Sep 13, 2013

Brown's opening The Malt Room on Wednesday

Picture 6TROY -- The much-anticipated expansion of the Brown's Brewing Company complex is about to debut.

Right now, Brown's Brewing Taproom and its Revolution Hall event space dominate the lineup of restaurants and bars on a stretch of River Street just north of the Green Island Bridge. They will be joined next Wednesday, September 18, by The Malt Room, a speakeasy-style venue located in the basement of Revolution Hall.

Brown's co-owner Garry Brown has personally been leading the construction project since early last year. The pub and tapas bar will be for adults seeking a quiet, relaxed adult experience -- no big screen TV sets blaring sports, no loud music, no flavored vodkas.

What it will have is Brown's own beers and ales on six taps and three beers from cask-conditioned gravity pumps, as well as some 30 scotches and 20 bourbons.

The investment of an estimated $30,000 was necessary to complete the project, which includes a copper-top bar, banquettes, coffee shop style seating and high top tables. Much of the decor comes from old barns and homes in the area, as well as from Brown's in-progress new brewery site, an old mill in Hoosick Falls.

The Malt Room will be open from 5 p.m. to close, Wednesday through Saturday. The address is 425 River Street, but the entrance is located in the rear of Revolution Hall, near the base of the Taproom dining deck.

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