Notch Brewing
Microbrewery
in Salem,
Massachusetts,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2010
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Books About UFOs from Notch Brewing 3 weeks ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Pours slightly hazed gold into a willi. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes to coat surface. Citrus and multigrain aromas. Soft with sweet white smarties and papaya upfront turning to lime in the medium length earthy finish.
CLW (16859) reviewed Zwickel Bier from Notch Brewing 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
16 oz can. Aromas of bread dough, grass, and mild yeast. Subtle herbalness throughout. Flavor shows me light biscuit/ dough / cracker backbone. Light-moderate floral bitterness on the finish. Body is correct for the style. It is ok.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Pour clear yellow gold into a willi. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to mottle surface. Lemon and bread aromas. Crisp with sweet malt, sourdough and lemon front to back. Lasting earth pith finish.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed The Decline from Notch Brewing 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours clear gold into a willi. Bright white head with good retention recedes leaving scant sheets. Mango and passion fruit aromas. Crisp with sweet mango and tangerine upfront turning to dusty pine in the medium length finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours clear gold into a willi. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes leaving sheet lacing. Caramel and pitch aromas. Crisp with sweet pitch and spicy multigrain front to back. Lasting toasted pumpernickel finish.
mcm1 (3805) ticked Left of the Dial from Notch Brewing 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
From High Spirits
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed The Decline from Notch Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Brighton draught, 10/18/25.
As pictured.
Clean and bright with, thank God, zero toast or caramel. It's more like a clear NE IPA. The way God intended.
Juicy and floral with good but not overdone bitterness. Malty and dry. Citrus and light pine. Everything you want in a WC, nothing you don't.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed The Crow from Notch Brewing 3 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Brighton draught, 10/18/25.
As pictured.
Lightly floral hops with timid malts. Maybe even a bit of citrus. Hard to get at the malt or yeast though.
Sweet corn and floral hops with some light citrus. It's clean and at least noticeably bitter, but the malt/corn is sweet and somewhat soggy. No biscuitiness or much of a crisp, dry finish. Hop flavors are a bit weird, too, bordering some soapiness.
johnnnniee (7495) ticked Zwickel Bier from Notch Brewing 4 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
On tap at the river road tavern one night after work with the guys.