Hingham Beer Works Serves Up October Flavors

As the weather and leaves begin to change this Fall season, so does the menu at Hingham Beer Works.

The popular Shipyard restaurant recently released their October menu which offers a variety of seasonal drinks,  along with delicious new dishes.

One of their most popular seasonal drinks is the Pumpkin Works Ale, which Hingham Beer Works Director of Brewing Tim Morse described as, “Dessert in a glass.”  The beer selection is a copper-colored ale that’s brewed with pumpkin pie spices.The Pumpkin Works Ale is so flavorful that it can be served with dessert and customers have the option to order the drink with cinnamon sprinkled around the rim of the beer glass.  

The drink is also an ingredient in the new dessert item, the Jack o’Lantern Float, which is a pint of  the Pumpkin Works ale with a scoop of pumpkin ice cream. Hingham Beer Works chefs believe the drink is served best with their pumpkin pie or the Beer Works mud pie, which is made up of chocolate, malted vanilla and coffee ice creams with chunks of Oreo and peanut butter cups topped with whipped cream and crushed nuts.

Those who may not like the pumpkin flavor,  can try the Octoberfest lager (Bodied with a soft, sweet, malt flavor), the Autumn Amber Alt (A German-style amber colored ale with full malt flavor) or the Red October (A full bodied ale with a big malt flavor and a Subtle Hop finish).  Each October Beer Special can be ordered in a 12, 16, or 22 ounce glass.

The restaurants fall food items are made up with seasonal ingredients such as apples, butternut squash,  and buttered fingerling potatoes.  They now serve six new plates including the butternut squash ravioli ,which is served in a sage-cream sauce with roasted vegetables and toasted pepino seeds,  and the “Wienerschnitzel” which is a breaded piece of veal cutlet with a lemony-brown sauce served with potato pancakes , caramelized red onions, bacon, green beans, and beer braised red cabbage with onions and apples.

Hingham Beer works has only been opened since last winter but the Shipyard restaurant is already a success in town. While the restaurant’s bar area is a popular hang out spot on weekend nights until 1 a.m., it is also a family friendly restaurant for a nice weekend brunch which is served every Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Hingham brewery is currently celebrating their one year anniversary in Hingham with their Hingham Anniversary Ale, which is a Belgian golden style ale.

Beer Works currently has five other locations: Three in Boston (Across fromFenway Park, by the Boston Garden, and at Terminal C at Logan Airport), and also in Salem and Lowell.  The Hingham location is open from Sunday to Thursday from 11 a.m. to midnight and on Friday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Their popular brewery is also offering tours and tastings upon appointment.