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 30th, 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.

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.

PITCH LINED PILS

Czech Pils || 4.8% || Czech Mug || 12° P
Taste: Resin, malty, spicy
Notes: For Pitch Lined Pils we employed traditional Czech brewing methods of double decoction, open fermentation, natural carbonation, and extended lagering times (four months) in pitch lined wooden lagering barrels in our Salem brewery.

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 || 4.4% || 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.

HOOTENANY

Berliner Weissse (Sour Wheat) || 3.5% || 14oz Willi Becher
Taste: tart, lemon, dry
Available with Raspberry or Woodruff syrups
Notes: Now rarely seen as fruited sours have taken over in the US, the classic Berliner Weisse is low in alcohol, refreshingly tart, and served with woodruff or raspberry syrups. The Berliner Weisse presents a harmony between yeast and lactic acid. These beers are very pale in color, and may be cloudy as they are often unfiltered. Carbonation is very high, adding to the refreshment factor this style delivers.

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.

⁣SOMMER BOCK

Helles Bock || 7.2% || Willi Becher
Taste: Bready, Herbal, Biscuit
Notes: Single decoction, naturally carbonated, and conditioned in horizontal lagering tanks. This traditional pale bock is on the drier side, with herbal hop aromas and biscuit throughout.

BAVARIAN RADLER

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

SALZBURG RADLER

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

POLISH PIWO

LOJKO

Polish Lager || 4.5% || Willi Becher
Taste: Crisp, Bready, Earthy Hop
Notes: Triple decocted pale lager, dry hopped with Polish Lubelski hops. Salem had a long history of Polish immigration, particularly the area around Notch, and the beer is named after our head brewer/founder Chris’ family (Lojko, from Warsaw Poland).
We are a nation built on the backs of immigrants, cheers to us! Na Zdrowie!

OTHER ALE 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.

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

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.

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.

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