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

Wed. & 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: Closed
Tuesday: Closed
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**
Unwillingly Witty 5.4 abv-16oz 32oz Refill $12 | Full $7

A Belgian Witbier brewed with coriander and sweet orange zest, topped with Hallertauer hops. Making this Witbier a refreshingly tasty light-bodied beer.
Carnival Concessions 6.2% abv-12oz 32oz Refill $15 | Full $8

This sour ale mimics our favorite carnival/fair food Cotton Candy! We were able to create this flavor by blending fruits, sugar, natural whipped cream and cotton candy flavorings that resulted in this truly one of a kind full bodied sour ale.
Show Me Krush 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 Krush hops. Krush hops offer a bold and fruit-forward flavor profile with prominent notes of mango, guava, peach, and navel orange, along with a subtle resinous undertone and mixed berry characteristics.
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.
Green Skies At Night 8.0% abv-12oz 32oz Refill $14 | Full $7

This Double IPA is inspired by more of a West Coast IPA with our own touch. We decided to mimic the classic water profile from Chico California which helps bring out more of the dry/resinous qualities of the Simcoe, Columbus, Amarillo, Cascade, and Centennial hops. But to keep it from being overly dry/bitter we divided the hop additions up into 15 smaller additions instead of the classic 3-5 larger additions. The result is this clean crisp fragrant DIPA that goes down smooth.

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.
StrawBEARy 6.2% abv-12oz 32oz Refill $11 | Full $8

What do you get when your combine strawberries,malted barley, strawberries, hops, strawberries, water, strawberries, yeast, and more strawberries? This insanely over fruited ale aptly named StrawBEARy
Drunken Leprechaun Rave 6% abv-16oz 32oz Refill $13 | Full $7

Are you ready to party like a Leprechaun?! Our Irish Red Ale features a medium to light body, and boasts rich biscuity melanoidin flavor, backed up with soft roast and caramel undertones, ending with just a wee bit of bitter.
Pomegranate Cider 5.0% abv-12oz 32oz Refill $15 | Full $8

Unfiltered Cider infused with pomegranate. All the flavor, none of the seeds and none of the work. The pomegranate flavor is well-balanced with the cider base and provides a sweet, juicy taste with a tart aftertaste.

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.