10 Best Breweries in Nebraska with 30 Beers Worth Trying

BAR NOTES

Chaco Canyon Gold is a 4.8% golden ale brewed with Nebraska honey, pale two-row and Pilsner malt. Triple Perle and Cascade hops supply a crisp finish, with the brewery publishing 21 IBUs for the recipe.

The honey is an actual addition rather than a flavor inferred from the beer’s color. The brewery suggests fried food, grilled chicken and fish, making this the lighter opening pour before the richer brown ale and ESB.

BAR NOTES

Third Stone Brown brings caramel-like roast and a nutty malt impression at 5.3%. Pale barley, biscuit malt, dark crystal and midnight wheat meet Perle hops, with 13 IBUs supporting a notably malt-focused beer.

The producer lists no extras, so nutty describes the flavor rather than a declared nut ingredient. Compare its grain structure with an American brown ale recipe and Scriptown’s five-malt Nutjob before treating all brown ales as interchangeable.

BAR NOTES

Luna Sea ESB is Empyrean’s English-inspired extra special bitter at 6.3% and 29 IBUs. Biscuit, dark crystal and aromatic malt sit alongside pale barley, while Galena and Cluster provide the hop side of its balance.

Extra special bitter is a style name, not a promise of IPA-level bitterness. The brewery suggests steak, salmon, barbecue and caramel desserts; try a food pairing that shows how its caramel malt character differs from Third Stone’s darker roast.

BAR NOTES

Fairy Nectar is Kros Strain’s 6.2% hazy IPA, described with grapefruit, mango and tropical hop character. The brewery emphasizes restrained bitterness, giving it a different starting point from Scriptown’s crisper traditional Yotus IPA.

Explore the IPA families around this beer rather than treating haze as a strength category. Fairy Nectar DDH is a separate named version in the portfolio; order the original when you want the beer represented on this card.

BAR NOTES

Helles Creek offers a 4.8% German-style lager with gentle malt sweetness. Its relatively simple description is useful beside Fairy Nectar: the comparison shifts from aromatic IPA hops to a pale lager built around a quieter malt presentation.

Hot as Helles is a separate habanero version, so the original Helles Creek should not inherit the peppers from that variant. Try the unmodified lager first when comparing it with Pint Nine Farmer Tan or Brickway Pils.

BAR NOTES

Bernstein Bier is a 5.6% Vienna lager with toasted and nutty malt character. Kros Strain describes a firm balancing bitterness, placing it between the gentle Helles Creek and the more assertive hop presence of its IPAs.

Put it beside Upstream Firehouse Red for two local Vienna-style interpretations with different listed strengths. Toasted or nutty language describes the malt impression here; it does not establish actual toast, nuts or added flavorings in the recipe.

BAR NOTES

Vanilla Bean is Infusion’s 4.8% blonde ale with a smooth golden body and vanilla aroma and flavor. Its published 16 IBUs keep the numerical bitterness lower than the traditional American IPAs elsewhere in this guide.

Holiday Cookie and Pumpkin Vanilla Bean are separate named versions, not part of this standard card. Start with the original if you want to compare vanilla character against Brickway Coffee Vanilla Stout without adding seasonal flavors to the flight.

BAR NOTES

Trip moves Infusion’s flight into hazy IPA at 6.5%. The producer highlights unfiltered hops and tropical flavors but does not publish a detailed hop bill on the individual page, so specific varieties should not be guessed.

Compare it with Fairy Nectar and Pint Nine Neon 9’s to separate the beers’ own descriptions from the broad hazy label. Use a small comparison pour to focus on hop aroma, texture and finish rather than color alone.

BAR NOTES

Pickle Slam is a 4.3% lager with a pronounced pickle flavor and crisp presentation. Infusion lists it among its year-round beers, giving this unusual choice a different planning role from a one-off experimental taproom release.

Spicy Pickle Slam is a distinct seasonal entry, so do not transfer its heat to the regular beer. A side-by-side lager comparison with Helles Creek makes the added flavor direction clearer than tasting Pickle Slam only after a strong IPA.

BAR NOTES

The current Dan the Wiser page identifies a 4.3% light lager with 20 IBUs and mild fruit-like notes. It is named for the brewery’s Dan, with an approachable flavor direction suited to the beginning of this flight.

Older references may call Dan the Wiser a Kölsch, and the peach version has its own page and formulation. Use the current original lager as the comparison with other American lagers rather than blending details from different releases.

BAR NOTES

Devil’s Gap is Kinkaider’s jalapeño ale at 5% and 10 IBUs. The pepper identity is explicit, while the relatively low bitterness specification helps separate the beer’s chile direction from a hop-led sensation of sharpness.

Burgers, hot dogs and chili appear among the brewery’s food suggestions. Try a small pour with the food you actually plan to eat, because the published IBU number measures hop bitterness and does not quantify pepper heat.

BAR NOTES

Dragon Juice is the IPA identified by Kinkaider’s current page, at 6% and 20 IBUs. Amarillo, El Dorado and Citra supply intense hop aroma, tropical-citrus flavors and a smooth, subtly bitter finish.

The brewery suggests mango-containing ceviche or sweet corn chowder as food companions. Those suggestions do not establish mango in the beer; the published flavor description credits hops, making Dragon Juice a useful comparison with Trip’s less detailed recipe description.

BAR NOTES

Yotus is Scriptown’s traditional American IPA at 6.7% and 75 IBUs. Its blend includes Zeus, Mosaic, Cascade and Citra, with the producer describing a crisp, dry finish and a structured hop profile.

Use the American IPA recipe as a brewing comparison after this pour. Beside Fairy Nectar, Yotus shows how an IPA’s bitterness and finish can take a different direction without needing a higher alcohol percentage or a double-IPA label.

BAR NOTES

Nutjob is Scriptown’s 4.8% American brown ale, with five barley malts and 17 IBUs. The brewery describes a rich, nutty presentation, giving the flight a malt-forward middle pour after the more assertive Yotus.

Its published description does not identify added nuts, so the name alone should not be treated as a complete ingredient list. Compare it with Empyrean Third Stone before moving into Oso Cafe, where coffee is explicitly part of the beer’s identity.

BAR NOTES

Dos Amigos is Scriptown’s Mexican-style lager at 4.9% and 24 IBUs. Its individual description highlights a clean presentation and delicate floral hops, making this a lighter-flavored alternative to Yotus in the same brewery flight.

The description does not establish added lime, unlike some fruit-flavored lagers found elsewhere. Taste it without a garnish first when comparing it with Dan the Wiser or Helles Creek, then decide whether a citrus addition suits your preference.

BAR NOTES

Brickway Pils is listed as a 4.8% Czech-style pilsner with 30 IBUs in its exact beer profile. Its clean lager presentation and restrained Noble-type hop character give this flight a straightforward opening beer.

Compare it with Farmer Tan before assuming every pilsner uses the same grains or follows the same flavor direction. Brickway’s published profile does not provide a full recipe, so precise hop varieties and mash details should remain unspecified here.

BAR NOTES

Coffee Vanilla Stout is listed at 5.2% and 20 IBUs, with oatmeal milk-stout structure, vanilla and cold-steeped coffee. Here coffee is part of the formulation, rather than simply a roasted-malt tasting descriptor.

Explore dark beer styles after this pour to compare stout with Third Stone’s brown ale and Cornstalker’s dark wheat beer. For ingredient needs, confirm the actual milk-stout formulation with the brewery rather than inferring suitability from flavor or color.

BAR NOTES

Omaha Stylee is Brickway’s juicy IPA at 5.8% and 40 IBUs in its beer profile. The published description names Grungeist, Bravo and Mosaic among its double-dry-hop blend, with orange, apricot and melon tasting notes.

Double dry hopping describes a hopping process, not an automatic double-IPA strength. Compare Omaha Stylee with 8.1% Wonder Twins to separate process wording from alcohol level, and keep its fruit-like hop descriptions distinct from declared fruit additions.

BAR NOTES

Pint Nine IPA is listed at 7% and 65 IBUs on the brewery-linked menu. Its dry, full-bodied presentation and stone-fruit aromatics offer a more traditional IPA comparison alongside Neon 9’s softer, less bitter description.

Place it beside Yotus or Cropduster to explore how different American IPA recipes support their hops. The menu does not disclose a full hop bill for this beer, so the named varieties from neighboring cards should not be transferred to it.

BAR NOTES

Neon 9’s is a 6.7% hazy IPA listed at 30 IBUs, with citrus, stone-fruit notes and a soft mouthfeel. Its beer profile names Citra, Mosaic and Strata hops, adding detail to the brewery’s concise menu description.

Try it beside the original Pint Nine IPA to compare beers close in strength but different in texture and bitterness. That pairing is more revealing than assuming the hazy beer must be stronger, sweeter or entirely free of bitterness.

BAR NOTES

Farmer Tan is the brewery menu’s 4.7% American pilsner with 12 IBUs. Its crisp presentation includes light corn and malt notes, giving Pint Nine’s flight a notably gentler hop impression than either selected IPA.

Continue into a lager brewing guide after comparing it with Brickway Pils. The menu’s corn note describes flavor; it does not supply a complete grain bill or justify a precise claim about how much corn enters the recipe.