BACKSPACE DRAFT LIST
Updated January 25, 2025
subject to change
PRIDE OF RIDGEFIELD
English-style Golden Ale // 4.3% ABV
Featured Ingredients: Golden Promise Malt, East Kent Goldings Hops, House Yeast
Tasting Notes: Drinks with a gentle balance of equally floral, earthy & bready flavors. A quaffable pub-style drinking beer.
5oz pour: $3.50
8oz pour: $5.50
14oz pour: $8.50
PARSONS GREEN
Best Bitter // 4.6% ABV
Featured Ingredients: Golden Promise & Crystal Malts, Fuggles & Bramling Cross Hops, London Ale Yeast
Tasting Notes: A classic UK-style that is all about balance - toasty, honey-like malt, herbal & citrus-forward hop notes, whiffs of fruity yeast, and - most importantly - incredible drinkability. Brewed with 100% UK-sourced ingredients.
5oz pour: $3.50
8oz pour: $5.50
14oz pour: $8.50
GIDDYUP
Hop-forward Pilsner // 5.0% ABV
Featured Ingredients: Saphir, Saaz & Hallertau-Mittelfruh Hops, Heirloom Pilsner Malt, Bavarian Lager Yeast
Tasting Notes: Herbal, citric & spicy hop aromas, crisp & clean malt character
5oz pour: $3.50
8oz pour: $5.50
.5L pour: $8.50
FRITZ WALRUS
Dunkel Weisse // 5.6% ABV
Tasting Notes: Brewed for Walrus Alley in collaboration with our friends OEC Brewing, Fritz Walrus is made in the style of a classic Bavarian Dunkelweizen with a unique twist. It pours a mahogany brown color with a tan head. Distinctive banana & clove notes are complemented by toasty, chocolate-y malt & a hint of citrus from the American hops. The creamy soft texture from the abundant wheat makes this beer a delight to drink.
5oz pour: $3.50
8oz pour: $5.50
14oz pour: $8.50
TOPSTONE
Extra Special Bitter // 5.9% ABV
Featured Ingredients: Marris Otter Malt, East Kent Goldings Hops, House Yeast
Tasting Notes: Notes of fresh biscuit, marmalade, and earthy herbal hops. A hearty pub-style ale.
5oz pour: $3.50
8oz pour: $5.50
14oz pour: $8.50
PIPE & SLIPPERS
Winter Porter // 6.4% ABV
Featured Ingredients: Pilsner, Chocolate & Caramelized Malts, Trappist-origin Yeast
Tasting Notes: A unique dark ale that features warming cocoa-like roasted malt notes, nutty aromatics, and spicy fermentation character from our house Belgian yeast strain. Our ideal snowy night fireside sipper.
5oz pour: $3.50
8oz pour: $5.50
14oz pour: $8.50
SUP MAN
Session IPA // 4.35% ABV
Featured Ingredients: Citra & Galaxy Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast
Tasting Notes: Sup Man is Super Mantis for session drinking, clocking in at exactly half the ABV of its big sister but with similar intense notes of tropical fruit, peach, and dankness from the Citra-Galaxy dry hop. A lighter, paler malt base allows the hops to shine while making this beer incredibly easy-drinking.
5oz pour: $3.50
8oz pour: $5.50
14oz pour: $8.50
GEOBUNNY
New England India Pale Ale // 6.5% ABV
Featured Ingredients: Citra & Mosaic Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast
Tasting Notes: Our flagship IPA. Tropical fruit, bready malt, citrus, soft & juicy
5oz pour: $3.50
8oz pour: $5.50
14oz pour: $8.50
EMANATION
West Coast-style India Pale Ale // 7% ABV
Featured Ingredients: Centennial, Columbus & Simcoe Hops, Pale & Crystal Malts, House Yeast
Tasting Notes: Grapefruit, pine, and resinous aromatics, complimented by caramel-hinted malty depth of flavor. A showcase of balance, drinkability, and welcome bitterness that reminds us of some of the classic American ales.
5oz pour: $3.50
8oz pour: $5.50
14oz pour: $8.50
SAIL OFF TO YOUR OWN PRIVATE ISLE OF WISTFUL ABANDON
New England Double India Pale Ale // 7.4% ABV
Featured Ingredients: Galaxy & Mosaic Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast
Tasting Notes: Hop-saturated, juicy, funky, herbal, dry, complex, highly drinkable.
5oz pour: $3.50
8oz pour: $5.50
12oz pour: $9.25
SUPER MANTIS
New England Double India Pale Ale // 8.7% ABV
Featured Ingredients: Citra & Galaxy Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast
Tasting Notes: Our flagship double IPA. Brimming with tropical fruit, juicy apricot & intensely dank aromas
5oz pour: $3.50
8oz pour: $5.50
12oz pour: $9.25
CALENTADOR
Imperial Stout w/Cocoa Nibs, Chipotle Peppers & Cinnamon// 12.5% ABV
Featured Ingredients: Cocoa Nibs, Chipotle Peppers, Cinnamon, Pale, Caramelized & Chocolate Malts, House Ale Yeast
Tasting Notes: Thick & rich body, gooey chocolate, fiery & savory heat, cookie spices, sweet & full finish
5oz pour: $3.50
8oz pour: $5.50
12oz pour: $9.25
WINE
Jonathan Edwards Winery
Stonington, CT, Napa Valley & Lodi, CA
$11 per glass
STONE TABLE WHITE
A blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, & Chardonnay
STONE TABLE RED
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon,
Petite Syrah, Merlot & Zinfandel
PRIMOTIVO ROSÉ
Dry, crisp & soft
HARD CIDER
New England Cider Co. - Wallingford, CT
FRESH BLEND 5.8% - $9, 16oz can
HARD SELTZER
Two Roads Brewing Co. - Stratford, CT
variety, 4.5% - $8, 12oz can
NON-ALCOHOLIC BEER
Athletic Brewing Co. - Stratford, CT
variety - $6.5, 12oz can
KOMBUCHA
Cross Culture Kombucha - Danbury, CT
variety - $6, 12oz can
COLD BREW COFFEE
Quartertone Coffee Roasters - Ridgefield, CT
$6, 12oz can
SODA
Hosmer Mountain Soda - Willimantic, CT
COLA, DIET COLA, ROOT BEER, ORANGE
$4, 12oz bottle
SELTZER
Hosmer Mountain Soda - Willimantic, CT
$4, 12oz bottle
POTATO CHIPS
Fox Family Potato Chips, ME - $3.25, 2oz bag
POPCORN
Cabot Creamery, VT - $7, 4.5 oz bag
BEER NUTS
Drunk Alpaca, CT - $6.50 [made with our beer!]
SPICY BEER PRETZELS
Drunk Alpaca, CT - $5 [made with our beer!]