CURRENTLY ON TAP

As of March 1, 2026

czech pivo

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.

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.

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

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 BIER ⁣

SALEM LAGER

Bavarian Helles || 4.5% || 0.5L 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.

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.

Sticke Altbier

Strong Dusseldorf-style Altbier || 6.9% || 0.25L Altbier glass
Taste: Malty, Caramel, Toast
Notes: Sticke Bier is a name given to a strong dry-hopped version of the top-fermented Dusseldorf-style Altbier, generally described as being higher in alcohol and more assertive in character than the traditional version.

⁣ALTBIER

Dusseldorf-style Altbier || 4.5% || 0.5L 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.

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.

WINTER BOCK

Bock || 6.2% || Willi Becher
Taste: Caramel, Toasted Bread, Spicy, Cedar, Mellow Candy
Notes: Enhanced Double Decoction, richly complex malt character that comes from Barke Munich malt along with a small percentage of darker roasted specialty malts which lend some caramel sweetness to the toasted bread character, spicy, herbal, candy like notes from german hops.

FIRE WALK WITH ME

Amber Rauchbier ||  4.4% || Willi Becher
Taste: Smoky, Caramel, Hoppy
Notes: Traditional Amber beechwood smoked lager modeled after the smoked beers of Bamberg.

OTheR BEER STYLES

DOG & PONY SHOW

New England Pale Ale || 4.5% || 0.5L Willi Becher
Taste: Bright, Kiwi, Pink Grapefruit
Notes: Brewed with wheat and pils malt, and hopped with only Citra.

THE DECLINE

West Coast IPA || 6.9% || 0.4L Willi Becher
Taste: Piny, Citrus, Stone Fruit
Notes: A classic west coast IPA brewed with american pilsner barley, hopped with Citra in the brewhouse and dry hopped with New Zealand hops Motueka and Riwaka. Golden color, bright aromas of stone fruits, berries, pine and flavors of lemon zest, citrus pith and subtle tropical fruit undertones.

gLUTEN FREE/NOT BEER

BLOOD ORANGE RADLER

Gluten Free w/ Blood Orange Juice  || 5.0% || 0.4L Willi Becher
Taste: Citrus, Orange, Lemon

FOOD MENU

LEBERKASe SANDWICH

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

Sausage on a Bun

Your choice of Schaller and Weber sausage on a Piantedosi roll, served with sauerkraut, Dusseldorf mustard, and a pickle spear (vegetarian and vegan options available)

vegan Schnitzel SANDWICH

Breaded vegan cutlet, pretzel bun, mustard, pickles, pickled red onions, pickle spear

Bavarian Sandwich

Thick cut smoked ham, grueyere cheese, butter, Dusseldorf mustard, cornichons, pretzel roll, served warm

Sausage board

Choice of sausage, sauerkraut, pickled onions, cornichons, dusseldorf mustard, curry ketchup (vegetarian and vegan options available)

daily cheese board

Two 2-3oz peices of handcrafted cheeses with cornichons, apricots, fig jam, Dusseldorf mustard, and crostini

Pierogi

Three of our rotating styles of Jaju pierogi, sour cream with the option to add side of Old Neighborhood (Lynn, Ma) kielbasa and mustard (vegetarian and vegan options available)

Smoked Trout Dip

Farm-raised smoked trout, served with house-made pickled red onions, cornichons, and crostini

JUMBO PRETZEL

10oz warm soft pretzel served with your choice of mustard, butter, or Obatzda - or all three

GERMAN SOFT PRETZEL

4oz warm soft pretzel with your choice of Dusseldorf style mustard, Obatzda, butter - or all three

Pickled eggs

Pickled in our own house brine, one for $2 or 3 for $5

LANDJAGER

2 Bavarian style cured sausage links

Non Alcoholic DrinkS

NON-ALCOHOLIC: NE STYLE IPA

NE Style IPA ||  0.5% || 12oz 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

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 

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

Kid Dream Coffee

Kid Dream // Beverly, MA

BEER TO-GO

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


THE STANDARD - 16oz 4-packs

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.

SALEM LAGER - 8.4Oz “Schnitt” can 4-packs

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. 

NON-ALCOHOLIC: BLONDE ALE - 120z 6-packs

Dry Hopped Blonde Ale  ||  0.5%
Taste: Citrus, Spicy, Bright
Notes: Hop forward blonde ale, 0.5% ABV

NON-ALCOHOLIC: NE STYLE IPA - 12oz 6-packs

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 - 12oz 6-packs

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

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.

Taproom Info & Policies

taproom Hours

Monday 4pm-9pm

Tuesday 4pm-9pm

Wednesday 4pm-9pm

Thursday 12pm-10pm

Friday 12pm-10pm

Saturday 12pm-10pm

Sunday 12pm-8pm

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Dogs welcomed in the Biergarten Only.

Outside food allowed.

Children under 21 allowed anytime except after 8pm.

No reservations, first come first served

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