Over Beers

"So exquisite is the cunning of mankind in gratifying their vices and appetites that they have invented a method to make water itself produce intoxication.” - Pliny the Elder. A few weeks ago I visited the taproom of Ludlum Island Brewery in Ocean View New Jersey just outside Sea Isle City and had a chance to talk to owner Billy Topley and learn all about the secret tap, the beers they are making and got the story of Ludlum Island Brewery.

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