to visit Spellbound.

Visited this little brewery on our great American road trip.
Ordered a flight of brews, really enjoyed the IPA and maple coffee porter. I did choose a bit more crazy ones to be honest. Be warned, the ghost pepper beer is HOT. Like too hot in my opinion… but to each their own!
TIP: there is no food here but you can bring outside grub to enjoy and they have a cute outdoor space with picnic tables.

I really want to give these guys a 5-​star rating because they are such a great group of entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, they are not quite «Woohoo! As good as it gets.» They are most certainly the best thing going in our area when it comes to nano-​breweries. And, «Yay! I am most certainly a fan.»
We have visited Spellbound at least a dozen times since they opened. They always have a nice selection of at least 8 or 10 beers on tap. Their beers are always well-​crafted and true to whatever style they are producing. The only thing that bothers me about them is their consistency. They have about 5 standards and every time we visit, there are subtle variations. Nothing bad, just not consistent from batch to batch. If they can work out the kinks, I will probably up my rating to 5-​stars.

I have visited here a few times and I am happy with the beers. The peach and mango IPAs are creative and they work. I have tried the san paulo porter out of the cask and it has a very unique flavour. My most recent growler filler was of a Pale Ale with Citra hops and it worked well.
The staff is very nice, and usually attentive. They aren’t always great about keeping their beer list updated via social media, but that is a small price to pay to have good beer in my backyard.

Aside from the creepy walk up their fenced in path at an industrial complex — Spellbound was actually quite charming. $ 7 for a 4-​beer flight was a good way to sample their brews. Their Coffee Porter was solid, but I wasn’t blown away by anything else (except their gorgeous can-​style souvenir glasses) and found their Palo Santo Porter to be just ‘ok’. Seemed more like a pale ale place to me, which isn’t really my bag (but I can be sold on excellent blondes and witbiers, so I will always try!)
Their tasting room was nice, but it seemed they had room towards the rear that could’ve benefited from benches and lower tables instead of relying on standing room only high-​hats and bar. (There is seating outside — but good lord was it hot the day we were there.)
Would’ve loved to take a real tour of the place instead of reading their handout. Unlike some other local breweries their setup was large enough, and tempting to view through the glass window in the tasting room.

Cherry Belgian Tripel and Mango Pale Ale are my favorites here! $ 7 flights or $ 5 pints. Nice little find in NJ. They don’t have food but you can bring your own food in or get food delivered.

Spellbound is enchanting.
Did I just choose the most cliché opening statement possible? OH. WELL.
It has been a couple weeks now since my visit to this brewery and I’m still daydreaming about these fantastic brews. [No, really. I’m half serious.]
My desire to visit the brewery skyrocketed after trying their Porter at the AC Beer & Music Fest. Later, their IPAs were provided at the Rockhill Unilocal event and it became that much more necessary to visit.
The morning of the Unilocaler-​outing, I found their current tap list online, made my picks, headed over to Mt. Holly, found their lot with no problem, and excitedly walked in. A couple minutes later, I ordered my $ 7 flight without looking at the board once: Peach IPA, NJCB Belgian Tripel, Coffee Porker (firkin) and Cherry Chocolate Porter (firkin).
Picked that pretty thing up, walked it to a table and… yeah. Just great. All of them. Every last one of them. A standout? The cherry chocolate porter. Like no beer I’ve had before.
So, yes. Visit Spellbound. The building isn’t spectacular. The parking lot is a little weird. The space itself isn’t large. But this place is just all around awesome and I wish them all the luck. Not that they need it, since they obviously cast a spell on everyo — okay I’m done.

First off I’ll start by saying I am estatic about how close this brewery is to me. I’ve tried a few breweries near me and find that their beers lack complexity however they all seem to understand that if you make a cool place to hangout people will come and drink your not so special beers. Spellbound brewery on the other hand has made the cool hangout spot and have such a nice array of complex yet smooth beers.
For my first visit, using a gps we arrived easily but I have to admit we missed the entrance sign and ended up parking in the rear and entering through the actual brewery. Not a big deal as employees guided us the right way.
While there I had a flight of the peach ipa, cherry chocolate porter, tripel, and cofffee porter. Each beer was smooth and had so many layers of flavor. The beers ACTUALLY tasted as described! Imagine that! My favorite was the cherry chocolate porter followed by the tripel. I had taken a peek at the website before my visit and was so excited to try the oatmeal raisin cookie sadly this was not on tap.
Now my only question is do they allow food? This would be such a cute spot to spend a relaxing weekend afternoon.
****After my initial visit I found out you are allowed to bring your own food. I love grabbing a cheeseteak, pizza, and/​or wings to bring along.

Spellbound has cast a spell on me. Except there’s actually no magic or enchantment involved; the spell is based on excellent beer and a great brewery.
From my first sample of the 2x Peach IPA at the Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival, I knew Spellbound was something special. The double Peach IPA immediately went to my list of favorite beers at the beer fest, and favorite beers of all-​time.
Over the weekend I made my first trip out to the Mt. Holly Brewery and I can safely say, I’m in love.
The brewery is located in an industrial park with ample parking and signage. There’s even a little outdoor area with picnic benches so you can enjoy your brews outside. Although it is located in an industrial park, the tasting room was transformed into a bright space decorated with the celestial theme that is also found in Spellbound’s logo.
Between my husband and myself, we were able to try most of the beers on tap the day of our visit. The beers I had were exceptionally good and ranged from amazing to phenomenal. The 1x Peach IPA and Cherry Chocolate Porter were my favorites but the IPA, Coffee Porter, NJCB Belgian Tripel were also excellent. To my disappointment they just kicked a grapefruit IPA and didn’t have the Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Porter that day, but that’s all the more reason to go back!
The staff was very nice as well. They were happy to talk about their beers and just seemed like chill people.
Although I didn’t see any signage on at the bar, their website mentions that they’ll be hosting an inaugural benefit bike ride in August. I look forward to participating in this!
As a parting gift, we bought ourselves a growler of the Peach IPA and a six-​pack of the regular IPA.
I can’t believe this brewery has only been in operation since 2014, they seem like they’ve been around for years.
I’m completely charmed and look forward to many more memorizing brews and experiences from Spellbound.

Make the trip up to see the amazing beers this brewery is cranking out – you will not be disappointed!
Stopped in on a lazy weekend day to finally get over to Spellbound to try their beers after trying a few at the AC Beer Festival this Spring.
It’s located in an industrial type complex – very typical for breweries and was easy to find (signage etc) which is always nice. Ample parking in the lot and you walk into a sizable tasting room with high tops and a ledge and a full seated bar so plenty of space to stretch our legs and enjoy delicious beer
We did samplers of everything they had to offer that day and they provide you with a nice tasting sheet to keep track of what everything is –I really like the handmade beer tasting boards (I want some myself!)
Usually when there is a laundry list of beer styles to offer I get a bit worried that a brewery has overcommitted itself but this was not the case at all – all of the 10 + beers we tried were solid good beers
My favorites were the IPA (so much so we took home a case!!) –bright crisp fresh hop aroma and taste
and I also really really liked all of the different porters –which maybe because I’m partial to the style I think they were absolutely fantastic!
But even the Peach IPA really surprised me in its subtle hint of fresh peach flavor – perfect for summer/​warm days whereas most beers of that fruit infused IPA style are overtly sweet and almost artificial tasting but this was not in any way– super enjoyable and semi-​dry finish
Other things to note: they take credit cards (thankfully!), they sell cases for some of their beers, growler fills etc and its BYO food
They do Firkins every now and then and they’ve started to have their beers carried at the West Deptford Canal’s for growlers fills!

Stop #4 on our quest to visit NJ breweries. This is more of a traditional brewery in that you could see all the tanks and such from the tasting room. Our prediction is that this is the next up and comer ready to be discovered in the local beer world. The long bar of the tasting room meant you didn’t feel crowded, and if you did, there is outdoor seating and small tables to sit. Like other breweries, no food is served (by law) but you may bring your own and clean up after yourself. The servers were very knowledgeable and very friendly here. The guy who took our order and served us was super great. We felt like long time customers or friends and could have spent a bit more time here.
4 tasting glasses for $ 7 turned into a growler for home for $ 20 ($ 15 if we had brought our own 32 oz). I got a growler of their Palo Santo Porter, which to me tastes like chocolate coconut. It is amazing. AMAZING, I tell you!
They were out of the Oatmeal Raisin Cookie so we tried the peach IPA, Mango Pale Ale, the Collaboration Triple, and the Palo Santo Porter. All were good, but I was instantly in love with the Palo Santo Porter. In fact, I am drinking it now as I write this review at 12:23 in the afternoon.
Definitely visit this place!

Looking for some of the best craft brewed beer in this part of the Garden State? Look no further than Spellbound Brewing. Coming from someone who has visited almost every micro brewery in NJ, Spellbound is leaps and bounds one of the best/​newest breweries to open in the last year. Take a 6 pack of their flagship IPA to go or get a growler fill of any of their other refreshing brews. You can sample any 4 beers for $ 6, which is a good way to get started. On my recent visit, I sampled the Palo Santo porter, Session Porter, Gingerbread brown, and Peach IPA. I enjoyed the Palo Santo so much and ended up getting a growler to go!
The brewery space is large, the guys and gals behind the bar are friendly, and the beer is damn tasty. Whether you are in this neck of the woods or plan on taking a brewery tour in the Burlington county area, I highly recommend making a stop here. If you’re like me, you will be under their spell in no time at all.