House Brewed Beers On Tap

App-Gap IPA

A medium-bodied IPA which merges the best ingredients from both sides of the pond. Brewed with English pale and crystal malts, this IPA is dominated with the Simcoe hop to provide a very aromatic hop presence with distinct bitterness and hop flavor. 6.1% abv OG 1.062 IBU:69

Cali-Com

California Common is a hybrid style that takes graciously from the Vienna Style of beer. The departure from a Vienna style occurs by taking the lager yeast (usually used in cooler fermentation beers) and treating the culture as if it were making an ale (warm fermentation). The result: an amber coloured beer with fruity esters, which is referred to in Germany as Dampfbier (literally "steam beer"). Our "West Coast of New England" offering pays homage to our brethren utilizing on the West Coast by using Northern Brewer & Cascade hops from the Pacific Northwest. 5.6% abv OG 1.052 IBU:28

Dauntaun Braun

Deep dark brown coloured, this dark wheat ale is made with barley & dark wheat malts offering flavours of chocolate & espresso. Utilizing a German weizen yeast, a third more subtle layer of banana ester rounds out this thought provoking beer at 6.2% abv OG 1.066 IBU:11

Dennis Hop'^rd

A triple dry hopped version of the Easy Rider, dry hopped with a generous amount of English Kent Golding & Citra Hop. The resulting ale is a hybrid Belgian Extra Special Bitter @ 5.1% abv OG 1.044 IBU:50

Easy Rider

A Belgian Pale Ale with an amber colour, full body & a peppery finish from a special Belgian Ale strain. Dry hopped with English Kent Golding resulting in a floral aroma & bittered with Styrian Golding in the kettle, this ale rounds out at5.1% abv OG 1.044 IBU:10

Haven-ly Hefe

NEW Haven-ly is an unfiltered Hefeweizen just in time for summer! A beer is made with 50% malted barley & 50% malted wheat, along with a special yeast that creates a flavour of clove & a light bananna ester arriving at 4.9% abv OG 1.044 IBU:10

Heller Bock

A strong lager beer, bocks have a long history of being brewed & consumed by monks in Germany during Lent. True to style, this Heller ("pale") Bock consists of a malt recipie of our Lincoln Lager X2 or "Doubled," delivering a golden, full-bodied lager beer. Very lightly hopped, there is a mildly spicy or peppery finish from the alcohol esters breathing off the glass at a whopping 8.2 abv OG 1.080 IBU:14

Lincoln Lager

Thirst quenching, not overly bitter, this Bohemian Lager is reminiscent of the straw to golden colored pilsners you would find in the Weserbergland of Niedersachsen, Germany. Utilizing German malted barley, this medium bodied beer is balanced all around at 4.6% abv. Light bitterness of this lager is accredited to a crisp Hallertauer & spicy Tettnang variety, with a floral aroma from the use of Hallertauer Hersbrucker & Celeia hops. 5.0% abv OG 1.041 IBU:20

Pocock Pilsner

A gold colored Czech Pilsner style beer which has a pronounced spicy bitterness coming from Žatec /Saaz hops originating out of the Czech Republic. Bitterness is supported with German Perle hops & the hop aroma is Styrian Golding delivering a blast of flavour. A tight creamy head compliments its velvety body. 4.2% abv OG 1.040 IBU:39

Strawberries & Cream

A mild, pale, light-bodied ale AND lager, this hybrid beer was made with an ale and a lager yeast. During the peak of fermentation, strawberries were added to sweeten the edge of a normally crisp & dry session beer, on a nitrogen pour to accentuate the creaminess of the style.4.6% abv OG 1.042 IBU:15

Wee Heavy Scotch Ale

This strong pale ale style is inspired from a Scottish example of Whiskey Ale whereas a portion of the grist is barley that was dried in the malting process with heat from a peat fire. Scottish malt and limited use of hops accentuates the full body and sweetness of the final beer. Created as a tribute to our friend, Greg Noonan of Vermont Pub & Brewery. 7.4% abv OG 1.073 IBU:14

Other House Brewed Beers Made at Bobcat

Baltic Porter

A deep, dense and thoughtful beer with many layers of flavors, from sweet and soothing maltiness to hints of chocolate character and background. All co-mingle into a smooth, silky flavor that is contemplative but robust. While this beer was top fermented keeping true to historic roots of the style, the brew was conditioned as a bottom fermented variation, producing a softer roundness in the final product. 8.3% abv OG 1.076 IBU:23

Brickwall Harvest Double IPA

A celebration of Vermont Hops, this Double IPA was wet hopped mashed with hops grown on the east wall of the Bobcat Cafe (Chinook) from here in Bristol, Vermont. THEN, liberally flavour hopped in the kettle with MORE "dried" brickwall whole leaf hops (Fuggle, Warrior, Golding, Nugget & Cascade) as well as with "dried" hops grown in Lincoln (Goldings) & New Haven (Cascade), Vermont. THEN dry hopped with MORE whole leaf hops (Cascade & Amarillo) during conditioning over the month of October. THEN dry hopped in the serving tank on the way to your glass (Cascade & Amarillo). So anticipate a slight hop haze of this 7.8% abv Double IPA. Estimated bitterness is about 100 IBU. OG 1.073

Bristol Pride ESB

This gold to copper colored special bitter style ale is more robust than an ordinary bitter. It has medium hop bitterness, yet a distinct hop flavor is present from the use of Centennial hops at a balanced level so the aroma character is not too pronounced. Mild carbonation traditionally characterizes this draft version to offer bitterness with medium body & low residual malt sweetness.
5.9% abv OG 1.052 IBU:43

Downtown Brown

Our American brown ale has a light brown to deep copper color sporting a medium body with a dry, but slightly sweet maltiness from generous additions of chocolate & brown malted barley and dark malted wheat. Very little hop character is evident to permit the more nutty malt flavors to stand out.. 5.8% abv OG 1.060 IBU:20

Kölsch

Thirst quenching, crisp, with a dry finish, this German Ale (pronounced Cœllsh) is the local brew of the city of Cologne ("Köln" in German). It is one of the palest German beers made and is considered Germany's answer to the British pale ale. Utilizing German malted barley from a malt-house situated outside Köln and dry hopped with outstanding Hallertau Mittelfrueh hops, this light bodied golden beer is oak aged (lagered) for six weeks on French Oak. 4.3% abv OG 1.040 IBU:14

Märzen

A medium bodied beer with a light amber color. Some malty sweetness will be perceived, but it is balanced with the noble hops from Tettnang & Hallertau & an alcohol that comes in at: 5.3% abv OG 1.048 IBU:23

Oktoberfest

"O'zapft is!" ("It's tapped!") enjoy this medium bodied beer with a gold to light amber color. Brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot: the beer contains: water, malted barley, hops & made with yeast. Some malty sweetness will be perceived, but it is balanced with the noble hops from Tettnang & Hallertau & an alcohol that comes in at 5.3% abv OG 1.048 IBU:23

Prayer Rock Pale

A lightly golden American pale ale using 100% Cascade hops. A great introductory brew for the novice craft brew connoisseur, this session beer is an old dependable amongst our regular patrons at a conservative 4.85% abv OG 1.044 IBU:25

Ripton Red

A red ale with fuller body than seen in the pale ale, yet in keeping with its American roots with the style. This ale has utilized North American malted summer barley, which was mashed at a higher mash temperature to acheive a balance of sweetness to bitterness. Speaking of which, the bitterness is balanced from two North American hop varieties: Glacier (bittering) & Palisades (flavor & aroma).
5.3% abv OG 1.049 IBU:30

Saison de Cassis

Translation: A season of blackcurrants this Belgian Farmhouse Style was brewed in the fall 2009 with barley from Belgium; hops from England (Kent Goldings) & Germany (Hallertauer Mittelfruh); & yeast cultivated from a difficult to obtain Begian yeast. The resulting fermentation delivered a crisp & very dry beer with estery aromas of earthyness & fruitiness. However the standout flavour is attributed to Vermont grown Blackcurrants offering a sublte tart finish. 6.5% abv OG 1.056 IBU:26

South Mountain Stout

A semi-dry stout offering an initial malt and caramel flavor profile with a distinctive dry-roasted bitterness in the finish. The emphasis of coffee like flavor and a light degree of roasted malt aromas define much of the character with medium body. 6.3% abv OG 1.058 IBU:23

Whitcomb's Wit

This Belgian white ale is very pale in color and is brewed using "locally grown" unmalted wheat and Belgian malted barley. It is very lightly spiced with coriander and orange peel for light perceived aroma, as the phenolic spiciness and yeast flavors are more evident at a mild level. The unfiltered, nearly opaque, haze is an intended part of the appearance. 4.4% abv OG 1.043 IBU:8

Winona Wheat

A straw colored wheat ale, very light in body with medium flavor using a 50/50 combination of barley & wheat malts. Noble Hallertau hops are barely perceived for this smooth summer-like beer at 4.8% abv OG 1.044 IBU:14