Bent Water Brewing Company

Lynn, MA · $$

Inebrious

Beverage Program Score

Editorial review: 2026-08-13

Editor: Micah Rousey

How we score

The editorial take

Bent Water Brewing Company puts one price on curiosity: every current beer can be sampled for $4. That matters because the board has two built-in comparison ladders. Sluice Light starts at 3.5%, Sluice Juice moves to a 6.5% blend of Galaxy, Motueka, Waimea, Simcoe and Citra, and Super Sluice reaches 8% with Strata, Citra, Calypso, Mandarina Bavaria and Cascade. Thunder Funk's mango, citrus, pine and honey profile sits at 7.3%; Double Thunder Funk enlarges it to 9.2%. The recipes are related, but the taster makes the differences accessible before strength decides the order. The rest of the board keeps that hop study from becoming the whole visit. Kölsch, Premium Lager, Chill, German-style Bent Water Pilsner, Amber Ale and Shandy cover straightforward drinking; Peach Mango Sour supplies tart fruit, and Thousand Mile Stare brings 7% oatmeal stout on nitro. Standard 16-ounce drafts cost $6-$8, imperial IPAs cost $9 for 12 ounces, growlers run $19-$25 and four-packs generally cost $12.99-$14.99. Cocktail-inspired seltzers add variety but not beer depth. The program's best quality is therefore practical rather than rarefied: wide strength, clear formats and a low-cost way to test each branch.

What should I order?: Build $4 tasters around the two families: Sluice Light, Sluice Juice and Super Sluice, then Thunder Funk beside Double Thunder Funk. Use Bent Water Pilsner or nitro Thousand Mile Stare to decide whether a full pour should leave IPA territory.
Who will enjoy this place?: Drinkers who prefer designing their own tasting sequence, IPA fans curious about scaled recipes, and groups that need crisp lager, sour or stout beside hop-forward beer.
When should I go?: The Lynn taproom operates Thursday through Sunday. Choose an early service for systematic tasters; check the event calendar if music or other programming is part of the visit.
What should I expect to spend?: Beer tasters cost $4. Most 16-ounce drafts cost $6-$8; 12-ounce imperial IPAs cost $9. Growlers cost $19-$25, four-packs $12.99-$14.99 and selected 12-packs $15.99-$17.99.
What makes the beverage program distinctive?: A universal $4 taster price exposes the full 3.5%-9.2% range and makes base-versus-amplified IPA recipes as easy to compare as lager against nitro stout.

Beverage categories

We only score what a venue sets out to do. Categories a venue doesn't attempt are left unscored rather than penalized.

Beer

Transparent multi-format pricing and a universal taster make a broad strength range highly navigable, with lager, sour, amber and nitro stout balancing related IPA families.

Menu strengths

— Every current beer shares one affordable taster price
— Sluice and Thunder Funk series support direct base-and-amplified comparisons
— Lager, Kölsch, amber, sour, shandy and nitro stout broaden the board

Standout selections

— Sluice Light session New England IPA
— Bent Water German-style pilsner
— Thousand Mile Stare nitro oatmeal stout

Pricing: All tasters cost $4; most drafts cost $6-$8, imperial IPA drafts $9, and growlers $19-$25

How it sits with the food

A dependable current kitchen menu was not available, so plan around the announced event food or confirm outside-food rules before visiting. Pilsner and amber are the safest food-flexible choices; imperial IPA and oatmeal stout require richer orders.

Inebrious does not score kitchens, food or the restaurant overall. We review the beverage program only.

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