Buzzards Bay Brewing: Damn Fine Brews
LOCAL FAVORITES:
Flounder ™
We set out to brew a beautiful blond ale and, after years of trial and refinement, this one became a favorite. Our classic unfiltered golden ale pours bright and easy-drinking, with a soft grain character and a refreshing citrus hop profile.
Aromas of white grapefruit pith, delicate white flower, and gentle spice rise from the glass, while the malt brings notes of fresh-kneaded bread dough and a smooth, balanced finish.
Overall: Crisp, refreshing, pleasing dryness on the finish.
OG: 10.2 Plato / 4.2% Alc IBU: 12
Buzzards Bay IPA ™
For much of our history, our mantra was, “The last thing the world needs is another IPA!” In many ways, we still believe that. Yet somewhere along the line, this beer earned its place in the brewhouse. And truth be told, we now brew a whole family of them throughout the year.
This IPA evolves with each hop harvest, shaped by the character of the season and the ever-changing expression of the crop itself. Every batch carries familiar balance while revealing new layers of aroma and flavor.
Expect notes of Mineola orange, fresh white flowers, exotic spice, and zesty grapefruit over a malt backbone of biscuit and soft toffee.
OG: 15.0 Plato / Alc 6.3% IBU: 44
OTHER FAVORITES:
Sow and Pigs®: A Buzzards Bay Coalition Collaborative Brew
Our wildly popular new world kölsch is a truly special summer-time brew that raises funds for our friends at the BBC. Light, crisp with a subtle bite of hop.
Hop aromas of gentle citrus.
Malt adds delicate breakfast-cereal and dry finish.
OG: 11 Plato / 4.1% Alc IBU: 9
Olde Buzzard Pale Ale™ – American Special Bitter
Our original recipe from the very first batch of Buzzards Bay Brewing back in the summer of 1998 returns as an American Pale Ale. The malt bill is still built on that same foundational ESB grist, but the hops have shifted across the Atlantic. Instead of East Kent Goldings, we are now using amazingly bright, expressive American hops: Amarillo and Centennial.
OG: 12.2 / 4.9% Alc / IBU 20
Horseneck Haze IPA™
An IPA built around bright hop character and a soft, expressive malt profile. Pouring hazy and aromatic, this ale layers vivid citrus with tropical depth and a gentle bitterness that keeps everything balanced and drinkable.
Hop aromas burst with grapefruit, lime, lemon, passionfruit, and white flower, followed by subtle hints of black pepper and zesty citrus peel. The malt character brings notes of fresh-baked bread, light toffee, and a touch of caramel sweetness beneath the waves of hop aroma.
OG: 14.8 Plato / 6.1% Alc IBU: 35
West Porter™
Our classic American dark ale. Enjoy the deep rich flavor of five malts selected and brewed for maximum smoothness.
Hop aromas are minimal.
Malt adds layers of goodness with caramel, coffee, toffee and the lovely crunch of graham cracker on the finish.
OG: 12.5 Plato / 4.9% Alc IBU: 24
Boo™ – American Brown Ale
So delicious it’s spooky. We brew with a frightening number of malts (8!) including Pale, Brown, Pilsner, Chocolate, Victory, Oats and Caramel. The result is a deeply disturbed brown ale that’ll creep up on you and scare the maltiness into your life.
OG: 14.5 Plato / 5.7% Alc IBU: 12
Harvest Haze™ – New England Grown New England IPA
Loaded with aromas of orange blossoms and mixed citrus, this juicy hazy IPA is an ode to the farmers of New England in a style that really shows off the amazing hops of Four Star Farm.
OG: 15.8 Plato / 6.2% Alc IBU: 35
Quacker Oat Stout™ – American Oatmeal Stout
A very roasty, toasty deep dark ale with a quisp white feather of foam. The malt bill includes brown malt, roasted quistal malt and loads of oats. Aromas of caramel, coffee, chocolate and graham quackers. Bring a case home; quack it open later.
OG: 10.5 Plato / 3.9% Alc / IBU: 8
Mad Trucker Bogberry Sour™ – Cranberry Fruited Kettle Sour
You cannot escape the Mad Trucker of Coppicut Rd. He brings this kettle sour to you through thick and thin and fog and bog. A kettle sour highlighted with local cranberries! Overall: fresh, zingy and tart.
OG: 8.5 / 3.5% Alc / IBU 8
Hawsepiper Lager: Dumpling Rock Bock™ – American Bock
Layers of toffee, fruit and baked graham cracker highlight this very drinkable malty bock. These beers take over 3 months to round out and the result is something truly exceptional and very, dangerously, drinkable. Lagering time: 16 weeks.
OG: 15.8 / 6.5% Alc / IBU 18
Pink Power Raspberry Sour™
The ladies of Buzzards Bay created this version of a clean, crisp delicious sour with refreshing tartness. And then they perfectly highlighted all of that by the addition of real raspberries. Color: pink! Flavor: fruity berry. Overall: pleasingly fresh
OG: 8.5 / 3.5% Alc / IBU 8
Hawsepiper Lager: Onset Amber™
A delicious marzen-style beer, similar to a Vienna style lager. Toasted bread and biscuit malt aroma and a smooth flavor make this one a favorite for those who love BBQ or sausages. Lagering time: 8 weeks.
OG: 12.8 / 5.4% Alc / IBU 21
Hawsepiper Lager: Little Bay Bock™
Our take on a Maibock. Aromas of green tea, lemon and hints of black pepper and spice. Wonderful cereal malt flavor with a mildly sweet finish that ends in a lovely kiss of bitter. Hazy, burnished brass color.
Lagered for 12 weeks
6.4% alcohol
Hawsepiper Lager: Kettle Cove™
Kissed with apple wood smoked malt, this is a crisp, clean refreshing change of pace. Lagering time: 8 weeks.
OG: 12.8 / 5.4% Alc / IBU 21
Hawsepiper Lager: Dumpling Rock Bock™
A richly layered homage to local malt. So smooth and drinkable! Clean, graham cracker crust, toffee notes, slightly sweet finish. Lagering time: 16 weeks.
OG: 12.8 / 5.4% Alc / IBU 21
Hawsepiper Lager: Butler Flats Black™
Our New Englander’s Schwarzbier is a dark lager with noted chocolate and coffee flavors; dark and mysterious but still refreshing and quenchingly dry with maybe a tiny hint of sweetness on the finish. Lagering time: 10 weeks.
OG: 12.0 / 4.8% Alc / IBU 15
Hawsepiper Lager: Penikese Pilz™
We’ve re-invented a classic Bohemian style beer with New England malts. Crisp, clean, spicy, slightly sweet with toasted biscuit and bready aromas; seductively complex. Lagering time: 8 weeks.
OG: 12.8 / 5.4% Alc / IBU 21
Smile and Wave™
A delightfully tart, light-bodied Berliner Weisse sour. 35% wheat malt lends a soft mouth-feel with a refreshing fruity acidity, finishes brilliant & clean.
Color: golden Flavor: tart, refreshing Overall: great for beer cocktails & summer sipping!
3.2% / IBU 8
Train Bridge™ Pale Ale
Our New Englander’s Pale Ale brewed with a single hop (each batch is different) from Northfield, MA. This single-hop brew is crisp, refreshing with a nice clean bitter finish.
Aromas of sticky tropical fruit, toffee and ripe, New England grown grain.
OG: 13.2 / 5.7% Alc / IBU: 34
Moby D™
Our clean, crisp brew has just the right amount of mild, smooth maltiness to be perfect for enjoying at home or inspiring you to voyage across the seven seas in search of the white whale.
We suggest the first option: malty not salty.
Brewed with a multitude of Massachusetts’ malt.
Overall: smooth, malt with crisp, clean finish.
OG: 12.2 Plato / 5.0% Alc / IBU: 21
Lizzie’s Famous “81 Whacks” IPA™
Our annual release of an IPA with rather extreme hopping.
Hops aromas of orange blossom, pineapple, pink grapefruit, and kaffir lime with deep centering scents lychee and a backdrop of white pine.
Malt adds a mild chewy caramel character.
Overall: unyielding hop bitterness throughout and finishes dry.
OG: 16.0 Plato / ABV: 7.4% / IBU: 81
Burly Girly Barleywine™
We picked over 8 kinds of malt for this Pink Boots Society collaboration brew!
Hopped with the special Pink Boots blend: Loral, Glacier, Mosaic, Simcoe and Sabro).
Malt flavors: dark brown sugar, toffee, dried fruit, roasted pecans, prunes, and more.
Hop aromas dance together with mild floral and a kiss of citrus.
OG: 19.8 Plato / 8.8% Alc IBU: 46
Flying Pig Cider™ (bone dry, lip smackin’)
Brace yourself for a cider from an orchard planted in 1899! 84% apple / 7% quince / 9% pear. Vibrant, intense bite with beautiful perfume of apple and the bite of quince. Long fruity finish, ends like a fine champagne.
5.4% Alcohol
OTHER BEERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS… Havoc, Swamp Yankee Black IPA, Quacker Oatmeal Stout, Big Mamie Brown Ale, Oktoberfest, Vienna Lager, Left Blank, Number 2 Pencil, Elephant Rock Bock, Dortmunder, Gold Medal Lager, Pilsner, Black Lager, Olde Buzzard Lager, Rauchbier, X Bock, Mai Bock, Pale Ale, Flip Flop Summer Ale, Stock Ale, Golden Ale, AltBier, John Beere, Farmale (IP Hay), CIA, Semper Fi PA, Semper Rye, Queequeg’s Querilous Query, Gosnold’s Hope, Undrinkable, Craison, Saison, Farmhouse Reserve, Cranberry Lambic, India Pale Lager (IPL), Harrygansett, Dr Fowler’s Funk, Christmas Ale (with grapes), Light of the World, Hot Cocoa Ale, Weizen Dopplebock, 1602 Colonial Style Porter, Summer Wheat, Second Street Wheat, Hefeweizen, Case of the IPA, Island Export, Dunkelweizen, Dunkel, The Doctor, The Exploits Of Count Vorlauf In The Hop Wars , Old Bartlemy’s Smoked Ale, Winter Wheat, Not Pumpkin Ale, Spring Saison, Harvest Bock, Father Mapple’s Double Smoked IPA, What the Heck Pilsner, Lump O’ Coal Porter…and probably a couple dozen more we just plain forgot.
