The Pub Draft List

Pub Draft List

Draft Beer

Stowaway - 6.6% Hazy IPA. We brewed this Hazy IPA with barley and flaked rye, and hopped it with lots of Citra and Chinook, the ol’ CitraNookie combo! It has creamy lemon vanilla notes with whiffs of fruit cocktail, spring honey, citrus marshmallows, Saturn peaches, and some zippy mangoes.

Dial Up - 6.6% West Coast IPA. Brewed with pale barley and a touch of dark crystal malt, hopped with a bit of Comet for a bittering charge, and lots of Amarillo and Cascade for that classic West Coast hop aroma and flavor. Pours an autumn honey color with notes of snacking citrus on a bed of pine boughs, and then digging in your pack to find some red Skittles and a couple Twizlers, polishing those off, then going over and taking a whiff of the bark of that big Ponderosa pine tree, ambling back to camp and crunching that Honeycrisp apple feeling grateful for your little getaway.

Under a New Sun - 5% Pale Ale. Our market research department found that people respond well when we put the word “Sun” in a beer’s name, no matter how many times we do it; so here we go. We brewed this purpy with barley and oats; hopped with tons of Nelson Sauvin and Comet, and for a bit of a change, fermented it nice and cool with our Kolsch yeast. The cooler fermentation temperature lends itself to a delicate fruit character of maybe some gentle Asian pears, allowing the malt and hop notes to shine forward with things like yellow kiwis, lemon sparkling water, medium rare white toast, and white grape juice. A solid crusher.

Rush Hour - 5.5% Hazy IPA. A super simple pale barley base provides the canvas for hoppy hazy Mosaic experience. Some Huell Melon and Mosaic were added in the whirlpool, but this beer is really driven by its heavy Mosaic dry hopping. We’re getting notes of blueberries and Blueberry cannabis, a yellow cake where you’ve used more vanilla than the recipe called for, some easy peeling tangerines, fresh apple strudel, and some lemon curd.

The Lady - 4.5% Saison. A light little saison that's very special to us, evolved from the very earliest saisons we brewed here. Mashed with local barley and spelt from Deer Creek Malthouse, hopped with an exuberant amount of Hersbrucker, and fermented with our foraged yeast. This batch is the first brewed with this year’s new Foraged Yeast Culture - cultured this spring from plum blossoms in Gerard’s back yard. So far, the yeast in this beer is showing notes of classic Juicy Fruit, abundant honeysuckle, gentle white peppercorns, delicate spice, and that lovely saison joi de vivre. Always believe in saison.

Solaire Reserve - 5% Foeder Saison. Every brewery has a flagship 750ml Green Bottle, and Solaire Reserve is ours! Solaire has evolved with us over the years, starting in garages and basements (brewed with herbs and spices in some early iterations!), honing in at our original location over 10 years, and coming into its most recent incarnation at our new production brewery. This latest move has brought the addition of foeder fermentation to Solaire’s repertoire. Solaire is brewed entirely with @DeerCreekMalt spelt and barley, hopped entirely with Hallertau Hersbrucker, and is presently fermented in an oak foeder with our Foraged Yeast Culture. The foeder retains a healthy population of our mixed culture as well, so current batches of Solaire come out of the gate with a balanced fermentation profile of wild yeast, brettanomyces, and bacteria.

Solaire has notes of clean vanilla oak, tamarind soda, lemon verbena, anise hyssop, Juicy Fruit gum, cracked white pepper, a gentle acidity, and some peach sweet tarts. Solaire is a special one we’ve always been super proud of 🙂

Dry Hopped Moeder Seizoen - 6.5% Foeder Saison. We took a portion of Moeder Seizoen out of the foeder, and conditioned it on some Motueka and Saaz. There’s some really wild biotransformation that happens when mature funky barrel aged beer sits on fruity dry hops. The dry hop is giving notes of aromatic geranium, rose, and floral lime/citrus, layered on top of that big ripe peach/apricot note of the base Moeder Seizoen, with a fruity and funky dry tartness, and lots of good vibes.

Side Pulls

Poured from Czech Lukr faucets for an extra creamy head

Solstice Lager - 4.4% Wheat Lager. Oh shit, this one is fucking great! Brewed with German barley and a high percentage of wheat malt, double decocted, and hopped generously with Hallertau Select and Saphir, fermented and lagered slow and cold. Really beautiful floral and herbal hop notes (Select and Saphir is such a gorgeous combo) balance a richly delicate bready malt character (decocted wheat malts add such a dry depth). People don’t usually talk about lager beer’s fermentation character, it’s often just labeled “clean.” But there’s so much to it really, sure it can be subtle, but the gentle fruit and doughy dryness coming from this lager fermentation is so beautiful and special. We recommend a double order.

House Lager - 4.5% We love this beer so dang much. This one features a lovely base of German Pilsner malt and layers and layers of Saphir and Saaz hops. Fermented slow and cold. We’re tasting notes of barley crackers, lemon verbena, when herbs get that citrus flavor, sparkling pear cider, apple strudel, and drifting clouds to carry you to a happy place.

Festbier - 6% Lager. This one is really a perfect fall lager, brewed with a double decoction of German Pilsner and Munich malts, hopped with delicious bags of Hallertau Select hops, and fermented slow and cold with our lager yeast. It pours a rich honey color with notes of that classic Munich toast, fresh apple strudel, ethereal spaetzle water, a bit of lemongrass tea, and a rich maltiness that paradoxically finishes dry.

Hand Pumps

Served cellar temp from our stillage via British beer engines

Paper King - 6.75% British-style IPA. Put on your dad hats, this IPA has some color on it! We brewed this lovely beer with Maris Otter, medium and dark Crystal, and Aromatic malt; hopped it with lots of East Kent Goldings, Styrian Fox, and Hallertau Blanc; and fermented it with our favourite London ale yeast. It pours an autumn wild flower honey color, with a solid khaki head. We’re getting notes of a souped-up Fuller’s ESB, a full moon high tide in the marshes, caramel apples, citrus marmalade, toasted multigrain bread, baked pears, when tobacco smells like raisins, and reading Ron Pattinson’s blog.

British Style Porter - 5.2%. We brewed this smooth dark ale with a base of Maris Otter and layers of dark British roasted malts, hopped it singularly with the ever distinguished Fuggle hop, and fermented it nice and clean with our favourite London ale yeast. We’re getting notes of 24 hour cold brew coffee, good ol’ Black Patent malt, dried plums, fresh fig, and some browned butter chocolate chip cookies.

Appropriate Alchemy: Motueka - 4.5% English-Style Summer Ale. We thought we’d spin a fun little series based on our OG Appropriate Alchemy (Strata) - starting with a base of a pale pub ale and rotate in a selection of single hop varieties. Here we have Appropriate Alchemy: Motueka. Brewed with British Golden Promise barley and fermented with our favourite London ale yeast, this one features a solid single dose of NZ Motueka. It’s a real guzzleable blend of a fruity hop character with a classic pub ale vibe. 

We’re getting notes of London Pride seen through goggles of thinly sliced limes, some citrus flavored electrolyte water, toasted seed bread, a whiff of lemon meringue, and some fresh cut apples.

Cocktails

Gin and Tonic - Manatawny Stillworks Gin, house-made tonic $10

Vodka and Tonic - Boardroom Spirits Vodka, house-made tonic $10

Vodka Hibiscus - Boardroom Spirits Vodka, house-made hibiscus tonic $10

Vodka Strawberry Basil - Boardroom spirits vodka, house-made strawberry basil tonic. $10

Wines

Galen Glen 2020 Rose - Lehigh Valley, PA $12

Galen Glen 2020 Gruner Veltliner - Lehigh Valley, PA $12

Allegro 2018 Cabernet Franc - Adams County, PA $12

Non-Alcoholic

House Made Sparkling Mineral Water - $2

N/A Spritz and Tonic - Mineral Water with house made tonic, brewed with gentian root, citrus, and a touch allspice and cardamom. $4

N/A Hibiscus Tonic - Mineral Water with house made tonic, brewed with gentian root, citrus, hibiscus, anise and a touch cinnamon. $4

Athletic Brewing Co - Free Wave Hazy IPA n/a -  12oz can $6

Apple Juice - $2