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As of December 2, 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.

ČERNÉ PIVO

Czech Black Lager || 4.5% || Czech Mug || 12° P
Taste: Cacao, Toasted Dark Bread, Dry Finish
Notes: Cerne is Czech for “black”. This cold weather cult classic has toasty and slightly roasted malt character. Notes of dark chocolate and coffee make this beer perfect for a chilly evening. Double decocted, open fermented, naturally carbonated, lagered forever.

German & austrian BIER

Pitch Lined Helles

Munich Lagerbier || 4.8% || Willi Becher
Taste: honey, biscuit, resin
Notes: Pitch is a combination of pine resin and paraffin, used to coat the inside of wooden beer barrels, and to protect the beer from the influence of wood. Pitch was once used by every lager brewery (even in the US) before metal tanks and kegs became the norm. Today, it is only used at a few breweries in Germany and the Czech Republic, and Notch was the first to re-introduce this process for lager production in North America after a long absence. We filled the barrels with Hexen Stadt, our Munich style Helles brewed in Salem, so taste for comparison. Also, we selected Helles for this round of the Pitch Line Project to showcase the impact of the pitch on the finished beer.

HExen STADT

Munich Helles || 4.8% || Willi Becher
Taste: bright, honey, subtle sweeyness
Notes: A classic style from Munich, Helles is malt driven with cracker and white grape aromas and the flavor is clean and bright.

FUN FACTS: “Hexen” is German for “witch” and “Stadt” is German for city.

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.

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.

DUNKEL BIER

Munich-style Dark Lager || 5.2% || Willi Becher
Taste: Bread Crust, Caramel, Toast
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.

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.

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.

OTHER 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

Beer Snacks

LEBERKASe SANDWICH

Schaller and Weber leberkase loaf served on a pretzel bun, topped with pickled onions and mustard, and served with a pickle spear

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, Dusseldorf mustard, and crostinis

pierogi

Three of our rotating flavors of Jaju pierogi served with sour cream, add a side of kielbasa and Dusseldorf mustard for $5

Smoked Trout Dip

Farm-raised smoked trout, served with chopped pickled vegetables, cornichons, and crostinis

tinned fish plate

Tuna in olive oil served with pickled onions, Dusseldorf mustard, Maitland Mountain Farm pickled red onions, chopped pickled vegetables, and crostinis

PRETZEL BITES

Warm shareable pretzel bites with your choice of Dusseldorf style mustard, Obatzda, butter - or all three!

GERMAN SOFT PRETZEL

Warm German soft pretzel with your choice of Dusseldorf style mustard, Obatzda, butter - or all three!

LANDJAGER

2 Bavarian style cured sausage links

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 session beer

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

topo chico

Carbonated mineral water // Original or Lime

GUS Soda

Meyer Lemon, Grapefruit, Cranberry Lime, Ginger Ale, Cola

ATOMIC NITRO COLD BREW

Atomic Coffee Roasters // Salem, MA

BEER TO-GO

AVAILABLE WHENEVER THE TAP ROOM & BIERGARTEN IS OPEN. ORDER AT THE BAR UPON ARRIVAL

ČERNÉ PIVO - 16oz 4-pack

HEXEN STADT - 16OZ 4-PACK

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

NON-ALCOHOLIC: CRAFT PILS - 12oz 4-pack

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

NON-ALCOHOLIC: NE STYLE IPA - 12oz 4-pack

NE Style IPA || 0.5% || Can, Willi Becher
Taste: Tropical, Juicy, Full-bodied
Notes: Full-flavored, juicy 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 200. Heaters in the winter, umbrellas in the summer, as well as additional seating on the harborwalk.

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.

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