The Brewery At The Palace: Not Your Ordinary Pinoy Barbecue, Beef Rendang, and more!

The Brewery At The Palace

A night of live music and free flowing craft beers is happening on July 7, 2016 as The Brewery At The Palace celebrates its first anniversary! But before that, I got to experience The Brewery for the first time and its new dishes made by Chef Carlo Miguel (same chef as Draft Gastropub).

on-site microbrewery

A visit to The Brewery is like a "field trip" to the biggest on-site microbrewery in the country. So this is what a microbrewery looks like! It is huge spanning from the ground floor up to the second floor. I was able to get a wider view of it while I was in the second floor.

what's brewing?

The place has that industrial feel with its microbrewery, exposed pipes, lighting, and mix of metal and wood in their tables and chairs. The walls also capture attention with its microbrewery scale model designs. Still, the place managed to provide that "I just want to chill, drink some unique beers, eat good food, and listen to live music" vibe.


ambiance	Brewery Green Tea Php110

The Brewery is definitely a place for beer enthusiasts and drinkers, but for a non-alcoholic drinker like me, I recommend the Brewery Green Tea. It's a refreshing citrus twist to green tea, which I really enjoyed.

Beer Sampler

The Brewery started with four (4) artisanal beers: Pilsner, IPA or Indian Pale Ale, Stout, and Wheat. Taking advantage of having their own brewery, Raj Sadhwani (CEO, The Brewery) worked with Oliver Elrotte (Resident Brew Master, The Brewery) to start using local ingredients and invent new concoctions. The newest additions are Epic IPA and Chokolate Boom.

complimentary focaccia bread

One thing (aside from live music) that non-beer drinkers would enjoy in The Brewery is their food -- whether you pair it with beer, with brewed tea, or just plain water!

appetizers

Soft Taco Platter (580Php)

In home-made soft flour tortillas (two of each): U.S. Angus hanger steak, kimchi aioli, and pickled vegetables; Home-made sisig, crispy garlic, pork crackling, and garlic aioli; Shrimp in Thai-style dressing, mango salsa, and avocado puree

Soft Taco Platter

Soft Taco Platter consists of nine tacos (three pieces of each). These are good starters as they instantly tickle your taste buds. They are all good and flavorful.

Not Your Ordinary Pinoy Barbecue

U.S. Angus Beef, Pork Belly, and Chicken

Not Your Ordinary Pinoy Barbecue

Not Your Ordinary Pinoy Barbecue is true to its name, and is a new addition to the menu (good move!). This is the kind of barbecue that it didn't matter to me what meat was used -- beef, pork, or chicken. The meat were all tender and savory that it felt the flavors really seeped into the meat. I instantly fell in love with this that even though it is part of the appetizers, I reserved a portion so I can eat it last (save the best for last!).

Chorizo Burger Sliders (350Php)

Chorizo sliders in home-made slider buns, romesco, and caramelized onions with sherry

Chorizo Burger Sliders

Chorizo Burger Sliders look cute but are greatly filling. Their thick chorizo-burger patty won't deny it. It is The Brewery's attempt to recreate the famous "choriburger" of Boracay. Though, of course, The Brewery's version is more sophisticated as it made use of home-made Spanish chorizo.

Microbrewery Beer Cheese Pizza (450Php)

Home-made pilsner beer and spent grain pizza dough, beer cheese sauce, mozzarella, parmesan, gruyere and caramelized onions

Microbrewery Beer Cheese Pizza

The Microbrewery Beer Cheese Pizza has the most subtle taste among all the dishes served to us. And that's fine as it kept the balance of flavors in our meal. The dough is made from spent grain from beer brewing process and is infused with beer giving that unique earthy malty taste.

Asian Chopped Chicken Salad (330Php)

Grilled chicken, pickled vegetables, chopped garlic peanuts, shrimp crackling bits, and mango, over mesculin greens

Asian Chopped Chicken Salad

I find the Asian Chopped Chicken Salad very oriental and refreshing. It has bold vinaigrette dressing and nuts adding texture to the greens.


salad	sisilog

Modern Sisilog (320Php)

Brewery's home-made signature pork sisig over fried garlic rice, 62 degree egg, finished with calamansi foam

Modern Sisilog

Sisilog is sisig, sinangag (fried rice), and itlog (egg). But what makes a Modern Sisilog? Do not make use of just any cooked egg... it has to be a 62 degree egg. Calamansi? Just topped it with calamansi foam. It may not appear as your usual sisilog but the essence is there, a bit toned down.

Beef Pot Roast (580Php)

Succulent slow roasted U.S. Angus beef short plate over cauliflower cheese

Beef Pot Roast

Beef Pot Roast is good and has really tender meat. One of those I'll recommend.


pot roast	rendang

Beef Rendang (550Php)

Indonesian beef stew with fragrant rice and crispy shallots

Beef Rendang

Beef Rendang is something new to me and so I have no expectations. But it surprised me with its Asian blend. It seemed to have coconut milk (gata) or curry so it's very Asian and overall good!

Clam and Mussel Spaghetti (480Php)

Spaghetti tossed in garlic, clam and mussels in wheat beer butter sauce

Clam and Mussel Spaghetti

For some reason, the noodles and the sauce/soup of the Clam and Mussel Spaghetti reminded me of pho. The seafood essence is there, but later on I felt some slight bitterness. Then I knew it was infused with beer.


spaghetti	fried duck

Indonesian Fried Duck (680Php)

Indonesian style fried U.S. duck leg with sambal sauce and fragrant rice

Indonesian Fried Duck

Haven't tried U.S. duck before but what made this Indonesian Fried Duck good was the sambal sauce. It really complemented the duck meat that without the sauce, I'm not sure if I'll enjoy it as much.

Brewer's Cheesecake (280Php)

Cappucino stout cheesecake with spent grain crust

Brewer's Cheesecake

The Brewer's Cheesecake is overall soft but has spent grains that added texture to it. I like that it is not too sweet yet managed to neutralize the palate after all those varied yet good flavors from the previous dishes.

#TheBreweryYearOne

Wow, amazing line-up of dishes both from the main stays and new additions. I think I am starting to have an inclination on Chef Carlo Miguel's creations. I like that there is really no specific cuisine though for this line-up, he tries to create more of Oriental options. He mentioned that he always has hundreds of ideas and so he kept on changing the menu to add new offerings. And I'm of those excited to try what's his new creation will be.

The Brewery is open for functions/events of up to 300 guests. They also have a VIP room for groups of not more than 25 people. Their amenities include projector, white screen, stage with band equipment, sound system, and bar. Happy 1st Year The Brewery!

The Brewery At The Palace
10th Ave corner 38th Uptown Fort, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig
+63917 813 9429 / +63917 638 3339