CURRENTLY ON TAP
As of December 20th, 2024
CZECH PIVO
TENNER
Czech Pale Lager || 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 Czech barley and Saaz hops. Triple decocted, open fermented, naturally carbonated, lagered forever.
THE STANDARD
Czech Pils || 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.
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.
cERNÉ SPEZIAL
Black Lager || 5.8% || Czech Mug || 15° P
Taste: Cacao, Toasted Dark Bread, Full Finish
Notes:In the Czech Republic, beers are categorized by color and strength, and here we have Černé Pivo (Black Beer) at a higher strength (15 plato and 5.8% ABV). Everything you love about our cult-classic Černé Pivo, just more!
GERMAN & austrian BIER
HELLES STADT
Munich Helles || 4.8% || Willi Becher
Taste: Bright, Honey, 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 with cracker and white grape aromas and the flavor is clean and bright.
Fun Fact: Helles is German for light or bright. Stadt is German for town / city. Helles Stadt is loosely translated to Bighton (Bright town).
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.
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.
ROTBIER
Nuremberg Red Lager || 5.0% || Willi Becher
Taste: Caramel Nuts, Bisquit, Toasted Malt
Notes: A rarely found style originating from Nuremberg in Franconia. The red color comes from the unique Francoinian malt, as well as an extended decoction and wort boiling. Double decocted, naturally carbonated, and conditioned in horizontal lagering tanks for two months.
ALTBIER
Dusseldorf-style Altbier || 4.5% || Willi Becher
Taste: Malt, Caramel, Toast
Notes: An ale fermented like a lager (long, slow, and cold) delivers a snappy bitterness with rounded notes of dark crusty bread and caramel. Sweet vanilla notes balance earthy bitterness, giving this beer a unique layered flavor.
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. Austrian’s took this style of beer to Mexico in the late 19th century where it has greatly influenced their beers.
dunkel bier
Munich-style Dark Lager || 5.2% || Willi Becher
Taste: Bread Crust, Caramel, Toast
Notes: Notes: Our Munich Dark Lager uses 100% Munich malt with a unique mashing process known as an enhanced double decoction. Notes of bread crust, caramel, and toast with an aroma of toasted dark bread from the Munich malt. Dunkel was the most widely consumed lager in Bavaria previous to pale lager taking over.
ZWICKEL BIER
Bavarian Pale Lager || 4.5% || Willi Becher
Taste: Zesty, Bready, Floral
Notes: 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.
OTHER ALE BEER STYLES
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: NE STYLE IPA
NE Style IPA || 0.5% || Can, Willi Becher
Taste: Tropical, Juicy, Full-bodied
Notes: Full-flavored, juicy 0.5% ABV session beer
NON-ALCOHOLIC: CRAFT PILS
Pils || 0.5% || Can, Willi Becher
Taste: Bright, Crisp, Refreshing
Notes: Full-flavored, easy-drinking 0.5% ABV session beer
Topo chico
Carbonated mineral water || Original or Lime
GUS Soda
Meyer Lemon, Grapefruit, Cranberry Lime, Ginger Ale, Cola
NOTCH PROVISIONS
European Biergarten Fare
LEBERKASE SANDWICH
Pretzel bun, dusseldorf mustard, pickled onions
SCHNITZEL SANDWICH
Your choice of a chicken or vegan cutlet served on a toasted pretzel bun with dusseldorf mustard, pickled onions, and chopped pickles
Sausage Board
Your choice of 1, 2, or 3 sausages from our rotating selection of Schaller and Weber sausages, with a side of sauerkraut, pickled beets, cornichons, Dusseldorf mustard, and curry ketchup
Sausage on a Bun
Your choice of Schaller and Weber sausage on a brioche bun, served with sauerkraut, pickled beets, Dusseldorf mustard, and a pickle spear (vegetarian and vegan options available)
daily cheese board
Two cheeses selected from The Cheese Shop of Salem served with cornichons, apricots, fig jam, and Dusseldorf mustard.
tinned fish plate
Tuna in olive oil served with pickled onions, Dusseldorf mustard, Maitland Mountain Farm pickled red onions, crostinis, and chopped pickled vegetables
GERMAN SOFT PRETZEL
Hot German soft pretzel with a choice of Dusseldorf mustard, Obatzda, butter, or all three!
GERMAN SOFT PRETZEL BITES
Hot German soft pretzel bites with a choice of Dusseldorf mustard, Obatzda, butter, or all three!
LANDJAGER
2 Bavarian style cured sausage links
BEER TO-GO
AVAILABLE WHENEVER THE TAP ROOM & BIERGARTEN IS OPEN. ORDER AT THE BAr.
cERNÉ SPEZIAL - 16oz 4-pack
Black Lager || 5.8% || 15° P
Taste: Cacao, Toasted Dark Bread, Full Finish
Notes: In the Czech Republic, beers are categorized by color and strength, and here we have Černé Pivo (Black Beer) at a higher strength (15 plato and 5.8% ABV). Everything you love about our cult-classic Černé Pivo, just more!
ROTBIER - 16oz 4-pack
Nuremberg Red Lager || 5.0%
Taste: Caramel Nuts, Bisquit, Toasted Malt
Notes: A rarely found style originating from Nuremberg in Franconia. The red color comes from the unique Francoinian malt, as well as an extended decoction and wort boiling. Double decocted, naturally carbonated, and conditioned in horizontal lagering tanks for two months.
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.
NON-ALCOHOLIC: NE STYLE IPA - 12OZ 6-PACK
NE Style IPA || 0.5%
Taste: Tropical, Juicy, Full-bodied
Notes: Full-flavored, juicy 0.5% ABV session beer
NON-ALCOHOLIC: CRAFT PILS - 12OZ 6-PACK
Pils || 0.5%
Taste: Bright, Crisp, Refreshing
Notes: Full-flavored, easy-drinking 0.5% ABV session beer
events calendar
TAP ROOM:
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.
BIERGARTEN:
Open year-round (snow, sun, whatever), our 2000 sq ft Biergarten has a seating capacity of 250. Communal tables, easy access to our Notch Provisions food stall. Heaters in the winter, umbrellas in the summer.
BREWERY:
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 draft system imported from the Czech Republic – tools, process and equipment that will allow a wide variety of session beer (and occasionally non-session beer) to be produced.