2026 Membership Renewals have begun! If you are a current SCB Library Card holder, please make your way to the taproom to renew your membership for 2026. We have an exciting year ahead!

If you are interested in a membership but are not a current member, please get on our waitlist! We will open up new membership sales to those on the waitlist starting December 1.

​Due to the unprecedented demand, we may not be able to accommodate everyone on the list this year, let alone open it up to others. Thank you all so much for your continued support!

~~~~~

What does a membership entail?

• Discounts on everything! We are expanding our discount this year to include not just our draft beer and SCB merch, but everything on our menu at 10% off all the time! From root beer floats to spent grain snacks and everything in between. This includes our to-go wine, bourbon, cider, and beer sales!
• Your very own library card
• A free birthday pour
• Early access to new releases and event tickets
• Member-only events
• Quarterly Brewer Assistant Experience opportunity
• Hop Passport add-on opportunity

​Ready to renew? Book it to our taproom or give us a call!

At Second Chapter Brewing, we love great beer and great stories, including books of all kinds! Our book club will explore a range of genres to expand our reading experiences and discover shared interests.

Each month, we have chosen a specific genre and provided a recommended title. However, you are not obligated to read any from this list. Simply join us for a conversation at 6:00 p.m. on the Third Wednesday about any book that fits the genre for that month!

Check out our monthly genres and recommended books below! 
​
Happy reading!

Follow the event on Facebook: ​https://www.facebook.com/share/1AxHz4xJiG/

​Out where the prairie meets the horizon and the wind carries secrets older than the hills, a body learns to appreciate the finer things. Cool shade. Quiet company. And a drink that cuts through the dust like a clean shot at dawn.
 
This here seltzer is a gentle paradox. Light as a prairie breeze, sharp as a six-shooter’s crack. It don’t come on loud, but it lingers, like the memory of a kind word spoken around a dying campfire.
 
Introducing: 
Lavender L'Amour 
(Lemon Lavender Seltzer)
6.4% ABV
 
Featuring ingredients from: 
Our Lavender Co. (Big Springs, Nebr.)
Long's Honey Farm (Gothenburg, Nebr.)
All Gluten Free Ingredients
 
Hat tip to Chad Seger for the name.
​
Member preview: June 25-29
Public release: July 2

The dry sarcasm of Oscar Wilde.
The minimalist text of Samuel Beckett.
The mystical verse of W.B. Yeats.
The social realism of Edna O'Brien.
The foreboding atmosphere crafted by Bram Stoker.
The human conditions chronicled by authors such as Jonathan Swift, Maeve Binchy, James Joyce, and George Bernard Shaw.

Welcome back: Irish Prose, a dry Irish-style Red Ale that celebrates the rich literary traditions of Ireland.

The slight bitterness of the hops is balanced by creamy foam and flavors of toasty, roasted malts.

ABV 5%
IBU 23

Available now. Sláinte!

Plan to attend our St. Patrick's Day celebration of Irish culture and heritage on Sunday, March 16, 2-7! https://www.facebook.com/share/15GB2CMVb8/

At Second Chapter Brewing, we love great beer and great stories, including books of all kinds! Our book club will explore a range of genres to expand our reading experiences and discover shared interests.

Each month, we have chosen a specific genre and provided a recommended title. However, you are not obligated to read any from this list. Simply join us for a conversation about any book that fits the genre for that month!

Here is our line-up of monthly genres and recommended books for this Books & Brews season!

Remember: We have given recommendations for each genre. You are not required to read these books, you're free to chose your own. Happy reading!

Have you noticed the two plaques inside our doorway?
Funds were donated by Cindy and Dale Shoemaker to install plaques from the former Goodall City Library entrance at the current entrance of Second Chapter Brewing. Cindy (Stone) Shoemaker is the grandniece of Clarice and Robert Goodall.

According to Cindy, Clarice loved the community of Ogallala and contributed to many projects such as the public library, Goodall Rec Center, Goodall Girl Scout camp, Mansion on the Hill, and a wonderful animated Christmas display called Fantasyland. Her goal was to brighten the experiences of Ogallala citizens.

We had the chance to meet Cindy and Dale when they visited Ogallala for Cindy's Ogallala High School class reunion last summer. When we showed her the plaques that had been removed from their original place on the building, she was very moved to see these tangible artifacts from her family's history.

While we had always hoped to re-mount these so that everyone could see them and appreciate the history of this building, the Shomakers' gift allowed us to pursue that goal without further delay. We are grateful for their generosity and honored to help preserve their family's legacy in our community.

​We are also thrilled to soon bring back our Goodall Golden Ale, which celebrates the generous foundation of Ogallala's former library. Pictured here with the plaques and newspaper clippings is a sample of the unfermented wort. We were able to dry-hop the beer today and it won't be too long until this smooth, golden ale is out of the fermenter and back on tap. Cheers to a new generation of community engagement and philanthropy in Ogallala!

On this extremely cold day, we hope you are somewhere warm, where the only work you have to do is to work your way through a stack of good books and a Second Chapter brew. (Remember those Trashy Romance cans you hid from your relatives over the holidays? Are they still in your fridge?)

Finish a few pages and then plan to join us on Wednesday evening at 6:00 for our Read Anything Book Club! ---> https://fb.me/e/15eVKygQG

This is an informal monthly meeting as part of our "Books & Brews" series to talk about anything related to books. Bring a book to trade if you'd like.

I'm looking forward to sharing my thoughts on the first novel I've finished in forever. It was nice to read something that wasn't a children's book or a "How to Start a Brewery for Dummies" manual.

Stay warm!

Third Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m.

• January 17
• February 21
• March 20
• April 17
• ​May 15

PS - Thank you to all those who brave the elements to keep the rest of us safe and snug at home!

What an honor to have our Witty Librarian (Belgian witbier) featured in Brew Your Own magazine! This classic style is next on our brew schedule and will be available again soon.

"A style that was one of the catalysts of the craft beer movement, witbiers are not as easy to find at breweries these days. A reader stumbled on a great rendition of one while in Ogallala, Nebraska, and asks the Replicator to share more about this beer."

https://byo.com/article/second-chapter-brewing/

We were thrilled that Joe Java Stout named his blog post about Second Chapter Brewing as his 2023 Top Story!

Cheers to great beer and great stories!

A Second Chapter in More Than One Way
August 19, 2023

For a writer, the first chapter can be the most daunting, staring at a blank page. When it comes to life, the second chapter can be exciting and scary at the same time. The thought of starting a new job, taking over a family business, or moving to a foreign land can test the will of most people. But for Richard Gibson and Lisa Kraus, their vision of a second chapter would unfold in a way they would have never imagined!

It was a great afternoon sitting with the couple and hearing their story! I always enjoy learning how people get into brewing. I get excited if there is any history and other ties to how the brewery came about. The next hour would have me on the edge of my seat!

Read More: https://www.joejavastout.com/.../a-second-chapter-in-more...

1954 - Ogallala's first permanent library was established here.

2023 - A different kind of library continues. You could call it a Second Chapter.
​
Come check out these beautiful bronze letters that used to hang at the entrance of the library!