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Beer (updated 04/11/24)

*HAPPY HOUR 4-6PM Monday-Friday, $2 off all DRAFT pints*

 

Bancroft Beer  |  2.5 / 4 / 6
Our daily drinker, named after the street our humble brewery rests on. Brewed with 2-row and Maris Otter malt. Singularly hopped with Mosaic. Punch notes of Satsuma orange rind, lychee flesh, and fresh blueberry muffin, with a clean and crisp finish. 4.20% abv

Enjoying with friends? Grab a pitcher!  |  18 

Bancroft Buzz  |  2.5 / 4 / 6

Typically for our anniversary we take Bancroft Beer, our beloved lil’ all-Mosaic house beer, and switch up the hop for a unique twist. When Chris from Greenstreet Coffee Roasters reached out to do a collab, we weren’t really sure what we wanted to do. But then we tried some of their Rwanda Cyesha, and … Bancroft Buzz was born! Buzz is our standard recipe for Bancroft Beer, conditioned on Rwanda Cyesha beans. From Greenstreet: “This lot comes to us from Muraho Trading Company’s Cyesha Coffee Washing Station in Nyamasheke, Rwanda. Muraho was founded by two brothers, Karthick & Gaudam Anbalagan. Cyesha is their newest washing station, acquired in December 2021. Coffee from Cyesha is extra special because of the volcanic soil and high altitude, up to 1800 meters above sea level, of the farm. The washing station is also near one of the majestic African Great Lakes, Lake Kivu. The wind flow from the lake through the surrounding hills is ideal for drying coffees.” The result is a delightful little pale coffee beer brimming with fresh roasty notes, bright stone fruit and bold blueberry from the Mosaic. Creamy like a Bancroft Beer coffee ice cream float, sans the ice cream! 4.20% abv

Signal Beam  |  3 / 4.5 / 7

IPA brewed with two-row, oats, and wheat. Hopped with two fun older varieties that we’ve yet to play with here at Second District, Comet and Palisade. Fresh notes of squished tangerines, scoop fulls of dragon fruit, wild grasses, and a nice little floral boozy pop at the end. 6.5% abv

Anger Quake (16 oz can)  |  8

It seems we get around to brewing this one once every three years. Back after two years, 11 months, and one day since the last run, Anger Quake! Anger Quake is our all-Citra DIPA brewed with a dash of oats and rye. Notes of all the marijuanas, extra tall grasses, with complimentary tropical fruit cocktail. 8.25% abv

Basic Instructions  |  3 / 4.5 / 7

Bi-Coastal IPA with the malt profile of modern East Coast IPA’s coupled with a more old school West Coast leaning hop profile. Basic Instructions starts with a base of domestic 2-row, oats, and wheat, and was then generously hopped with Simcoe, Mosaic, and Amarillo. Fluffy and doughy with great lacing. Mellow citrus, pine sap, and a healthy dose of the dank. 6% abv

The Keg Is Always Cleaner  |  3 / 5 / 8

This lovely little grisette is brewed from a simple base of European pilsner malt and a bit of white wheat, with a blend of aged and fresh old world hop varietals. It then gets fermented with our favorite saison monoculture in one of our mixed fermentation tanks before being dry hopped with East Kent Goldings. Refermented properly in the keg to 3 volumes of c02. TKIAG is our ode to the classic green glass farmhouse ales of Belgium. It begins with a delicate floral malt base followed by layers of jasmine blossom, green tea, lemon balm, leathery funk, and a bone dry prickly mineral finish. Dangerously quaffable. 5% abv

Chadwick  |  3 / 4.5 / 7

OG Philly style porter brewed with a special blend of roasty malts over layers of 2-row, Munich, Vienna, and Maris Otter. Hopped with East Kent Goldings and fermented with our house ale strain. Rich notes of toffee, bitter sweet chocolate covered espresso beans, and licorice root. 6% abv

Mr. Pubbington  |  3 / 4.5 / 7

English style pub ale, now pouring from the nitro line. Brewed with English Pearl pale ale malt, flaked barley, and a nice selection of specialty malts. Hopped verrrrrrry gently with East Kent Goldings. Fermented cool with our house ale yeast. Velvety full bodied mouthfeel with notes hearty hearth fired bread loaves, hints of Tetley Tea, just enough honey sweetness, and a quick clean finish. 5% abv

Rutiger  |  3 / 4.5 / 7

Munich Helles. A beautifully simple unfiltered pale lager brewed with all pilsner malt, a bit of Tettnanger and Spalt Select, and fermented with our house lager yeast. Accentuated malt without being sweet, well attenuated and balanced by the lightly spicy restrained bitterness of the hops. Bread and honey showcase in the flavor, with supporting fresh herbal notes. Soft and dry finish. Incredibly refreshing and drinkable! 5.1% abv

Rye Lager  |  3 / 4.5 / 7

Brewed loosely in the vein of Helles lager, with the addition of two types of malted rye that make up 30% of the grist. It’s not often we get to play around with the subtleties of different grains when it comes to clean beers like lagers.  Most of the time we use them in styles where the character gets masked by hops or fermentation profile. Here the malt remains the showcase and we get a glimpse of what rye has to offer. Nutty, toasty and earthy up front with a more floral middle and spicy dry finish. We really dig this one! 5% abv 

Smoked Dunkel  |  3 / 4.5 / 7
We take a traditional Munich Dunkel base and then add a little Bamberg twist with 25% beechwood smoked malt. Notes of hearth baked loaves of hearty bread slathered in Nutella with a light toffee sprinkle enjoyed while with the company of friends around a warm campfire. Just in time for BBQ season! 5.5% abv 
 
Oude Pêche (750mL Bottle) |  20

Mixed fermentation sour ale brewed with pilsner and wheat malts along with a little bit of Czech Saaz in the kettle. Fermented with our house RAF culture and allowed to condition in stainless for five months before adding 20 pounds per barrel of juicy ripe PA grown white freestone peaches from our friends at Green Meadow Farm. Pink Jolly Ranchers, old vine Chardonnay, vibrant acidity, clean mineral finish. 7.8% abv

Seven (750mL Bottle) |  21

Our Seventh Anniversary blend perhaps exemplifies what we do here at Second District more than any other project we’ve ever worked on. A blend of old world techniques with a nod to modern experimentation, and a little whimsy thrown in for good measure. Seven began as a blend of several releases from the late summer of 2022. We took some kegs of Wee Buddy, an English Summer Ale; Apricot Helix, an apricot-tangerine hard seltzer; Zestimated Antler, a lime zest conditioned version of our Nelson Pale Ale; and Future Rustic, a Bière de Coupage, and blended them all into one of our RAF tanks and allowed them to mingle for awhile. Once refermentation was complete (from the mixed culture inoculation provided by Future Rustic), we racked it into oak white wine barrels that had previously held our 5th anniversary blend for a lengthy two year slumber. The transformation of the liquid over that time is somewhere along the lines of a citrusy barrel aged saison, if we had to put our finger on a “style”; A melange of trifoliate orange skins, rubbed sage, classic barnyard, with a dry zesty finish. Most importantly, it’s just a really fun sip. Naturally carbonated in both bottle and keg. 6% abv. Cheers to Seven Years!

Big Hill Standard Cider  |  5 / 7
Beautiful, strait forward cider from our friend in Central PA. 5.5% abv
 
Samuel Adams Just the Haze NA  |  5  (12oz can)
We’ve tried a lot of non-alc beers, and this is one of the better ones.
 

Lil’ Buddy  |  5
Our version on the “Citywide” – a 10oz Bancroft Beer with a shot of bourbon
 
The Professor  |  7
A slightly snootier version of the “Citywide” – a 10oz Chadwick with a shot of Fernet Francisco
 

BEER TO GO:

*16oz 4-packs*

Bancroft Beer | 16

Anger Quake | 20

*750ml Bottles*

Oude Pêche  | 20

Seven  | 21

>>>FRESH 32oz CROWLERS AVAILABLE, INQUIRE WITH SERVER<<<

 

Wine, booze, etc.

WINE

2021 Galen Glen Gruner Veltliner   |  10

2020 Galen Glen Chambourcin  |  11

HOUSE COCKTAILS

Negroni on tap!  |  11

simply classic!

 

Hibiscus Lemongrass Daiquiri  |  12

otto hibiscus rum, lemongrass ginger syrup, pineapple, lime, maggie’s farm falernum

 

Vin & Vigor  |  12

house barrel aged malt vinegar, blackberry syrup, bluecoat gin, fresh lime

 

Vin Less Vigor *N/A shrub* |  6

house barrel aged malt vinegar, blackberry syrup, club soda. Refreshing!

 

CANNED COCKTAILS  |  12

Top Dog Canned Cocktails – locally produced, each can contains 2 proper drinks when poured over ice 

 

Whiskey Lemonade

as it sounds

Greyhound

vodka, grapefruit, with a touch of elderflower and rosemary

Blood Orange Margarita

boom

*NOW PROUDLY OFFERING, FROM OUR NEIGHBORS OTTO DISTILLING:

Hand crafted rum, from right down McKean Street

Philly Pepper – cinnamon/pepper spiced rum

Hibiscus Rum – infused with hibiscus flowers

Plum Rum – infused with plums

Coffee Rum – infused with coffee

Food

**HAPPY HOUR Monday-Friday, 4-6pm | SPECIAL HAPPY HOUR MENU AVAILABLE FOR DINE-IN ONLY**

 (v+) = vegan

“LUNCHBOX” SPECIALS – MON-FRI NOON-4pm

*DINE-IN ONLY*

SERVED WITH SIDE OF FRIES OR SIDE SALAD – $12

Choose One:

SMASH BURGER

IMPOSSIBLE SMASH BURGER (v+)

CHICKEN DELUXE

CRISPY CHICKEN STRIPS

 

snacks 

Nacho Fries  |  14
curly fries, bancroft gouda beer cheese, refried pinto beans,

pickled jalapeños, white sauce 

 

Crispy Chicken  |  12
hand breaded chicken strips.

choice of house hot sauce, honey, or ranch

 
Skyline Chili Dog  |  11

nathan’s all beef hot dog, middle eastern-spiced beef chili, shredded cheese, raw onion, jalapeño

 
Golden Beet Salad  |  13
vinegar braised beets, whipped ricotta, beet vinaigrette, mixed greens, pita croutons, chopped pistachio.
*contains dairy, nuts*
-add falafel | 4  -add grilled chicken | 5
 
 
Local Cheese Plate |  12
birchrun hills fat cat and blue cheeses, orange marmalade, grilled pineapple mustard, spiced walnuts, crostini
*contains dairy, nuts, seeds*
 
Side Salad | 6
spring mix, red onion, cucumber, balsamic vinaigrette
 
Curly Fries | 8
choice of sauce:
fry sauce (v+) | vegan ranch (v+) | ranch | ketchup
-add a cup of beer cheese sauce | 3

 

 

two hands

 
 Vada Pav (v+)  |  13
mumbai-style potato fritter sandwich.
curry spiced potato cake,
cilantro chutney, garlic chutney,
pickled red onion, seeded bun
 
 Remember Maoz? (v+)  |  12
fresh falafel, hummus, lettuce, cucumber,
red onion, white sauce, zhoug, pita
 
Jerk Sandwich 
Tofu (v+) |  14   Chicken |  13
jerk marinade, arugula, grilled pineapple, cajunaise, potato bun
 
Smash Burger  |  8
all beef patty*, american cheese,
shredded lettuce, minced onions,
special sauce, pickles, seeded bun

make it a double |  14   make it a triple! |  18

 
Impossible Smash Burger (v+)  |  10
impossible patty*, vegan american cheese,
shredded lettuce, minced onions,
special sauce, pickles, vegan potato roll

make it a double |  16

 

 dessert

Hand Pie (v+) | 10
local apples, caramel, walnut streusel
 
 
 

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