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This historical ale was aged for over a year getting ready for you. Based on a recipe brewed by Benjamin Franklin, our Colonial Era ale is on draught in 8oz pours.
ABV 10%
Allergy Warning: corn, barley, yeast, hops
Our first brew on our new system, Calibration '23 quickly became our first attempt at a light American lager. Drinking smooth and cold, Calibration '23 will refresh you any time of the year.
ABV 4.2%
Allergy Warning: barley, yeast, hops
For our first Imperial Stout, we added a copious amount of Medjool dates to make a thick and viscous mouthfeel with big aromas of date and dark fruit. At first sip, the lack of carbonation and the thick mouthfeel of a nitrogenated beer cross and hit your tongue as notes of chocolate, toast bread and dates flood your mouth. Aged for a full year in stainless steel and as smooth as silk, this Imperial Stout is the sipper we always want when celebrating.
ABV: 9.0%
Allergy Warning: barley, oat, dates, yeast, hops
Our Irish Extra Stout is enhanced with peanut butter, offering a rich, full-bodied experience with deep, roasted barley flavors at the forefront.
ABV: 6.2%
Allergy Warning: barley, yeast, hops, peanut
Estimated KCals per 12oz: 207
Light and crisp with notes of chocolate and caramel and light roast, our German style Schwarzbier is wonderfully flavored and incredibly drinkable.
ABV 5.4%
Allergy Warning: barley, yeast, hops
Estimated KCals per 12oz: 172
Our take on this rarely-seen Bavarian style, Dampfbier ("dampf" means steam) is a hybrid of a Marzen grain bill using a fruity banana-driven Hefeweizen yeast. Smelling of subtle banana and warming spices and tasting crisp and clean with a touch of toast and maltiness, our rendition of this historic German-style will surprise and delight you.
ABV 5.1%
A throw-back to St. Patrick's Day, our Irish Stout uses a large amount of roasted barley to create a delicious coating of roast in your mouth and just enough sweetness to make it incredibly enjoyable to drink. Malt forward and delicious, you will just have to try your “luck” with a pint!
ABV 4.6%
Allergy Warning: barley, yeast, hops
An ale traditionally produced by the monks of Europe, our Belgian Tripel uses lightly kilned Belgian grain, a fruity and spice warm fermenting yeast, and a healthy dose of candy sugar to create a beverage that will warm you up. Look for notes of orange and honey!
ABV 8.3%
Allergy Warning: corn, barley, yeast, hops
Often underrepresented, our Blonde Ale’s gentle honey-like malt sweetness and dry biscuit backbone make it approachable for everyone. Enjoy the wandering notes of ripe strawberries on both your nose and your palette as you sip this medium-light bodied beer on our patio this summer.
This saison uses Heirloom Eraclea barley grown on the Adriatic which is known for its aromatics. We added lots of two varieties of hops, both grown in central Europe and known for their assertive bitterness and traditional flavor profiles. The hops allow the unique yeast blend to come forward and capture the essence of this saison. Hints of spice, earth, and pepper play on the tongue from the adjunct heavy spelt, rye, and oat grains used to supplement and offset the fruit esters provided by the traditional yeast strains.
ABV: 4.9%
Allergy Warning: yeast, barley, hops, rye, wheat, oats, spelt
Belgian Trappist ales are a unique style on their own. Brewed as a delicious and functional beer, our version uses traditional ingredients with a hint of chamomile and a subtle zing of ginger.
ABV 4.9%
Allergy Warning: barley, yeast, hops, chamomile, ginger
This collaboration with our local farm uses hand-harvested wet hops grown at Newhall Fields to bring a once-a-year treat. Notes of resin and citrus dominate this West Coast IPA with an amalgam of wet hop and Cascade. Finishing with a refreshing amount of bitterness and a twinge of caramel, Newhall Fields India Pale Ale will delight classic IPA drinkers.
ABV 5.9%
A first take at a kettle sour was done in collaboration with our friend and bartender Jon at his request. This entry-level sour will tingle your tongue with its tartness without causing you acid reflux and to lose the taste in your mouth. Dry hopped with Citra Hops, it has a wonderful grapefruit bouquet, a quick zesty flavor, and an extremely clean finish making you thirst for more! Drinkable and approachable, this is a wonderful way to enter the kettle sour world.
ABV 4.8%
Brewed using heirloom barley grown in the Czech Republic, malted on the floor in the old way, and hopped heavily using hops grown in the same region, our Czech Pale Lager is our new world version of an old world beer. Our interpretation of the style started its life as a "10 Plato" beer and was fermented cold using a traditional Czech yeast to the point of dryness. Lagered for a pandemic, our Czech Pale Lager is unfiltered, crystal clear, crisp, and thirst quenching.
ABV 4.0%
The next hoppy thing, Ci-Wheat is a merging of an American Wheat Ale and Citra Hops. Using high percentages of wheat malt, it's aggressively bittered for a refreshing finish, with a large whirlpool and dry hop additions. Ci-Wheat has big aromas and flavors of citrus and passion fruit to make it stand out from its wheat beer brethren.
ABV 6.1%
This Autumnal shandy is made with our Kessel Spice run, mixed perfectly with local apple cider!
Ask for a brown sugar and maple rim!
ABV 3.5%
Allergy Warning: spices, barley, yeast, hops
This is our modern design of the world-renowned German Pilsner style. We use a blend of floor-malted and modern-malted barley along with a subtle hit of German Noble Hops. Fermented cold and lagered for a pandemic, this beer is crushable.
ABV 5.0%
Allergy Warning: barley, yeast, hops
Our Ordinary Bitter is the perfect easy drinker for these colder months. Crisp and dry like a dad's sense of humor, this beer has a low ABV and refreshing bitter finish. It's the perfect beer to bring us out of the COVID blues.
ABV 3.7%
Based on a style from the 19th century, we use brown malt to create our light bodied, dark amber ale. Its moderate malt sweetness blends with a balanced, mild bitterness leading to a pleasant dry finish.
ABV 4.5%
Enjoy a complex medium-light bodied beer with our Belgian Wit. Brewed with coriander from our friends at Salem Spice and sweet valencia orange peel, this beer promises big citrus and floral notes with a hint of earthy spice.
ABV 4.7%
A non-traditionally brewed interpretation of a traditional English Ale, our dark mild uses heirloom floor-malted Maris Otter and layers in specialty malts to bring complexity and flavor to a beer which may not normally "peak" your interest.
ABV 4.0%
A NEIPA brewed to promote women in the brewing industry, Say You, Say Me introduced Amy and Sam to a brew day at GCBC with Jeff. Pink boots were worn, laughs were had, and Jeff could be heard muttering under his breath in a frustrated fashion at how often the camera showed up. This NEIPA takes the custom Pink Boots 2020 blend of hops and adds highlights in Citra and Mosaic to make a slightly more bitter version of our rotating IPA series. Look for notes of candied orange, melon, and tropical fruit.
Ever had a chocolate cordial? That’s what we were aiming at with this dark chocolate and tart cherry stout with just a hint of vanilla. Come on in and get your devilish mitts on the darker side of beer.
Using three different varieties of hops, Huell Melon, Amarillo, and El Dorado, our New England style IPA has a low restrained bitterness and off-dry finish. Pick up notes of candied apricot, peach, melon, and subtle citrus as you enjoy on our patio this summer.
Made with large amounts of Jeff’s second favorite breakfast food bring protein to the table in our Oatmeal Stout. Enjoy the flavors of bittersweet roasted malt ending with a mild sweet finish in this dark, full-bodied English ale.
A smooth, clear, copper colored malty lager, our Festbier was brewed specifically to celebrate our first fall in Peabody. Moderately bitter and designed to be drank by the liter, our rendition of this traditional style should remind you of the halls of Munich.
A first for GCB, this highly hopped IPA uses Citra & Mosaic Lupulin powder in massive amounts! Lupulin powder is a highly concentrated version of normal hop pellets which allows for increased hop aroma when used as a dry hop. Look for big citrus and stone fruit aromatics with a flavor burst and smooth ending mouthfeel on our newest IPA, Cry Wolf!
ABV 6.3%
Our next iteration of a New England IPA presents with tons of stone fruit notes driven by our house IPA yeast strain followed up with gentle notes of tropical and citrus fruits. Notes of pineapple and coconut cream dominate the pillowy mouthfeel followed up with citrus notes with a moderate bitterness making a highly drinkable NEIPA with Sabro, Mosaic, and Bru-1.
We took our smooth easy drinking Kolsch and added a subtle amount of raw clover honey. The honey leaves a nuanced amount of floral honey notes abs just a touch of sweetness and mouth feel.
The latest release in our Fables series, this Hazy IPA uses a copious amount of wheat and oats to incite a fluffy mouthfeel from all the proteins keeping the yeast in solution to increase haze. We used a Citra hops and the new Experimental Bru-1 and backed it up with a subtle touch of El Dorado.