Allusion Brewery

Friendly neighborhood bar. Each time we stop in there's new varieties to try, either brewed by Allusion or other PA brewers. Thought it was pretty cool they source their liquors from PA makers as well. Try a flight of beer, grab a can, have a cocktail, they have a bit of everything!

Beer is decent. Occasionally they have food trucks. For some reason every time I've visited there is always an employee (manager?) sitting with a laptop at the end of the bar taking up seats, they don't ever help out when busy. In fact the opposite happens, the bartenders on duty will hang out with her rather than engage customers.

Cool spot with ample space. BYO food to pair with your beers and hang out. We brought our kids and there were tons of board games to keep them occupied. Will def be back!

I stopped by here a couple of Thursdays ago with a few former coworkers. We love visiting local breweries together and so it was nice to see that Allusion opened up in our neck of the woods. I arrived to the brewery at around 8:30 to see that trivia was being played. This brewery is located in Duncan manor and has both a large bar and plenty of table seating. On the day that I was there they had someone selling hot dogs out of the corner and I was surprised by how many people at the bar had mug club mugs that they were drinking out of.As I often do whenever I visit a new brewery, I went with a sampler from here. At allusion it consists of 4 different 5 oz pours and costs $15. For my beers I went with the Stay on Target (English IPA), Smash Azacca IPA, Endless Dark Imperial Stout and Down on Duvel (Key Lime Pie Tart). I first started out with the Stay on Target which was nice and smooth at the start with some bitterness on the backend. Up second was the Smash azacca IPA which was bitter from start to finish with a lingering aftertaste of it too. Third was theDown on Duvall which surprisingly really did taste like a key lime pie. It was Sour with lime at first and then finished with the cinnamon butteriness of a pie crust. Last but certainly not least with the 11.5% ABv Endless dark. It started out with the bourbon barrel and then was followed by some bitterness at the finish. Out of the bunch I liked the down on Duvall the best with the endless dark being my second favorite.The bottom line for me is that I would stop by here again in the future. I thought that Allusion had some interesting and good beers and so I would be interested in trying more of what they have to offer.

This was our first visit to the second location. We sampled several different beers that they had on tap. Beer flavored beer which is a light beer, equivalent to what we call beer light (Bud,Coors or IC Light), One inning More traditional Pale Ale, Queen of Connacht Red Ale, Silvers Treasure NE IPA, and a stout that was 11.5% ABV which liked all especially the NE IPA and Red Ale, think Red Ale was our favorite.They have a rotating ciders on tap from Arsenal Cider House. They had a food truck called Big Burrito here. It was busy for just opening up. They have a large seating area. Typical table and chairs and nice relaxing couches.Great first experience at this location. Cheers!

Took 30 minutes for a bay breeze that wasn't even made right. Totally disorganized. Service was abysmal.

Nice little place tucked away behind the dmv. Japanese fast food next door. They allow door dash delivery and pets/dogs allowed in outdoor sitting area. Good selection of their own beer on tap along with cocktails from local distilleries. Service was excellent.

Stopped into this fairly new place after seeing a recommendation on yelp one Sunday. We knew the location as the local DMV is in this strip mall and would have never know this place was there. Did not expect much when we pulled into the parking lot but that changed once we got inside. Very cool Vibe with long bar, high tops and couches and easy chairs as well. The bar had pages from classic books laminated onto it which was very interesting. Tin ceiling was another detail. There was interesting artwork on the wall and available for purchase and board games to play if desired. Bartender (Peyton) was friendly and attentive. Allowed us to sample a couple before choosing our pints. We sampled a couple nice brews (IPA and Pale ale for me) which were tasty. Good assortment of styles. We departed because we needed to have lunch and there was no food that day. Normally rotating food truck are on site and they do allow delivery or carry in on other days. Will definitely be back another day when we can hang out longer. Evidently this is a second location and have not been to the original.

Great addition to the North Hills beer scene. They have a steady rotation of specialty beers the ones I have tried have all been great. The location itself has a nice laid back vibe with bar and couches to relax. I highly recommend stopping out for a pint or 2

Relaxed atmosphere with a wide variety of beers. Not yet serving food but food trucks are on their schedule - great place to chill with a craft beer!