Notch Brewing German Afternoons

German Afternoons

 

Notch Brewing in Salem, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Pilsener Rotating
Score
7.07
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 10
German Afternoons was inspired by the hoppy Pils of Northern Germany. Instead of the mineral-rich water typically found in these Pils, we brewed it with our soft water along with our favorite German hop - Spalt Select. A single decoction and the Bavarian heritage malt Barke provide a beautiful platform for aggressive Noble hopping. This makes German Afternoons a crisp and dry Pils with lingering bitterness alongside moderate and pronounced noble European hop aroma and flavor.
 

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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Gold pour. Thin, foamy head. Flavor is lemongrass with notes of lemon, bold plant, and stinkweed. Palate is lemongrass. Light bodied and light carbonation

Tried from Can from The Beer & Wine Shop on 23 Aug 2025 at 23:37


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Fecal hay and triscuit nose. Clear yellow, thick sticky head. Lemongrass, marigold, grain husk. Medium body, easy carbonation Surprisingly complex for a pils and with some non-Noble hops.

Tried from Can from The Beer & Wine Shop on 23 Aug 2025 at 23:28


7.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Draught at Bad Brother: pours pale gold with white head. Aroma is grassy, lemonish, plenty of hop character. Dry, lightly bitter. Very chuggable. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 28 Jul 2025 at 15:47


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Gravity keg at Snally 2024. Murky yellow, which head. Malt and honey, really bang on. Light herbs. 8 4 8 5 15

Tried on 18 Oct 2024 at 16:03


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16oz can from HalfTime. Pale yellow pour yields a persistent sturdy white head. Biscuity, bready aroma, hint of lemon. Taste is soft and smooth, bready, kiss of lemon with some lingering fruity notes. Really enjoyable.

Tried from Can on 14 Oct 2024 at 00:22


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can: Poured a golden color pilsner with a large white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of cereal notes with some light herbal notes. Taste is a mix of cereal notes with some herbal hops and light residual sugar notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Enjoyable pilsner though maybe a tad too sweet.

Tried from Can on 05 Jan 2023 at 02:33


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can thanks to Jack! Pours a clear light yellow gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has a nice straw with a growing grass presence and a decent amount of hay supporting. Flavor has a nice hay note throughout with a bit of grass and straw growing through the finish.

Tried from Can on 11 Sep 2022 at 20:05


6.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Early afternoon brew. Light cloudy gold. Nose is floral and bread. Tastes of bread, floral, grass pale malt. Crisp and spicy. Ok

Tried on 01 Aug 2022 at 21:53


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Canned 7/6/22, drunk 7/17/22. Clear brassy-gold, small, white head, low retention. A little bit waxy, though the spicy/herbal hops are lovely. Grainy malts seem on the lighter side as far as richness and I can't quite shake that powdered sugar and/or wax character, though it's not dominant. Malty (cookie, honey, white bread) with herbal hops that don't quite wash away the sugary malt character. Lighter body with a thin, not all that crisp finish. Just too much powdered sugar and cookie-like sweetness with somewhat disjointed hop bitterness on the finish. This one definitely didn't do it for me.

Tried from Can on 17 Jul 2022 at 22:40


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pours gold into a shaker. Bright white micro head with excellent retention recedes leaving sheet lacing. Biscuit and pith aromas. Soft with hay, fresh bread and pine upfront turning to sweet pith and peel in the lasting finish.

Tried on 22 Jan 2021 at 23:10