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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!]

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