The Dirty Truth

September 9, 2008
Being from Northampton I was happy to see another micro brew bar and with 40 taps who wouldn’t be happy? This might have been one of the best if not for lack of service and super loud atmosphere. The beers are great and they get hardto find stuff like Sierra. It’s all good if you like the noise.

August 17, 2008 [ Updated December 28, 2008 ]
The new manager/ bar keep is a jerk. we started off the night well 6 guys drinkin quality beer, but the new bartender ended up being very rude. I have come here multiple times and had a good experience, but after my last experience I will not go back. The moan and dove is a town over with a similar selection, same owners, but less rude staff. They fired the ruder member of their team and i happen to lovethis place now

May 22, 2008
excellent place to enjoy beers for beer lover

February 13, 2008
This is a pretty sick beer bar that I wish we had in Carrboro or anywhere in NC. Something like 40 beers on draught and 20 or so nicely picked bottles. Pretty good non-standard pub fare. Younger brother of the Moan and Dove in neighboring Amherst.

November 5, 2007
Now this is a quality tap selection. I could be in a dump of a bar and not mind really. The day I visited, they had on tap, amongst others, St. Bernardus Abt, Trois-Pistoles, Southern Tier Imperial Oatmeal, De Ranke Guldenberg, Cantillon Gueuze, Smuttynose Farmhouse Ale, Stoudt’s Double IPA, Hop Rod Rye, Old Rasputin, Victory Prima Pils, and lots of fun locals such as beers from High and Mighty, Ipswich, Offshore, Cisco, etc. Oh yeah, there is a basic food menu for the classy atmosphere. Who cares. The beer is top notch and this place is worth long detours.

March 26, 2007
Great place! We found this place by accident when walking around Northampton, a city we visit twice a month, but for some reason we never noticed this place. Probably because their "sign" on the front of the building is a beer coaster that says "The Dirty Truth". The only reason we noticed it was a big Chimay chalkboard out front telling people not to drink Bud or something. The bar is very long with over 20 seats facing shelves full of proper stemware and bottles of beer. They have about 40 taps and lots of great stuff to drink. The waitress was very knowledgable about the beers available, and the food was good too. I also have to say the music was awesome. We were tlaking with a friend about being in a bar in Paris and how they were playing Massive Attack, and just then, the exact same Massive Attack cd started playing in The Dirty Truth. Weird. We’ll definately be back.

October 15, 2006
This place has great drafts... It is pretty much the moan and dove with 5 times the space and twice as many drafts! Yummy expensive beer. I love going in this place for 1 beer because: there are better bars in northampton, I know more about beer than the yuppies who order allagash white, and I can’t stand the atmosphere. It is dark with lame depressing music. Do what I do and get one or two great beers there and then move on to play pool, hang out in the tunnel bar, catch a concert, or check out one of the great local dive bars.

July 10, 2006
Finally a good beer bar in Northampton! Spawned by the creators of Moan and Dove, beer gods of the Pioneer Valley. 40 rotating taps of deliciousness - I had two of my favorite standbys, Allagash White and Arrogant Bastard. Food is good, semi-fancyish appetizers/small entrees. Dirty Truth can be nothing but a success in this town.

July 1, 2006
Excellent beer bar in a town that needs a beer bar. It strives to be nothing more -- other Northampton bars, take notice, serve good beer and people will come. 40 rotating taps.