October 10, 2011
Great local place with a ton of beer on tap. If you go in the off hours like I did the place is rather empty and the service is great. Nothing too rare to be found here but they definitely have their fair share of local favourites. Didn’t try the food but I’ve heard that it is pretty good. Prices are average to high, but not too bad.

March 30, 2011
A "western-mass" mecca for beer on tap and usually great food. The GIANT blackboard listing all the tap and bottled beers commands your attention in multi-colored, creative fonts. The artwork on the walls changes periodically but is next to enhance your experience. The small specials board enhances the delightful menu and with few exceptions, the food has been the perfect compliment to everything. Service is sometimes with an attitude, its a tough pace to work. But when you have a favorite beer with your favorite friends, munching on a favorite food...all is good with the world. Ain’t that the dirty truth?

September 1, 2010 [ Updated September 3, 2010 ]
The GOOD: 40 beers on tap, many of which, other places just do not have. It is on Main Street Northampton, a cool town. The BAD: Everybody who lives in Western MA, knows about the place. So, it gets packed. It’s not easy to get a beer with a ton of people in the place. AND when it’s real busy... servers get moody. If you go on a slow night, it would be a much better time. Try a week day, never a weekend during the summer months. I WILL go back, just on what they have on tap alone.

June 23, 2010
Great selection of beers on tap and by the bottle. High quality craft beers with good food. A great place in Western Mass.

February 28, 2010
We were not allowed in. My friend had a cup of water that he was carrying and was politely asked to get rid of, and did, and then the manager told us we weren’t welcome there. After about 15 seconds of yelling (no yelling before we were told this, I’m not some crazy person) the cops were there taking my info and the Manager told us we could go in. My friend did and said he was getting stared down by the bartender and the customers, Who would feel welcome there? So we left. I kept this very brief if you would like to hear the full story just email me electronmaster@gmail.com, It’s not ridiculous on my part, they were clearly i the wrong otherwise why would they invite us back in? I have been beer tasting since way before I was supposed to drink and have to say you should avoid this place, go to the Moan n Dove in Amherst instead.

July 10, 2009
My son’s teacher suggested we take him to the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst...y’know, the guy that wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar?" I realized that is a spectacular idea because I can work in a lunch trip with the family to one of the area’s solid beer bars. The winner is The Dirty Truth. It’s an extremely clean place with a wicked long bar and a wall full of about 40 taps. Pretty chill scene, slightly upscale but some hipster doofus mixed in. A couple of booths in the back, raised tables with barstools throughout. Our server (Benjamin I think?) was excellent. Our almost 5-year-old decided on fried chicken and a pancake and when it came out Benjamin said, "hey, we figured it might still be too hot for the little guy to eat, so here’s a fruit salad in the meantime." Well, how cool is that? He knew his beer pretty well and helped out with one I hadn’t come across before (Bear Republic End 08). All the staff we came across were mellow, helpful and attentive. The food was good for brunch; the Beautiful Bride had a breakfast vegi burrito which was good...my andouille & mussels omelette was solid (may work a little closer to the jambalaya feel with shrimp or crawfish if you ask me...I generally don’t like to mess with that stuff unless I’m pulling mussels from the shell, as Squeeze would vouch). Jr.’s fried chicken looked and tasted pretty legit. As mentioned, about 40 taps. They’re not wasting a single one, either. Quite a few from Stone, Bear Republic...hell, still Founders Breakfast (it wasn’t playing too badly, either). The Beautiful Bride had a Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen...a clean, sessionable classic. Nice bottles, too...including KBS. At $14 a pop for KBS it falls right around the 2x restaurant mark-up. Ok, maybe a C-hair above but who’s counting. Brunch entrees were between $9-11 or so. Not dirt-cheap but not ridiculous. Pints ran around $6 for the most part. Ditto. Not pricey, but not bargain-basement, either. This place is definitely worth a stop-in if you’re in the area, and is deserving of the praise I’ve seen. Something tells me that Jr. will want to go back to the museum again in a couple of months. Will be interested in the true lunch/dinner fare the next visit.

May 30, 2009
Pretty much one of the premier beer bars in the area that everyone raves about. The selection is big and the staff can make suggestions for anyone who is to intimidated by the menu. Food selection is simple but very good. The only detractors is the price and the fact that everyone knows about the place so it can get crowded and noisy

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