Come in from the heat and cool down with Dark City Brewing Company’s craft beers. Asbury Park’s first brewery opened January 8, 2016, after an extensive buildout of its 2nd Avenue space, outfitted with all custom-fabricated equipment. What used to be half-woodshop and half-thrift store is now a seven-barrel brew house with three 15-barrel fermenters, a milling room, and a tasting room. Says founder and owner Kevin Sharpe, “We try to make eccentric beers that are twists on dif

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