Bear Hands Brewing Company

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Visiting Us

Hello BHBC Family when visiting the tap room you'll be able to check out 11 different beers made on site. As well as, hard cider, seltzer and an assortment of spirits. We offer some house bites and welcome outside food. Check out All seating is first come first serve. *Well behaved dogs are welcomed on our Outside Patio only.

To Go Orders

For to-gos we offer 32oz Howlers. We recommend calling ahead for howler orders to avoid wait times. Check out our “What’s On Tap” for available beer options.

Our Hours

Mon. - Thurs. 12-8pm
Fri. & Sat. 12-10pm
Sun. 12-8pm

UPCOMING EVENTS & MONTHLY COCKTAIL FLIGHT

Trivia Every
Wednesday Night

EVERY Wednesday @ 6 PM in the Lounge. Lounge Opens @ 5 PM

Pints, Ponys, Samples and Flights Available in the Tap Rooms.

We offer in house bites to eat but also welcome outside food too.

Bar Tops, Tables and Couches for Beer Drinking Comfort
Music and Arcade Games Available for Entertainment

Brewery Hours

Bear Hands Brewing Co. currently offers Patio and Indoor seating. Seating is first come first serve please see Server/Bartender for patio seating when you arrive. Call (860)-315-9099 or visit us on Facebook for questions or more information.

Patio and Inside Seating

Sunday: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Monday: 12:00 PM- 8:00 PM
Tuesday: 12:00 PM- 8:00 PM
Wednesday: 12:00 PM- 8:00 PM
Thursday: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Friday: 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Saturday: 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM

75 Main Street #1 Putnam, CT 06260

(860) 315 - 9099

What's On Tap

Prices are left to right for Refill on Howlers and Full Pours. In-house Pony’s (8oz) and Samples (5oz) are available.

Limón Squares 6.2% abv-12oz 32oz Refill $15 | Full $8

This tangy dessert sour blends all the bright and zingy lemon filling flavors, with the silky buttery shortbread flavors of a fresh lemon bar! The perfect blend of sweet and sour, this ale is sure to bring a smile to your taste buds. **Contains Milk Sugar**
Spalt Select 4.7 abv-16oz 32oz Refill $12 | Full $7

This German-style pale lager beer is golden in color and has a malt-forward flavor, backed by a touch of spicy German hop flavor. Typically when we've done our Helles Lagers we use a blend of Spalt, Tettnanger, and Hallertau Mittelfrüher hops. However the Spalter Select strain boasts that it retains some of the finer characteristics of these varieties and is considered a slightly spicier version of Spalt. So for this version we decided to try out a single hop variety and are very pleased with the diversity of the Spalt Select strain.
Beary Berries 5.5% abv-12oz 32oz Refill $15 | Full $8

This triple berry sour ale is a nice blend of tart, and earthy sweet and sour flavors. With a blend of multiple additions of blueberry, strawberry, and açaí berry purees the açaí berries take center stage with their unique rich, earthy, and slightly tart flavors, with notes of chocolate, raspberry, and blackberry. The blueberry and strawberry additions help balance and accentuate some of the more; sweet floral and slight sour fruity notes.
Show Me Nectaron 7.2% abv-16oz 32oz Refill $14 | Full $8

"Show Me" is our popular single hopped New England IPA series that rotates out a new hop each time around. Sharing the same grain bill this beer is nice and hazy with just enough body to not steal the "Show" from the featured hop. This batch we used Nectaron hops. Nectaron hops are known for their intense tropical fruit and citrus flavors, offering a bright and juicy character. They are particularly renowned for their notes of passionfruit, peach, grapefruit, and pineapple.
Sanity Pils 5.0% abv- 16oz 32oz Refill $12 | Full $7

Lets brew up a little bit of Sanity with this classic German style that is oh so delicious. With a nice clear pale color, the malty sweetness is complimented by the wonderful bitterness of Germany's Hallertau Mittelfrüh hops.
Citra-Saurus 8.2% abv-12oz 32oz Refill $14 | Full $7

A Double IPA that packs a loaded tropical punch of mangos and pineapple. We balanced the tons of Citra hops with an awesome malt body to produce an addicting dry finish hazy DIPA.

C.T.'s Irish Stout 5.% abv-16oz No Refills | Full $7

This dry Irish stout on Nitro gets its character from the roasted barley. Accented with chocolate malts providing a creamy complexity of roasted chocolate from start to finish.
Smooth Sensations 7.0% abv-16oz 32oz Refill $13 | Full $7

-"Doppel" meaning 'double" is this version of the lower-gravity German style bock beers. The Dopplebock is renowned for being a very food friendly beer due to its rich body reminiscent of toasted bread, with a dominant malty sweetness to almost eliminate any harsh alcohol flavors. With an adjacent hint of prune and raisin dark fruit flavors and aromas the malty body of this beer really touches on all of the smooth taste sensations of the palate.
Munted Mate 6.6% abv-16oz 32oz Refill $15 | Full $8

This clean, and crisp New Zealand Pilsner is sure to get you and your mates good and munted! This crushable beer style is as if a New England IPA and a German Pilsner had a baby. This clean, clear, biscuity Pilsner features the Nelson Sauvin, and Motuka New Zealand hops, which bring flavors and aromas of zesty tropical fruit, citrus, and passion fruit.
Death By Shandy 6.2% abv-16oz 32oz Refill $14 | Full $8

This robust American wheat ale is our take on the blended shandy pour, except we decided to add all of the extra goodness in during the brewing process! This ale is brewed, fermented, and finished with copious amounts of ripe mango pureé, lemonade concentrate, lemon zest & juice. Bringing a bold sweet & sour punch to your glass!
Abnormally Normal 5.5% abv-16oz 32oz Refill $12 | Full $7

Abnormally Normal is a little pun to how "Normal" the classic American Amber Ale is that you just don't see done as much nowadays. This beautiful rich amber colored ale balances a body full of toasted, toffee, and caramel flavors balanced with a moderate amount of American hop notes from multiple additions of Cascade, Centennial, and Columbus hops.
Peach Mango Cider 5.0% abv-12oz 32oz Refill $15 | Full $8

Downeast peach mango hard cider is the cider if you’re feeling a little bit tropical. or overwhelmingly tropical, even. This fresh, juicy peach mixed with tropical mango is downright delicious. Peach mango, it's here!

Our Story

Bear Hands Brewing Company is Us. My husband Justin, is the brewer and I Kayla, am the business. While raising our kids, Ada 10, Colin 6 and our newest addition Elsie we decided to take on the endeavor of opening a brewery and tap room and still trying to balance work/ life/… brewery. We took Justin’s 14 year- homebrewing hobby, to the next level. After, the good feedback from our inner circle, we started traveling all around CT, from beer fest to beer fest. Pouring our beer for the masses, and again the feedback was great! That’s when we took it upon ourselves to formulate a business plan to open our very own Brewery and Tap Room. We wanted to make brewing a career so we could share our passion for beer and atmosphere with everyone. After, three long years of highs and lows we’ve accomplished what we set out to do, our brewery doors are finally open! Bear Hands Brewing Company’s charming home is in the quiet corner of downtown Putnam, CT.