CBH Beer Descriptions

This is not our tap list. Check the Beer Board in the pub for guest beers that may be on tap. We have tried to keep an online list current, but it was always lacking.


CBH Copper Hill Kolsch (on tap)

2005 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal Winner! 2005 & 2006 Great International Beer Festival Gold Medal Winner! German Style Light Ale. Smooth, easy drinking with subtle noble hop character.

CBH South 189 (on tap)

A refreshing light lager with a crisp clean taste. Perfect for drinking anytime at 3.3% ABV.

CBH ESB (on tap)

A classic English Special Bitter is a staple in pubs across the UK, and we’ve brought a taste of that home! Our ESB is brewed in the most traditional way possible, but with local Thrall Malts. Light toffee and roasted flavors alongside earthy and spicy English hops.

CBH Ominous Forecast (on tap)

Dark as night, but light as day. This black lager will surprise you, don’t fear the dark!

CBH Abijah Rowe IPA (on tap)

2005 Great International Beer Festival Gold Medal Winner! A Traditional English India Pale Ale. Brewed with CT malt & hopped with a blend of English & American hops. High in strength, bitterness & aroma.

CBH Blueberry Dream Ale (on tap)

Our bright and refreshing blueberry cream le is a delightful and flavorful. The base Cream ale was almost too good to add blueberries into, but we had them, so in they went! It has a balanced blueberry flavor slightly sweetened and rounded with lactose, but it’s still a beer!

CBH Puppy Toes NEIPA (on tap)

A light and refreshing New England IPA. No traditional IPA bitterness, a refreshing sweetness combined with Citra hops for some juicy flavors. Try two of them to make sure you like it.

CBH Rock Bock (coming back end of April)

A rich, malty German lager featuring copious quantities of Munich malt. We finally made it to Stony Creek Quary and they gave us some nice Connecticut Stony Creek Granite! This Stony Creek Granite was super heated on a charcoal fire before dipping them in the boil to add some nice caramel notes in the brew. We even threw in some Stony Creek Granite gravel into the fermenter to add some more mineral flavors.


CBH Past Brews (currently not on tap)

CBH Danish Lager (currently not on tap)

A great light pale lager with a crisp clean taste thanks to the Danish yeast used in this brew, highly sessionable with noble hop flavors

CBH Blood Orange Hefeweizen (all gone for now)

A “twist” on the traditional Hefeweizen, our wheat beer is brewed with blood orange to give it a sweet finish, and beautiful color! Light & perfect for those Summer days.

CBH Sunny Side IPA (all gone for now)

A lighter version of a typical New England Style IPA. Slightly hazy with a refreshing citrus nose and a smooth finish.

CBH Märzen (all gone for now)

A rich, malty, well rounded golden fall lager. Our version of an Oktoberfest.

CBH Dry Irish Stout (all gone for now)

A roasty and toasty dry Irish stout, with a light body and a smooth cocoa finish.

CBH Cream Ale (currently not on tap)

A crisp, light pale ale with notes of maize.

CBH Punk Crusher Barleywine (currently not on tap)

Sometimes you just want something that throws a brick of flavor to start a riot on your palate. Our Punk Crusher Barleywine does just that! 10% ABV

CBH Bermuda Triangle (currently not on tap)

A hazy tropical style IPA, with a generous citrus nose and a bitter sweet finish.

CBH IPA 6 (currently not on tap)

We added plenty of oat goodness to keep this beer cloudy and we fermented with Kveick yeast to keep it clean and citrusy, of course the Simcoe and Citra hops assist citrus notes and flavors too. There are six states in New England, that we know of, which is why we call this one “6”.

CBH Three Steve Stout (currently not on tap)

2009 Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal Winner! A delicious Irish stout.

CBH Fruit Salad Sour (currently not on tap)

Our latest sour beer is a little more modern than the berlinerweisse. It is higher in alcohol, with more body and more tartness. Pours a lovely pink head over a deep purple beer. Tart and effervescent with huge fruit flavor and a subtle citrus kiss over a delicate malt backbone. Fermented on copious amounts of blackberry and tart cherry and dry hopped with Citra.

CBH Irish Red (currently not on tap)

Our fan favorite Irish red ale is brewed with locally sourced and malted barley, crystal and black patent malt, then generously hopped with traditional Fuggle and East Kent Golding hops. Smooth, easy drinking with plenty of character!

CBH CBR (currently not on tap)

Many people young and old alike have been a fan of a certain perennial blue ribboned beer, so we figured we’d make some improvements! This all American Lager was a labor of love using all American ingredients, time and patience. It is sure to quench your thirst! Light and easy drinking, but with a complex flavor showcasing the best grains and hops to come out of the US! 4.9% ABV

CBH Reinheitsgebot Oktoberfest (currently not on tap)

Our Oktoberfest beer is a classic Märzen lager
brewed in the most traditional way we could manage.
A full decoction mash and the best German munich,
vienna and pilsner malt combine with generous helpings
of tettenanger, hallertau mittlefrüh and mandarina bavaria.
Rich, but not overly so, this beer has a delicious
breadiness with subdued pilsner sweetness that will make
you think you’re in the fatherland for Oktoberfest and a finish
that encourages another drink! Lagered for over six weeks,
this beer is of brilliant clarity, unfiltered and 100% compliant
with the German Purity law from which it takes its name.
Ask for an oktoberfest if you can’t pronounce it,
we’ll figure it out! 5.7% ABV

CBH All I Want Is More! IPA (currently not on tap)

CBH’s first milkshake IPA was brewed with exotic southern hemisphere hops, michigan milk sugar and every last oat we could fit in the mash! This rich and creamy IPA features flavors of orange creamsicle, papaya and mango. Don’t miss out when we have it on tap! 6.4% ABV

CBH Hipster Juice NEIPA (currently not on tap)

Hipster Juice is our rotating single-hop IPA series. Every batch we tweak the grain bill and yeast strain to showcase the rainbow of flavors that can be produced by a single variety of hop. 6.5% ABV

CBH A Machine Is Like A Desert (currently not on tap)

“The Machine” is a rich and robust sweet stout brewed with cacao and fermented on coconut. Its velvety mouthfeel, restrained sweetness and big flavors make you feel like you’re drinking a Mounds Bar! 8.2% ABV

CBH Blueberry Ale (currently not on tap)

Our bright and refreshing blueberry session ale is a delightful and flavorful way to enjoy Sussman’s Farm blueberries on a hot day. It has plenty of blueberry flavor, but it’s still a beer! 4.0% ABV

CBH DA BOY (currently not on tap)

DA BOY is a modern take on a classic west coast IPA. Clean and crisp, but with the big fruit flavors modern IPA enthusiasts crave. 6.4% ABV

CBH Drunken Punkin’ (currently not on tap)

Drunken Punkin’ is our fall seasonal Old Ale brewed with local sugar pumpkins and spices. Dark, complex, spicy and a little sweet. Not a pumpkin pie. 4.2% ABV

CBH Berlinerweisse (currently not on tap)

Our traditional German Berlinerweisse is a lightly tart low alcohol ale brewed with local barley, wheat, spelt and emmer. It is light bodied, complex and refreshing. Try it the Bavarian way with some fruit or woodruff syrup! 3.2% ABV

CBH Granby Haze DIPA (currently not on tap)

An amped up IPA with gobs of Cirta and Simcoe hops. Big flavors and a big body make this DIPA one you don’t want to miss! 9.0% ABV

CBH IPA Too American IPA (currently not on tap)

Something old and something new for you.  This beer starts with the same old grain bill as CBH Abijah Rowe IPA but we hop with Amarillo, Bravo, Cascade, Centennial, Citra, Simcoe and Summit to get a little bitterness and lot of flavor. The something new is kveik yeast for a little more juice and crispness.  You have to try this one which comes in at 5.2% abv and 67 IBU. This beer makes our taste buds happy hoppy and we hope it makes yours happy hoppy too!

CBH IBDI NEIPA (currently not on tap)

Our latest New England IPA features a blend of new world hops and heavy dry hopping. Big flavors of mango, pineapple, citrus and a creamy mouthfeel contrasted by just enough bitterness keep it all in check! 7% ABV