Nocturnem Draft Haus

vomfoss

Florida

4.6/5  rDev +2%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4.75 | selection: 4.75 | food: 4 | $$

Finally a real drinking Experience in bangor. A must stop when heading to bar harbor , staff is great and very knowledgeable on both the beer they have on all 14 taps and the bottled beer selection. food is limited but what they do have is good. wished they opened before 3 :) Hats off

01-26-2013 18:52:30 | More by vomfoss

lordofthewiens

Maine

4.54/5  rDev +0.7%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.75 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4.75 | food: 3.5 | $$

Stopped by on a Saturday afternoon. Loved it.
Two long, narrow rooms. You enter the bar area. The bar seats around twelve. Some high tops up front and along the side. The other room has regular tables, a sofa and chairs. It looks like the bands perform in that room. Brick walls, tin ceiling, beer memorabilia on the walls. A nice, comforable place.
Fourteen beers on tap, additionally a cask selection and a lambic. Eclectic tap selections, with frequent rotations. Around one hundred bottles. My wife had a Green Flash West Coast IPA, and I had Stone RIS espresso. Excellent.
We both has a veggie burger, good but not great.
Service was excellent.
When in Bangor, make sure you visit this place!

04-23-2013 01:12:35 | More by lordofthewiens

GuyIncognito

Maine

4.7/5  rDev +4.2%
vibe: 5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4.5 | selection: 5 | $$$

Nocturnem is an amazing drafthaus. This place has the best beer selection in Bangor hands down. They are constantly rotating the taps, and there is always something for every beer taste. The tap takeovers are a lot of fun, and flight night on Mondays is a great way to try all the beers. This place is a haven for beer lovers! The staff is very helpful, and makes great recommendations. The music room is wonderful too. I haven't tried the food yet, but plan to next time. I'm so glad this bar exists in Bangor!

09-16-2012 02:11:05 | More by GuyIncognito

GarthDanielson

New Hampshire

4.3/5  rDev -4.7%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 4.5 | $$

Used to live in Bangor, so when I recently visited I had to stop by the new beer joint. Very impressed. This place was great. There is outdoor seating in the back, a huge bar when you first enter the front, and a second room of seating directly opposite the bar. I went on a Saturday night and there was a little jam band rocking out all night, which was pretty cool. They have a dozen or so rotating taps, and while I was there they were in the midst of a "Sour Celebration", so there were plenty of unique and rare BAs and other Sours to choose from. On top of that, there is a bottle list that is easily 100+. The staff was extremely knowledgable and friendly, as well as prompt, which can be completely missed on Saturday nights. I didn't try the food, but one of the people in my party got a couple of appetizers and were very pleased. All in all, I would recommend hitting this place up if you find yourself in Bangor. I know I will be making a return trip!

09-09-2012 03:42:33 | More by GarthDanielson

CallMeHarmon

Texas

4.95/5  rDev +9.8%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 5 | food: 4.5 | $$

While this is not a cheap outing, it is a good value outing. The tap wall offers 14 rotating diverse and interesting taps and a cask. When a keg is done, out it goes and a new beer takes its place on the wall. So don't get too attached.

The beers range all over from wheats to pilseners, Belgians, IPAs, barleywines and whatever is in between. About half are from the northeast, and half are from Europe or other USA. They also offer meads from local organic farmers. Wine is not their thing but they do have it.

They could survive as just a burger bar - the burgers are that good. Not a huge menu, but enough good choices to go with the suds. Loved it and want to come back.

07-23-2012 19:16:18 | More by CallMeHarmon

Your_Mom

4.13/5  rDev -8.4%
vibe: 4 | quality: 5 | service: 3 | selection: 4.5 | food: 3.5 | $$

Great place! Huge selection - always something new to try. I love the Belgian ales... something that I haven't had a lot of. They have frequent "tap takeovers" to feature a brewery or region. Very educational. It's a great thing to have in Maine so that I can broaden my tastes. The food (tapas) is light and features some local ingredients. The hummus plate is my favorite. The only negative that I have is that sometimes the music ( from the speakers, not live) is too loud for conversation.

03-03-2012 19:24:33 | More by Your_Mom

Archemedies

Massachusetts

4.36/5  rDev -3.3%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 4.5 | $$

Nocturnem opened up in Bangor over the summer. Easily the best bar for beer in the area. It is also within walking distance from Bangor Wine & Cheese, a great bottle shop for the area. State St. Wine Cellar is also a mile or two up the road.

Nocturnem is split into two rooms. The bar area with some tables in one room, and a sitting/social area with a bunch of tables, a couch, a piano and an area for someone to play music in.

With 14 rotating taps, and plenty of great bottles there is more than enough to please any beer lover here. Nocturnem updates their draft list reguarlly so you can look up on their website what they have before hand. I have been in a lot an they usually have a good mix of local Maine beer, imports and other American beers. They do Keg parties often, and dedicate all 14 taps to one brewery for a night. They have a nice bottle list too.

The service was nice. This place is pretty busy most of the time, so they are on their feet a lot. Sometimes takes a little log to get the beer you ordered because of that.

Overall an awesome place for beer in the Bangor area, and the state of Maine. A must-go to place if you are in the area. Really going to miss this place when I graduate.

01-15-2012 00:42:39 | More by Archemedies

berley31

New Brunswick (Canada)

4.33/5  rDev -4%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 4.5 | food: 4 | $$

A: Bigger than I expected, it's basically two rooms. The first one has the bar on the right-hand side when you come in, with lots of tables as well; the second room has comfortable-looking tables and couches, and a small stage for when they have live music (which seems to be often). Two coolers behind the bar house lots of bottles.

Q+S: I was here over two evenings and had a combination of 6 drafts and two bottles. All the beers were fresh-tasting and high quality. Tap selection was quite varied (especially for the area, I imagine)... good variety of local Maine breweries, other U.S. stuff, Belgians, etc. Very nice bottle selection as well, lots of small bottles and large ones to share.

S: Everyone who served us was perfectly friendly... they were pretty busy, but they did spend a bit of time chatting about beer. No complaints.

F: Had a couple of pretzels and some hummus, quite good.

V: Typical tap prices for a higher-end bar, so a bit pricey for some of the imports. But I was quite impressed with a lot of their bottle prices... they didn't seem to be charging more than a buck or two higher than what you'd pay at a beer store.

Great place... I imagine it's awesome for Bangor to have such a high-end beer bar in town. We'll definitely be back when in the area.

11-07-2011 22:21:26 | More by berley31

SevaTse

New Hampshire

4.66/5  rDev +3.3%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 4 | $$

Stopped by here on the way to a rafting trip around Millinocket, on recommendation from a server at Lion's Pride(btw, THANK YOU- didn't get his name).
The selection has some awesome Belgians, as well as GOOD stuff from around Maine(Maine Beer Co, Allagash), as well as Black Bear Brewery stuff, which is rather rare outside of that part of Maine.
The selection is rock solid, the server was friendly and funny, and the place had a good number of people on a Saturday late afternoon.
I didn't rate the food, as I myself didn't get it, but my friends did and they loved it.

09-15-2011 20:42:12 | More by SevaTse

Kenyon

South Carolina

4.5/5  rDev -0.2%
vibe: 4.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 5 | $$

Bangor now has an outstanding, bonafide Tap Bar. Stopped in while waiting to pick up a son at the airport and would have had lunch there but Nocturnem doesn't open until 3 PM. They have about 14 taps and 2 beer engines. Taps are all rotating so you can either just wander in and enjoy what's an tap or look at the website and pick and choose when to enjoy a particular favorite brew. We just missed a Dogfish Head Tap Takeover but the mix of Maine and national micros on tap was very impressive. We wound up drinking Life and Limb from Sierra Nevada and Dogfish Head which on draught is truly amazing. In the summer they seldom use the beer engines since they say the weather is too warm (in Maine?) to transport casks or firkins.

Nocturnem has two rooms. There is the bar with stools and several tables and the more "social room" with more space and a corner for musicians. Both rooms are very comfortable and have a lot of pub atmosphere.

We didn't try the food but the limited menu had several tempting entries in the line of traditional pub grub. People speak highly of their soft pretzel snacks and the sausages.

We will return whenever we wind up spending time in Bangor. This is by far the premier beer place in town. If you are in the bar hoping mood, Paddy Murphy's Pub and The Reverend Noble Pub are less than a block away.

08-24-2011 23:31:25 | More by Kenyon