CURRENTLY ON TAP
As of July 25th, 2025
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
TMAVÝ
Czech Dark Lager || 4.5% || 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.
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.
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 Weisse (Sour Wheat) || 3.5% || 14oz Willi Becher
Taste: Tart, Lemon, Dry
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.
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.
BAVARIAN RADLER
Lager + Lemonade || 2.5% ABV || Willi Becher
SALZBURG RADLER
Lager + Grapefruit Soda || 2.5% ABV || Willi Becher
LAGERS
rUMBLE IN BRIGHTON
Brighton-Style Vienna Lager || 4.8% ABV || Willi Becher
Taste: Honey, Malty, Dry Finish
Notes: Brewed in collaboration with Widowmaker Brewing employing a cereal mash. This Brighton Style Vienna Lager was brewed with Barke Vienna Malt, Bloody Butcher corn and Crystal Hops from Four Star Farm out of Northfield, MA. Rumble in Brighton is a deep golden color, with a malty sweetness, light breadiness, and a touch of honey rounded up by a soft spiciness from the Crystal Hops.
ALES
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.
OVER IT
British Dark Mild || 3.8% || Czech Mug
Taste: Bread Crust, Caramel, Toast
Notes: Once the most widely consumed style in England (until Bitter took over), malt and caramel are part of the flavor and aroma profile of the English-style mild. Though a darker beer, there is only a subtle roast character.
Charlestown Porter
London Porter || 5.4% || Willi Becher
Taste: Roasty, Chocolate, dry
Notes: A beer from founder Chris Lohring’s brewing past that he brewed in the Tremont Brewery in Charlestown. While close to the original, the original yeast used is no longer available, so we used another classic London strain. A classic London style Ale that highlights chocolate and roasty notes, and while full, does not finish sweet. The style gained popularity, especially among working-class Londoners, due to its affordability and robust flavor.
GLUTEN FREE
CITRUS RADLER
Gluten Free w/ Citrus Juices || 5.0% || 14oz Willi Becher
Taste: Citrus, Orange, Lemon
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% || 12oz Can
Taste: Tropical, Juicy, Full-bodied
Notes: Full-flavored, juicy 0.5% ABV session beer
notch hop water
Sparkling Hop Water || 16oz Can
Notes: Citra & Centennial hops w/ blood orange juice
Topo Chico
Sparkling Mineral Water || Original or Lime
GUS Soda
Meyer Lemon, Grapefruit, Cranberry Lime, Ginger Ale, Cola
BEER TO-GO
AVAILABLE WHENEVER THE TAP ROOM & BIERGARTEN IS OPEN. ORDER AT THE BAr.
PUNTO PILS - 16oz 4-pack
Caribbean Lager || 4.5%
Taste: Soft, Mild Sweetness, Easy-Drinking
Notes: Punto Pils is Notch Brewing's homage to a Caribbean Lager and reflects the diversity of Salem's Point neighborhood. Proceeds of Punto Pils will go directly to The Punto Urban Art Museum.
lost in the dream - 16oz 4-pack
Helles Rauchbier || 4.5%
Taste: Bright, Clean, Subtle Smokiness
Notes: Rauchbier is the same recipe as our Helles Lagerbier but the grain bill includes Bamberg Rauchmalt, barley malt that has been dried with Beechwood smoke.
THE MULE - 16oz 4-packs
American Corn Lager || 4.2%
Taste: Pepper, Floral, Crisp
Notes: The Mule uses heritage corn grown in Massachusetts and malted by Valley Malt in Hadley MA. Corn you say? Yes corn. It is a wonderful grain to use in lager, as it mellows the barley and provides a bit of perceived sweetness in the aroma.
BLOOD ORANGE RADLER - 12OZ 4-PACK
Gluten Free w/ Blood Orange Juice || 5.0%
Taste: Citrus, Orange, Lemon
NON-ALCOHOLIC: NE STYLE IPA - 12OZ 6-PACKS
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-packs
Pils || 0.5%
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 250. Communal tables, 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.