Twelve taps tonight — eleven of ours, one up from the valley, and a proper zero-proof pour on twelve. Halves and pints on everything; the toggle below does the arithmetic. When a keg blows, the chalk in the room changes first and this page follows.
Alcohol by volume across the twelve taps, from 0.4 percent on tap twelve to 8.4 percent on tap six.
Floor-malted pils, Saaz, and patience. Poured slow, gone quick.
4.8% · 32 IBU · floor-malted pils, Saaz
Bread crust and toffee. The regulars’ handshake.
5.2% · 24 IBU · Vienna + Munich malts
Strata and Citra over a bone-dry base. Built for long evenings.
5.4% · 38 IBU · Strata, Citra
Double dry-hopped, soft as dusk. Drink it fresh; we do.
6.8% · 45 IBU · Nelson, Galaxy · DDH
Pine, grapefruit pith, cut-glass bitter. No haze, no apologies.
7.1% · 62 IBU · Simcoe, Chinook
Our biggest hop bill of the year. Sneaks up the way dusk does.
8.4% · 70 IBU · Citra, Mosaic, Nelson
A month on Montmorency cherries. Bright, jammy, properly tart.
4.6% · 8 IBU · Montmorency cherry
Flaked salt and lime zest. The last hour of a beach day, pouring.
4.2% · 10 IBU · lime zest, flaked salt
Nitro pour, cocoa and cream. Softer than it looks from here.
5.9% · 28 IBU · lactose, cacao nibs
Beech-smoked malt. Campfire in a glass — embers, never ash.
6.2% · 34 IBU · beech-smoked malt
From our friends at Hollow Pine, two ridges over. Quietly perfect.
5.0% · 20 IBU · Hallertau Mittelfrüh
All the Citra, none of the morning after. Brewed here, not bought in.
0.4% · 25 IBU · dry-hopped Citra
Dogs on the patio, $5 card minimum, cash always.
Smashburgers, fried halloumi, and soft pretzels with beer cheese made from Backroad Amber. Last tickets an hour before the taps close.
214 Lantern Row, Vesper Mills — the old chandlery with the brass lantern over the door.
No reservations, no minimums. If the lantern’s lit, we’re pouring.