Ord is the eastern gateway to the Sandhills, and Scratchtown is its brewery — a small-town taproom with a loyal local following and a name straight out of valley history. This is the kind of place where the taproom doubles as the town’s living room.
The beers are classic craft styles brewed for the people who actually drink here, not for competition medals. That local-first approach is the whole appeal: Scratchtown anchors the eastern edge of the Sandhills brewery trail, the counterpart to Kinkaider’s Broken Bow original an hour west.
Worth a stop on any Highway 11 Sandhills run — and a reminder that some of Nebraska’s best beer rooms are in towns you’d otherwise drive through.