Landbier, Jack s Abby, House Lager 7 Framingham, MA 5.4% light and refreshing, noble hop aromatics, clean lagered flavor

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1 DRAFT BEER Landbier, Jack s Abby, House Lager 7 Framingham, MA 5.4% light and refreshing, noble hop aromatics, clean lagered flavor Wheat Ale, Weihenstephaner, Hefe Weissbier 7.75 GER 5.4% classsic weisse flavors of banana and clove from the world s oldest operating brewery Spiced Wheat Ale - Samuel Adams, Cold Snap 7.25 Boston, MA 5.3% american wheat ale with belgian spices of citrus peel, coriander, and fruits Saison - Mystic, Table Beer 7.25 Chelsea, MA 4.3% traditional belgian farmhouse ale brewed with mystic s own yeast strain, renaud. modeled after the world s first session beers brewed for farmhands to drink during the harvest months. Amber Lager - Samuel Adams, Boston Lager 7.25 Boston, MA 4.9% complex, caramel malt and rich body with an earthy hop finish English Pale Ale, Berkshire Brewing, Cabin Fever 7 South Deerfield, MA 6.3% german tettnang hops and dark toasty malts make for a less bitter and more warming wintery ale American Pale Ale - Newburyport Brewing, Pale Ale 7.5 Newburyport, MA 5.5% toasty malt and pleasantly bitter hops frame this well balanced ale IPA, Harpoon, IPA 7.75 Boston, MA 5.9% boston classic. floral, medium body, clean hop finish IPA - Idle Hands, Silk 8.75 Everett, MA 7% brand new 4 th anniversary release from chris tkach, who just was finally able to find a permanent brewery space, hoping to open up in spring. this is a red ipa, full of caramel malt flavor and piney resinous hops IPA, Stone, Delicious IPA 8.5 CA 7.7% a new year-round offering from the hop-heads at stone. this is brewed with lemondrop hops for juicy citrus aromatics overlaying their hallmark bitter bite Barrel Aged Belgian, Allagash, Curieux 12.5 Portland, Me 11% allagash belgian tripel aged in jim beam bourbon barrels. tropical fruit, vanilla, and coconut Nitro Stout, Harpoon, Boston Irish Stout 8 Boston, MA 4.3% traditional irish-style dry stout with roasted unmalted barley for an espresso-like bitterness and creamy body from the nitro

2 CIDER small bottles Angry Orchard, Crisp 5.5 NY 5% french and italian varieties. clean and crisp Bantam, Wunderkind 9 Cambridge, MA 6% local cidery sourcing western-mass apples. a little wildflower honey adds a light sweetness Bantam, Rojo can 9 Cambridge, MA 5.4% native heirloom and traditional new england apples aged with sour cherries and black peppercorns Downeast can 7 Boston, MA 6% cloudy and only lightly carbonated. this one tastes and looks like freshly pressed apples. large bottles Neige, Bubbly 28 Quebec, can 7.5% classic cider dosed with neige appple ice wine for refreshing sweetness and bright appley tartness Eric Bordelet, Cidre Tendre 24 Normandy, FR 4% dry and tart made from normand s traditional bittersweet varieties Eric Bordelet, Poiré Authentique 27 Normandy, FR 4% remarkably dry pear cider from heirloom varieties Eric Bordelet, Poiré Granit 48 Normandy, FR 4% 60 foot tall, 300 year old pear trees. champagne style production. unequalled quality

3 BOTTLED BEER LIGHT LAGER pilsner / helles Kloster Andechs, Vollbier Hell 16.9oz 10 germany 4.8% a historic answer to the original bohemian pilsners at a time when no other light beers existed. in typical german aversion to bitterness, the malt is what shines Augustiner-bräu, Edelstoff 7 germany 5.7% from munich s oldest brewery a clean and crisp lager of pure sweet malt and light, but pleasant hop bitterness Notch, Session Pils can 6 Ipswich, ma 4% czeck style pilsner, bright and snappy with spicy saaz hop character. notch s philosophy of session brewing is in crafting low-gravity beers that leave you without guilt dortmunder Idle Hands, Klara 16.9oz 14.5 Everett, MA 5.5% the germans aren t in it for the hops. with traditional german subtlety (what s that?) the sweet grainy malt provides all the kicks DARK LAGER doppelbock Ayinger, Celebrator 10 ger 6.7% originally brewed by monks to sustain them over the fast - a convenient loophole when nutrition is much needed. toasty breadcrust and caramelized notes rauchbier Aecht Schlenkerla, Doppelbock, Oak Smoke 16.9oz 14.5 germany 8.1% this unpronouncable bottle in unreadable script holds an artisan product that used to be the norm. once, all beers were kilned over wood smoke, but now in bamberg a few small breweries still carry on this old method

4 AMERICAN ALES pale / amber Berkshire Brewing, Steel Rail EPA can 6 So. Deerfield, ma 5.3% a simple extra pale ale with great flavor and a refreshing hop finish. from one of the state s best breweries Lexington, Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale 9 KY 8.2% aged in bourbon barrels to smooth out the finish and give a disctinct vanilla flavor india pale ale Berkshire Brewing Co., Blonde IPA 22oz 17 So. Deerfield, ma 7.4% part of the brewmaster series. bright and citrusy on a pale malt base Pretty Things, Meadowlark IPA 22oz 17 Westport, ma 7% smells like the really good stuff! let s just say my buddy in colorado would be really excited by this beer. like many of dann s beers, this is packed with hops Stone, RuinTen IPA 22oz 22 ca 10.8% a rebrew of the tenth anniversary of ruination. labeled as a triple ipa and clocking in at 110 ibu s, this beer will tear your mouth apart Stone, Ruination 2.0 IPA 8.5 ca 8.5% a reworking of the original ruination recipe. over the years they ve discovered new methods of hop extraction, and this takes full advantage of them all Del Borgo, ReAle Extra 16 it 6.4% italian pale ale using american hops. dry finish with perfumed citrusy hop aromatics Ballast Point, Grapefruit Sculpin can 9 ca 7% west coast citrusy hopped sculpin with the addition of grapefruit peel Dogfish Head, 90 Minute IPA 9.25 de 9% continuously hopped for 90 minutes, it s quite the powerful ipa. balanced by rich malt and raisiny fruit to offset the bitter hops Newburyport Brewing, Greenhead IPA can 6.5 Newburyport, ma 7.2% a very smooth and quaffable ipa, deep golden brown malt and not too sharp on the left coast hops brown ale Avery Brewing, Ellie s Brown can 7 co 5.5% full bodied brown ale brewed in the american style with lots of chocolate malt flavor and pronounced hop presence

5 porter & stout Stone, Xocoveza?? ca??% small batch spiced chocolate porter, Brown s, Oatmeal Stout 6.5 ny 5.25% using the adjunct grain of oats, these beers get a smooth and mellowed creaminess. rich and complex, but without the sugar Samuel Smith, Organic Chocolate Stout 8.75 uk 5% a lighter styled stout with a real taste of milk chocolate. as is the tendecy of english beers, this one is smooth and mellow Dogfish Head, Worldwide Stout 24 de 15-20% limited release, intensely rich stout. it s been chilling out in our cellar for a full year, which has only just started to mellow out some of the flavors. we were going to wait even longer but and we didn t want to be selfish. braggot Harpoon, Braggot Rights 22oz 18 Boston, ma 8% braggot is a sort-of cross between mead and barleywine. this one starts with a strong double ipa base with wildflower honey WHEAT ALES belgian wit St. Bernardus, Blanche 750ml 23 Belgium 5.5% classically styled wit. orange peel and coriander are the base spices on a pillowy wheat frame. just me and my drank on a summery day Wittekerke, Wit Bier can 6.75 belgium 5% bright, zesty, and refreshing, with a light, clean finish german weisse Weihenstephaner, Vitus 16.9oz 10.5 germany 7.7% weizenbock - a weizen beer brewed to bock strength. intense banana and clove flavor of german wheats

6 BELGIAN / STYLE saison Enlightenment Ales, Titania 750ml 26 Everett, ma 5.6% a collaboration with danish brewer anders kissmeyer resulted in this nordic-style saison. brewed with rose hips, chamomile, heather, and wildflower honey, and fermented using enlightnment s house saison yeast and brettanomyces. at one year of age, the funk and floral really come through Enlightenment Ales, Transcendence 750ml 29 Everett, ma 6.2% a dry hopped farmhouse saison of hazy gold color with rich earthy flavor specialty Orval 14 belgium 6.2% a truly distinctive beer, and the only one produced by the monastery. complex earthy aromatics from brettanomyces yeast. spicy hops and a very dry finish Orval, 2 years old 17 belgium 6.2% this is the same beer as above, but aged for a full year. the brett yeast does some funky s**t to this one :) patersbier Spencer 12 Spencer, ma 6.5% spencer became the ninth trappist brewery in 2013 and the first ever outside of europe. brewed adhering to strict practices, this beer is made using local malt and grain, and water from the monastery s well. pale golden ale with aromas of banana and sweet clove tripel / strong golden Gouden Carolus, Cuvée Van de Keizer Rood 750ml 24 Belgium 10% brewed according to ancient traditions, golden yellow with refined, spicy aromatics and a powerful finish Bosteels, Tripel Karmeliet 13 Belgium 8.4% a double meaning for this brewery, tripel refers to the trio of grains used in the grist - barley, wheat, and oats Straffe Hendrik, Wild Tripel Belgium 9% a funky brett-brewed belgian tripel. same recipe as their original but with wild yeasts Duvel 10 Belgium 8.5% dry, aromatic, and complex. explosively carbonated sour Petrus, Aged Red 13 Belgium 8.5% a blend of wood aged flanders brown ale and aged pale, with the addition of cherries for a little sweetness, but winelike character

7 dubbel Idle Hands, Dimples Redux 16.9oz 14.5 Everett, ma 8.3% a reformulated version of dubbel dimples, their original belgian double. this version is a little drier, but captures all the dried fruit flavors and caramelized sugar notes that s a hallmark of this style Mystic Brewing, Vineland 3 14 Chelsea, MA 6% third in the native yeast series. isolated from a wild fermentation of raspberries grown on the family farm in vermont Westmalle 14 belgium 7% one of the original abbey dubbels and still among the best. complex dark fruit and subtle hops quadrupel / strong dark Kasteel, Donker 14 Belgium 11% strong, dark, and brown. full-bodied and creamy. complex layers of dark fruits, rum, and molasses. slight sweetness on the finish. come give me some of that yum-yum chocolate chip, honey dip... St. Bernardus, Abt 12 Magnum Edition L 86 Belgium 10% the closest you can get to westvleteren without a trip to belgium. st bernardus used to contract brew for them until the new laws made it necessary for westvleteren to brew their own beer or lose the trappist designation. as a parting gift, st bernardus got to keep the yeast strain and the recipes. have a few friends who want to split a killer beer? GLUTEN FREE Every cider on the first page is gluten free! Estrella Damm, Daura 6.5 Spain 5.4% a lager beer brewed from rice. certainly a little lighter than malt beer, but a nice amber hue and good flavor HARD ROOT BEER Coney Island 6.5 ny 5.8% seems like this should have come on the market like 10 years ago. at least it is now. try it for dessert as a bourbon ice cream float with caramel corn AS ALWAYS... Budweiser 6 Bud Light 6 Amstel Light 6.5 Heineken 6.5 Narragansett 16oz can 5 Miller High Life 5