TAP ROOM, BIERGARTEN, BREWERY

Full pours for on-site consumption (1/4 liter, 1/2 liter and liters) and cans to go. Communal tables, counter and table service, it's a place to socialize with friends or meet new ones.

Open year-round (snow, sun, whatever), our 2000 sq ft Biergarten has a seating capacity of 250. Communal tables, heaters in the winter, umbrellas in the summer.

We hope that our brewery will provide customers a way to see the unique brewing processes and equipment we use - a traditional decoction brew-house, open and closed fermentation, horizontal lagering tanks, German gravity cask dispensing, and a Lukr draft system imported from the Czech Republic – tools, process and equipment that will allow a wide variety of lager and continental beer.

CURRENTLY ON TAP

As of May 11th, 2026

CZECH PIVO

TENNER

Czech Pils || 4.0% || Czech Mug || 10° P
Taste: Lemon, Crispy, Black Pepper
Notes: The most widely consumed beer style in the country that consumes the most beer in the world. Brewed with floor-malted barley and Saaz hops. Triple decocted, open fermented, naturally carbonated, lagered forever.

NO MUD, NO LOTUS

Czech Pale Lager || 4.4% || Willi Becher || 12° P
Taste: Pepper, Honey, Toasted Biscuit
Notes: Malt forward and balanced, with a spicy hop character and clean finish. Showcasing a Czech lager yeast once used by the original Pilsner brewer, floor malted Czech barley, and the peppery Czech Sladek hops. Triple decocted, open fermented, naturally carbonated, lagered forever.

THE Standard

Czech Pale Lager || 4.4% || Czech Mug || 12° P
Taste: Lemon, Malty Sweetness, Bread
Notes: Classic Czech pale lager, brewed with floor-malted Pils malt and Sterling hops. Double decoction, open fermentation, and extended lagering time bring a bit of Plzen to Brighton and Salem.

THE VALLEY

Czech Pils || 4.6% || Willi Becher || 12° P
Taste: Honey, Biscuit, Pepper
Notes: We used the recipe and process of the Standard, and substituted the Czech base malt in the Standard to Valley Malt from Holyoke MA. As this beer displays, local malt can certainly compete with the classics from Europe.

poLOTMAVÝ

Czech Amber Lager || 4.2% || Czech Mug || 11° P
Taste: Toast, Caramel, Bread
Notes: Polotmavy is Czech for “half-dark,” this 11° Plato Czech Amber Lager is brewed with Czech floor malted pils Vienna and Munich malts for notes of toast, caramel and bread. Czech Sladek hops balance out the malt and provide a spicy finish. This beer also undergoes a unique mashing schedule known as an enhanced double decoction for a more complex malt flavor. Open fermented, naturally carbonated, lagered forever

TMAVÝ

Czech Dark Lager || 4.5% || Czech Mug || 12° P
Taste: Sweet Dried Fruit, Toasted Dark Bread, Dry Finish
Notes: Tmavy is Czech for "dark". Double decocted, open fermented, naturally carbonated, lagered forever.

GERMAN & austrian BIER

GERMAN AFTERNOONS

German Pils || 4.5% || Willi Becher
Taste: Crisp, Dry, Hoppy
Notes: Brewed with 100% Bavarian heirloom Pils malt, Perle, and Spalter Select hops and fermented with a classic bavarian yeast strain. German Afternoons has an upfront malt fullness that quickly leads to a pleasant drying balanced bitterness. The floral hop aroma comes from Notch's favorite German variety - Spalter Select. Named for the John Prine album, a German Afternoon is a spontaneous afternoon spent enjoying yourself, with a beer or two, instead of doing the errands or chores you "should" be doing.

HEFE WEISSE

Bavarian Wheat Bier || 5.2% || Weisse Glass
Taste: Clove, Banana, Full-bodied
Notes: Classic Bavarian wheat beer and one of the most technically challenging beers we make. Open fermented for maximum aroma and flavor, with clove and banana aromas formed from the unique Bavarian yeast.

LOST IN THE DREAM

Helles Rauchbier || 4.5% || Willi Becher
Taste: Bright, Clean, Subtle Smokiness
Notes: Rauchbier is the same recipe as our Helles Lagerbier but the grain bill includes Bamberg Rauchmalt, barley malt that has been dried with Beechwood smoke.

SALEM LAGER

Bavarian Helles || 4.5% || Willi Becher
Taste: Bright, Clean, Subtle Sweetness
Notes: A classic style from Munich, and what the Bavarians created after the Czech’s discovered Pilsner. Less hoppy than the Pilsner, Helles is malt driven and the flavor is clean and bright.

ZWICKEL BIER

Bavarian Pale Lager || 4.5% || Willi Becher
Taste: Zesty, Bready, Floral
Notes: An unfiltered Bavarian pale lager traditionally served with a slight haze direct from the lagering tank. Hopped with Spalt, this beer displays a nice balance of malt sweetness and hop bite. Notes of lemon and citrus, supported by a bready, light body.

BAVARIAN RADLER

Lager + Lemonade || 2.5% ABV || Willi Becher

SALZBURG RADLER

Lager + Grapefruit Soda || 2.5% ABV || Willi Becher

Other lager beer styles

VIENNA LAGER

Austrian Amber Lager || 4.5% || Willi Becher
Taste: Toast, Caramel, Pepper
Notes: Brewer and Vienna native Anton Dreher has been credited as the founder of the Vienna Lager style. He created what is now known as Vienna malt and used this in the Vienna beer. Austrians took this style of beer to Mexico in the late 19th century where it has greatly influenced their beers.

ALES

DOG & PONY SHOw

New England Pale Ale || 4.5% || Willi Becher
Taste: Bright, Kiwi, Pink Grapefruit
Notes: Brewed with wheat and pils malt, and hopped with only Citra.

GLUTEN FREE

BLOOD ORANGE RADLER

Gluten Free w/ Blood Orange Juice || 5.0% || 14oz Willi Becher
Taste: Citrus, Orange, Lemon

Non Alcoholic Drinks

NON-ALCOHOLIC: CRAFT PILS

Pils || 0.5% || Can, Willi Becher
Taste: Bright, Crisp, Refreshing
Notes: Full-flavored, easy-drinking 0.5% ABV

NON-ALCOHOLIC: NE STYLE IPA

NE Style IPA || 0.5% || Can, Willi Becher
Taste: Tropical, Juicy, Full-bodied
Notes: Full-flavored, juicy 0.5% ABV

NON-ALCOHOLIC: BLONDE ALE

Dry Hopped Blonde Ale || 0.5% || Can, Willi Becher
Taste: citrus, spicy, bright
Notes: Hop forward blonde ale, 0.5% ABV

notch hop water

Sparkling Hop Water || 16oz Can
Notes: Citra & Centennial hops w/ blood orange juice

Mineragua

Sparkling Mineral Water || 12oz Bottle

GUS Soda

Lemon, Grapefruit, Cranberry Lime, Ginger Ale, Cola

BEER TO-GO

AVAILABLE WHENEVER THE TAP ROOM & BIERGARTEN IS OPEN. ORDER AT THE BAr.

Fire walk with me - 16oz 4-pack

Amber Rauchbier || 4.5%
Taste: Beechwood Smoke, Caramel, Toast
Notes: Traditional smoked lager modeled after the smoked beers of Bamberg. Beechwood smoke is used to dry the barley during malting, resulting in a smoky aroma and hint of smoke in the flavor. Rauchbier is a German-style lager brewed with rauch (smoked) malt. At one time, smoked beer was commonplace, not the novelty it is today. Before Daniel Wheeler invented his drum kiln and changed the course of brewing history forever, the only way to dry malt was directly over an open fire. The process ensured every beer had a smoky shade hanging over each sip. Hop bitterness is usually medium and balanced. Clean lager fermentation character. Ideally, the aftertaste is a balance between the malt and smoke.

french disko - 16oz 4-pack

French Pils || 4.5%
Taste: Spicy hop, fruity malt, clean dry finish
Notes: Inspired by French Pils from the Alsace region of France. French pils malt and corn, single decoction, hopped with French Strisselspalt, lagered forever. Fun fact: 60% of beer consumed in France is brewed in Alsace.

German Afternoons - 16oz 4-pack

German Pils || 4.5%
Taste: Crisp, Dry, Hoppy
Notes: Brewed with 100% Bavarian heirloom Pils malt, Perle, and Spalter Select hops and fermented with a classic bavarian yeast strain. German Afternoons has an upfront malt fullness that quickly leads to a pleasant drying balanced bitterness. The floral hop aroma comes from Notch's favorite German variety - Spalter Select. Named for the John Prine album, a German Afternoon is a spontaneous afternoon spent enjoying yourself, with a beer or two, instead of doing the errands or chores you "should" be doing.

TMAVY - 16oz 4-pack

Czech Dark Lager || 4.5%
Taste: Sweet Dried Fruit, Toasted Dark Bread, Dry Finish
Notes: Tmavy is Czech for "dark". Double decocted, open fermented, naturally carbonated, lagered forever.

Zwickel bier - 16oz 4-Pack

Bavarian Pale Lager || 4.5%
Taste: Zesty, Bready, Floral
Notes: An unfiltered Bavarian pale lager traditionally served with a slight haze direct from the lagering tank. Hopped with Spalt, this beer displays a nice balance of malt sweetness and hop bite. Notes of lemon and citrus, supported by a bready, light body.

BLOOD ORANGE RADLER - 12oz 4-pack

Gluten Free w/ Blood Orange Juice || 5.0%
Taste: Citrus, Orange, Lemon

Salem Lager - schnitt can - 8.45oz 4-pack

Bavarian Helles || 4.5%
Taste: Bright, Clean, Subtle Sweetness
Notes: A classic style from Munich, and what the Bavarians created after the Czech’s discovered Pilsner. Less hoppy than the Pilsner, Helles is malt driven and the flavor is clean and bright.

Zwickel bier - schnitt can - 8.45oz 4-pack