◊  "This Week's Special Beers"  ◊

Great Divide Titan IPA

Titan is a big, aggressively hopped India Pale Ale brewed for hop disciples. It starts out with piney hop aromas and citrus hop flavors, and finishes with a nice rich, malty sweetness that is balanced with crisp hop bitterness.

7.1% ABV

Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’Ale

Sumpin’ Sumpin’ is a way smooth and silky ale with a nice wheaty-esque-ishness. Just the right little Sumpin’ we all need to kick summer into full swing.

7.3% ABV

Sly Fox Route 113 IPA

A big, flavorful IPA for all the hopheads out there, brewed with British Pale and Crystal malts, and hopped with Centennial, Cascade, German Northern Brewer, & UK East Kent Goldings. Bold and spicy.

7.00% ABV

Leinenkugel Summer Shandy

Get a taste of the freshest flavor under the sun - Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy. A shandy is lemonade flavored beer, a European favorite during the warmer months. And the light, crisp flavor makes it a great summer refresher. Each batch is carefully brewed using the finest wheat, malted barley and just a hint of real Wisconsin honey.

4.2% ABV

New Holland Golden Cap

New Holland "Golden Cap" Golden Cap is a modern interpretation of a classic farmhouse ale. A soft pale beer which embodies the flavors and aromas of summer fields. Brewed with an ancestor of wheat called "spelt" it's straw-colored body, lively carbonation and a unique fermentation profile evoke fresh cut hay and cracked peppercorn. A strong B+ rating from Beer Advocate.

6.25% ABV

Long Trail Blackbeary Wheat

Light and refreshing with a hint of blackberry at the finish makes this beer a real thirst quencher!  A summer favorite!

4% ABV

New Holland Golden Cap

New Holland "Golden Cap" Golden Cap is a modern interpretation of a classic farmhouse ale. A soft pale beer which embodies the flavors and aromas of summer fields. Brewed with an ancestor of wheat called "spelt" it's straw-colored body, lively carbonation and a unique fermentation profile evoke fresh cut hay and cracked peppercorn. A strong B+ rating from Beer Advocate.

6.25% ABV

Cucapá Obscura

Cucapá "Obscura" from Mexico (can) This Mexican Brown Ale has been awarded 90 points from The Beverage Tasting Institute of Chicago, an excellent rating, and is the highest rated Mexican beer to date. Some come and try one, see if you can actually be more interesting then the Dos Equis man!

4.5% ABV

Erie Brewing Misery Bay IPA

The view from Oliver Perry Monument across Lake Erie’s historic Misery Bay provides a constant reminder of the hardships endured during the Battle of Lake Erie. Misery Bay IPA is brewed as a tribute to Misery Bay and Graveyard Pond, final resting place for many brave sailors and soldiers. Misery Bay IPA offers a complex malt profile loaded with American hops at 75 IBU’s, and finishes at 6.5 % alcohol by volume.

6.5% ABV

Lake Placid India Pale Ale

This tribute to West Coast-style American IPAs is loaded with American hops from start to finish balanced by a touch of malty sweetness...this beer holds well with the boldest of flavors! Rate beer gives this a "94". 

6.8% ABV

Erie Brewing Misery Bay IPA

The view from Oliver Perry Monument across Lake Erie’s historic Misery Bay provides a constant reminder of the hardships endured during the Battle of Lake Erie. Misery Bay IPA is brewed as a tribute to Misery Bay and Graveyard Pond, final resting place for many brave sailors and soldiers. Misery Bay IPA offers a complex malt profile loaded with American hops at 75 IBU’s, and finishes at 6.5 % alcohol by volume.

6.5% ABV

Lake Place Brewing UBU

The mountain village of Lake Placid was once home to a legendary chocolate lab named Ubu – the biggest dog you’ve ever seen with an uncanny nose for great beer. Deep garnet red in color this English-style Ale is a tribute to the legend of Ubu. It features a smooth, rich maltiness complimented by the right amount of hops. Here’s to the legend!

7.0 % ABV

Lake Placid India Pale Ale

This tribute to West Coast-style American IPAs is loaded with American hops from start to finish balanced by a touch of malty sweetness...this beer holds well with the boldest of flavors! Rate beer gives this a "94". 

6.8% ABV

Southampton Double White Ale

Southampton Double White Ale honors the original Belgian white ale style, but it has a little more of everything— more complex orangey/citrusy fruitiness, a slightly fuller body, more alcohol and a more satisfying finish. It’s delicate, balanced and every bit as refreshing as the original style, but more intense. Rate Beer "94" and Beer Advocate an "A"!

6.7 % ABV

Firestone IPA

Gets a whopping "A" from Beer Advocate and is one of the premier craft brews coming out of California. "One of our tasters swore this beer smelled like wet stones on the beach. It's mellow and drinkable; beautifully balanced between rich brown sugar/caramel malt flavors and bitter orange marmalade. There's a touch of pine and Ricola honey-herb cough drops. A solid beer for sipping regularly (if you can get it.)" 

6.7% ABV

Flying Fish Exit 4

This is Flying Fish's tribute to the Great Garden State....Exit 4, an American Tripel style – a take off the Belgium tradition of strong beers – has hints of oak and banana that reveal themselves after a few swirls in the glass. It is bottled conditioned (meaning yeast is added to the bottle allowing additional fermentation to take place after the bottle is capped), will keep for years and evolve in taste over time. Flying Fish originally produced just 10,800 bottles of Exit 4, and it became one of the more celebrated releases of 2009, winning a gold medal in the American-Belgo Style Ale category at the Great American Beer Festival.

9.7 % ABV

St. Bernardus ABT 12

St. Bernardus ABT 12....The absolute top quality in the hierarchy of the St. Bernardus beers. It is also the beer with the highest alcohol content (10.50 %).
A dark ivory coloured beer with a high fermentation.
The show piece of the brewery.
Thanks to its soft and unconditionally genuine aroma, the beer can be smoothly tasted.
The Abt has a very fruity flavour. RB - 100!

10.5% ABV

Boaks Two Blind Monks Ale

A Belgian Dubbel, a style that originated in the monasteries in the Middle Ages. This beer is rich, malty and raisiny with a touch of caramel flavor. And it's a local brew!

7.0% ABV

Draft

• Boaks "Abbey Brown Ale"..A Big Belgian Brown Ale. This is a style that originated in the monasteries in the Middle Ages to fill the Monks up during fasting.. This beer is rich, malty with a bunch of chocolate flavor.
• "Erie Yellow Fleece Maibock" As spring emerges, Golden Fleece Maibock captures center stage. This fine lager is a pleasurable reward for enduring the doldrums of Erie Pennsylvania’s harsh Lake-Effect ice and snowstorms. Celebrate the transition into spring! Golden Fleece Maibock’s deep golden color leads into a sweet malty flavor with a light hop finish. Maibock says, “RAM IT” to winter with 8.5% alcohol by volume – just enough to take the chill off your day.
• and Defiant Brewings "Muddy Creek Lager"

Bottle!

This week we feature local brewers

• Cricket Hill "Jersey Summer Breakfast Ale" It is a magnificent morning Ale with major banana flavors and no bitter aftertaste. The background is slightly clove with wonderful candied undertones! It creates a marvelous mixture with eggs and bacon!! An un-filtered beer that lives up to the gentle session beer reputation that Cricket Hill has become well known for.
• *A Recommended MUST TRY is Troegs "Javahead Stout" A Personal Fav....JavaHead Stout contains a blend of locally roasted espresso and Kenyan coffee beans by St. Thomas Roasters in Linglestown, PA.
  JavaHead's recipe is based off of our original oatmeal stout. After the boil, the hot wort passes through our hopback vessel on it's way to fermentation. Packed full of whole leaf hops and a bed of ground coffee beans, the hopback vessel is similar to using a huge French press, intensifying the coffee nose and releasing subtle hints of coffee flavor. The result is a lush oatmeal mouthfeel balanced with cocoa, roast and subtle coffee flavors.

Nine New Beers!

This week we have put 9 new beers onto the ever-growing Salt Beer Menu....we have coming on Troegs Javahead Stout, Terrapin Rye Pale Ale, Flying Fish Farmhouse Ale, Ithaca Flower Power IPA, Ithaca Cascazilla Red Ale, Cricket Hill East Coast Lager, Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA, Belfast Bay McGovern Oatmeal Stout and Mad River Jamaican Red Ale!!!!! Come on in and try one, or all. Don't forget our "Spring Cleaning" event going on until June 21. All beers between the hours of 12pm and 2pm are 1/2 off tues. thru friday!!!

Tröegs Brewery's Javahead Stout

With the weather dipping in temp a little this weekend I thought we could squeeze one more stout in before we put them away until fall......

JavaHead Stout contains a blend of locally roasted espresso and Kenyan coffee beans by St. Thomas Roasters in Linglestown, PA.

JavaHead's recipe is based off of our original oatmeal stout. After the boil, the hot wort passes through our hopback vessel on it's way to fermentation. Packed full of whole leaf hops and a bed of ground coffee beans, the hopback vessel is similar to using a huge French press, intensifying the coffee nose and releasing subtle hints of coffee flavor. The result is a lush oatmeal mouthfeel balanced with cocoa, roast and subtle coffee flavors.

7.5% ABV

Cricket Hill East Coast Lager

...you will notice an array of local NJ beers on our Spring menu, this being one of them. 

An easy drinking golden Bavarian Helles Lager with an excellent balance of crisp malt flavors and flowery hop finish. The aroma is as clean as the taste. With its gentle finish our East Coast Lager shows very well with light fare, but stands alone magnificently!

4.2% ABV

St. Bernardus ABT 12

St. Bernardus ABT 12....The absolute top quality in the hierarchy of the St. Bernardus beers. It is also the beer with the highest alcohol content (10.50 %).
A dark ivory coloured beer with a high fermentation.
The show piece of the brewery.
Thanks to its soft and unconditionally genuine aroma, the beer can be smoothly tasted.
The Abt has a very fruity flavour. RB - 100!

10.5% ABV

Dogfish Head Aprihop

Dogfish Head Aprihop.....It is an American IPA brewed with Pilsner and Cystal malts massively hopped in in the continuous fashion. The flavor is complimented by the addition of Apricots.
After fermentation the beer is dry hopped with irresponsible amounts of Amarillo hops. The beer is hoppy in the aroma with the apricots playing a supporting complimentary role.
The flavor is rich with late hop flavors and it's bitterness is tempered by just the right amount of malt sweetness and fruity undertones from the apricots. RB - 95!

7.0% ABV

Terrapin Hopsecutioner

Hear ye, Hear ye...All hopheads shall herewith rejoice! Terrapin hath recruited ye olde HOPSECUTIONER to execute the exact hop profile for this killer IPA..YOU MAY LOSE YOUR HOPHEAD OVER THIS ONE.....BA/B+ RB/93

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7.2% ABV

Tröeg's Stone Ruination

So called because of the immediate ruinous effect on your palate. 100+ IBUs. Bracingly bitter. Thick, pungent hop aroma. We would say that no hops were injured in the brewing of this beer, but that would be a massive lie. In fact, the words "Stone Ruination IPA" are what older hop vines use to cause little hop vines to quiver with fright and lose sleep at night . We at Stone honor the brutal massacre of countless hops with this "Liquid poem to the glory of the hop!" Paganism at its best! Beer Advocate: "A" Rate Beer: "100"
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7.7% ABV

On Draft: Tröeg's Nugget Nectar

Squeeze those hops for all they’re worth and prepare to pucker up: Nugget Nectar Ale, will take hopheads to nirvana with a heady collection of Nugget, Warrior and Tomahawk hops. Starting with the same base ingredients of our flagship HopBack Amber Ale, Nugget Nectar intensifies the malt and hop flavors to create an explosive hop experience. This is Troegs Seasonal Brew and gets an outstanding "A" from Beer Advocate and a just as impressive "99" from Rate Beer.Com. This is very limited, so get it while it's flowing!

7.5% ABV

Southampton Altbier

Altbiers (or Alts) are hybrids of an ale and a lager. Altbiers are made using an ale yeast but fermented at cooler temperatures closer to lager beer. The result is an ale with less pronounced fruitiness than typical ales. Additionally, Altbiers are aged colder for a longer period of time, again similar to lagers. This more expensive and time consuming process tends to smooth out the beer and give it a cleaner, lager-like finish. Classic Altbiers have a malty flavor, subtle fruitiness and a clean finish.

Southampton Altbier is made in the tradition of the classic Altbiers from the city of Düsseldorf in Northern Germany. Ours uses four grains and two hop varieties to make a complex, yet deceptively drinkable beer. It’s malty with a refined hop note and a crisp finish. Southampton Altbier is refreshing and extremely balanced.

Alts are unique; less fruity than most ales but with the crisp drinkability of a lager.....let this one surprise your senses!

5.3% ABV

St. Bernardus Pater 6

Gets a Beer Advocate "A" and a Rate Beer.Com "93"...very impressive.

This name became a reference. This beer is mostly pointed out with its product name: “a Paterke”.
This “Paterke” is a chestnut coloured dark beer with a high fermentation and a full taste.

An incredible Belgian from a centuries old Monastary, Pater 6 is delightlfully easy to drink and is just another in the St Bernardus Family of Belgian Ales that should be savored no different than a fine wine...if you are a "Chugger", this aint your beerk.

6.7% ABV

St. Bernardus Witbier

This traditional Witbier (Wheat beer) has been developed in cooperation with Master Brewer Pierre Celis, the Godfather of Hoegaarden and Celis White.
This beer as well has a second fermentation in the bottle, giving this beer its specific taste.
Gets a Beer Advocate "A" and a Rate Beer.Com "92"...very impressive.From Brouwerij St. Bernard is a traditional abbey style dubbel, chestnut in color, very fruity with notes of melon and very fresh banana, finishing with slight bitterness. Delightfully easy to drink.

5.5% ABV

St. Bernardus Pater 6

Gets a Beer Advocate "A" and a Rate Beer.Com "93"...very impressive.

This name became a reference. This beer is mostly pointed out with its product name: “a Paterke”.
This “Paterke” is a chestnut coloured dark beer with a high fermentation and a full tasteFrom Brouwerij St. Bernard is a traditional abbey style dubbel, chestnut in color, very fruity with notes of melon and very fresh banana, finishing with slight bitterness. Delightfully easy to drink.

6.7% ABV

Troegs Nugget Nectar

Squeeze those hops for all they’re worth and prepare to pucker up: Nugget Nectar Ale, will take hopheads to nirvana with a heady collection of Nugget, Warrior and Tomahawk hops. Starting with the same base ingredients of our flagship HopBack Amber Ale, Nugget Nectar intensifies the malt and hop flavors to create an explosive hop experience. This is Troegs Seasonal Brew and gets an outstanding "A" from Beer Advocate and a just as impressive "99" from Rate Beer.Com.

7.5% ABV

St. Bernardus Pater 6

Gets a Beer Advocate "A" and a Rate Beer.Com "92"...very impressive.From Brouwerij St. Bernard is a traditional abbey style dubbel, chestnut in color, very fruity with notes of melon and very fresh banana, finishing with slight bitterness. Delightfully easy to drink.

6.7% ABV

St. Bernardus Witbier

a traditional light Belgian witbier

This traditional Witbier (Wheat beer) has been developed in cooperation with Master Brewer Pierre Celis, the Godfather of Hoegaarden and Celis White.
This beer as well has a second fermentation in the bottle, giving this beer its specific taste (5.5% alcohol content).

5.5% ABV

Westmalle Trappist Tripel

"The mother of all Tripel's"

Westmalle Tripel is a clear, golden yellow Trappist beer that undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle (9,5% alcohol). It is a complex beer with a fruity aroma and a nice nuanced hop scent. It is soft and creamy in the mouth, with a bitter touch carried by the fruity aroma. An exceptional beer, with a great deal of finesse and elegance and with a splendid long aftertaste. A connoisseur choice.

9.5% ABV

Draft: St Bernardus Prior 8

one of this Trappist Monastary's "Original Three"

This noble delicious beer with a high fermentation has a ruby purple colour with a full malty and fruity taste (8% alcohol content).
This beer has a beautiful round froth due to the second fermentation with a taste that creates a perfect balance between sweet and sour.

8% ABV

St Bernardus Tripel

St Bernardus Tripel....like the entire line of st Bernardus which we have been bringing in lately The Tripel is just an awesome example of a fine Belgian. This beer, with high fermentation, has a pale amber colour and a flowery, fruity taste with a harmonious balance between sweet and sour (8% alcohol content). This beer has a thick and vivid froth and strikes by its balanced taste with a delicate bitterness. Rate Beer gives it a "97" and Beer Advocate an "A"

8% ABV

Southampton Imperial Porter

Southampton Imperial Porter...This is Southamptons Seasonal Brew
This is Southampton brewmaster Phil Markowski’s authentic interpretation of what an Imperial Porter would have tasted like back in the 18th century. Southampton Imperial Porter uses a unique blend of seven malts to give it a deep brown, almost black color and a smooth, full-bodied flavor that bursts alive with a pleasing, warming effect and notes of chocolate, toffee and caramel in every sip. Southampton Imperial Porter is perfect with smoked foods, earthy cheeses, desserts or simply by itself. Rate Beer give it a solid ""96" and Beer Advocate gives it an impressive "B+"

7.2% ABV

Tröegs "Nugget Nectar"

Squeeze those hops for all they’re worth and prepare to pucker up: Nugget Nectar Ale, will take hopheads to nirvana with a heady collection of Nugget, Warrior and Tomahawk hops. Starting with the same base ingredients of their flagship HopBack Amber Ale, Nugget Nectar intensifies the malt and hop flavors to create an explosive hop experience.

Keeping in line with the highest rated beers we can find out there, this Troegs is one of them....Rated an "A" from Beer Advocate and a whopping "99" from Rate Beer.com A must try for any true beer drinker!!

7.5% ABV

Ithaca Brewing's "Cascazilla"

The name CascaZilla is a play on both the name of a gorge in Ithaca called Cascadilla and the monster amounts of Cascade Hops we use to make the beer. The predominant flavor and aroma of this beer comes from fresh American hops. CascaZilla gets its distinctive red color from a healthy portion of caramel malt, which also lends to the beer, a hearty body and sweetness. It is a hoppy red ale!

Beer Advocate gives it a B+......Rate Beer an 89 some good stuff!!

7% ABV

Greens "Discovery"

Beer Advocate "A"

Inspired by strong European beers and developed to a closely guarded secret recipe, Discovery is brewed with a strong body, crisp taste and a refreshing flavour, losing none of the taste but all of the allergens.  Don't let the "organic" or "natural" label scare you, this is a great classic "English Strong Ale".

6% ABV
 

St. Bernardus Abt 12

I am Totally psyched about our beer special this week which is "St. Bernardus ABT 12" which is Rated at the insane number of "100" on RateBeer.Com , and an "A" from the Beer Advocate.

"The absolute top quality in the hierarchy of the St. Bernardus beers. It is also the beer with the highest alcohol content (10.50 %).
A dark ivory coloured beer with a high fermentation.
The show piece of the brewery.
Thanks to its soft and unconditionally genuine aroma, the beer can be smoothly tasted.
The Abt has a very fruity flavour. "

A Must Try for all you Beer Lovers!!

10.5% ABV

on Draft       Anderson Valley "Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout"

Beer Advocate "A"

On draft we are featuring Anderson Valley "Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout" Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout is one of the thickest, richest, and most complex stouts on the market today. In 1990, it was gold medal winner at the Great American Beer Festival. Barney Flats was judged so superior to the other stouts that no other medals were even awarded in its category. Try it and see why it has been described as, "Slippery, creamy, dark, and sweet as a Pacific May morning," ! Again Beer Advocate rates Barney Flat's an "A"!!

5.70% ABV
 

Stoudt's Gold Lager

Stoudt's Gold Lager from Adamstown PA. Stoudt's Gold Lager is widely recognized as one of the finest German-style beers brewed in America. Brewed with the finest 2- row, specialty malts & noble hops. A sociable beer, with a subtle balance of sweet malt & clean crisp hops. Beer Advocate gives it an "A"!

5.0% ABV

on Draft       Anderson Valley "Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout"

Beer Advocate "A"

On draft we are featuring Anderson Valley "Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout" Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout is one of the thickest, richest, and most complex stouts on the market today. In 1990, it was gold medal winner at the Great American Beer Festival. Barney Flats was judged so superior to the other stouts that no other medals were even awarded in its category. Try it and see why it has been described as, "Slippery, creamy, dark, and sweet as a Pacific May morning," ! Again Beer Advocate rates Barney Flat's an "A"!!

5.70% ABV
 

Curim Gold Celtic Wheat Beer

Bright and sparkling Curim Celtic wheat beer is brewed using a blend of pale malt torrefied wheat and caramalt. It is lightly hopped using Challenger, Mount Hood and Cascade varieties resulting in a refreshing light fruity beer with hints of peach, banana and plum.

4.3% ABV

Flying Fish Belgian Style Dubbel

Winner of the silver medal at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival, this Belgian-style Abbey Dubbel is an exceptionally complex beer with many interwoven flavors. This classic-style Abbey beer features an immense head with a fruity nose and a generous body. Malty in the middle, the beer features a clean, almondy dry finish and a slight alcohol warmth. More like a wine than a beer—it has a lot of the qualities of a fine Burgundy.

7.3% ABV