Notch Brewing Salem Lager

Salem Lager

 

Notch Brewing in Salem, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Helles Regular
Score
7.36
ABV: 4.5% IBU: - Ticks: 17
Bavarian Helles / 4.5% ABV Bright and clean with subtle malt sweetness
 

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Tried on 09 Mar 2026 at 23:56


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can from the Packie
Pours a light gold color with a touch of haze and a decent sized bubbly white head that slowly recedes. Crisp bready crackery with earthy floral to counter. Seems lacking in body, but tasty.

Tried from Can on 07 Mar 2026 at 02:43


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

pours blonde with a white head. Aroma is bready and sugary. Taste is low bitterness. Bready sweetness. Smooth and easy.

Tried from Can on 23 Feb 2026 at 18:05


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Reviewed from notes.
Can to mug.
Appearance: copper color with a two finger white foamy head which trailed off nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: herbal, floral, grassy hops with some subtle honey and clean cracker malts
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a malty sweet quality; finishes crisp and malty
Texture: light bodied, sessionable, very smooth along the tongue
Overall: nicely done Helles lager worthy of coming back to.

Tried from Can on 22 Feb 2026 at 13:25


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Pint can from Jow. Thanks. Pours a crystal clear 14k gold color with a small white head that slowly dissipates. The aroma is light with herbs, sweet corn, and some mild citrus. The taste is light corn, grass, some cracker malts, bit of lemons and spicy noble hops. The palate was thin and crisp, but not watery, and the carbonation was lively. Finishes medium in duration and dry. Overall: Really good helles, goes down easy. Not one of my favorite lager styles but I definitely would drink this again.

Tried from Can on 01 Sep 2025 at 13:57


6

Malty, light, crisp. Not too sweet. Easy drinking lager.

Tried from Can on 12 Sep 2024 at 01:34


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16oz can. Poured a clear yellow color with a small, fizzy white head. Aroma was big crispy malts, light herbal and grassy character. Flavor was pleasant malt, biscuit. Crisp.

Tried from Can on 30 Jul 2024 at 03:35


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 oz can shared by James, 4/6/24. Clear pour, white head. Grainy and herbal. Bread and grass. Pretty tasty stuff. 7/4/8/4/16 16 oz can from Half Time, 7/23/24. Pours a mostly clear gold, fizzy white head. Dough, lemon, grass, grapefruit, and some pine. Bready. Herbal. Bright. Clean and very drinkable. 7/4/8/4/16

Tried from Can on 06 Apr 2024 at 23:28


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7

5 oz taster. A near clear yellow appearance. Soft aroma of honey malt and yeast. Crispy texture with a clean finish. Highly drinkable

Tried on 19 Nov 2023 at 22:56


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Canned 2/2/22, drunk 3/28/22. Clear, brilliant, pale-golden with a large white head that steadily recedes to cover. Nectarine, herbal and spicy hop notes, strong mineral, soft black pepper and hints of delicate honey create an aromatic and balanced nose. White grape becomes prominent, adding gentle acidity that works perfectly against the deep maltiness. Clean and no alcohol noted. In the mouth it's crisp on the finish, but ever-so-soft through the middle, with a supple, well-attenuated maltiness that brings light honey and bits of biscuit alongside the herbal and peppery hops. White grape-like acidity and deep minerality with lingering bitterness balancing the lovely maltiness. Wow, this is absolutely stunning and with so much incredible flavor for a mere 4.5% abv,

Tried from Can on 29 Mar 2022 at 20:16