Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Bread & Roses from Notch Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Brighton draught, 8/4/23. Cloudy lemon-brass. Small, white head at cover. Inviting banana, cream of wheat and hops all pretty well in harmony. Nothing aggressive from the hops, complementing spicy yeast phenols. Clean. Assertive hops up front lending more green, woody, dry bitterness than expected. But the wheat/malt really softens things. Earth, pepper, light banana and very limited clove and bubble gum, thankfully. Interesting, though I don't care for the dry, bitter, woody character of either of these hops.
CLW (16859) reviewed Pils from Notch Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
16 oz draft. Bready malt, weak hop.Very crispy, bright pils. Awesome to pair with dinner.
Jow (8309) reviewed Grodziskie from Notch Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Finally made it to Notch on way back from airport, it took a Grodziskie being on tap. Light pale yellow and frothy white head. Nose is wheat and smoke. Tastes smoky but not meaty, lots of wheat, some lemon, honeysuckle, green grapes. Light bodied and smooth.
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Continental Blockade from Notch Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Crowler pour, mostly translucent black/brown with a cap of off white head. Nose is what you want, its malt and toast and a little cola. Flavor follows but more earth tones, carob, malt, toast, light coffee. Licorice is mostly absent. Finishes medium bodied, mostly dry.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed XIII from Notch Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours clear gold into a shaker. Bright white head conglomerates as it actively recedes leaving no lacing. Lemon iced cookie, hay and meadow aromas. Crisp with mild banana bread and lemon upfront turning to bitter earthy pith in the dry, lasting finish.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Helles Spezial from Notch Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Brighton draught, 4/5/23. Clear, blonde, golden with a sizeable, off-white head showing moderate retention. Lovely hop bouquet beside the honey and baguette. Low acidity, good herbal, fresh, hop notes. Clean, with crisp yeast and bits of biscuit finishing. Baguette and cracker with surprisingly low sweetness yet a strongly malty texture. Herbs and dried dill with vanilla, more baguette and a touch of sourdough. Bit of bready, almost papery notes on the finish. But crude, not so snappy with some sluggish malt on the finish. The brewery that makes almost uniformly sub 4.5% abv beers is still learning and growing on its strong beers.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Continental Blockade from Notch Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Brighton draught, 4/5/23. Clear deep ruby-garnet. Small, dark beige head showing moderate retention. Cocoa-dusted honey with a touch of red fruit. Clean, no alcohol, minimal specialty malt. Bright as can be for the style. Soft, malty, easygoing but also with ample bitterness to balance. Light licorice, honey and toffee. Could actually do a little less roast here, though I know we're trying to approximate a strong stout. Great attenuation drying out significantly in the end.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Loggerhead Doppelbock from Notch Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Brighton draught, 4/5/23. Garnet. Clear. Beige head is small, well-retained. Heavily fruity melanoidins with licorice-tinged cola and a solid layer of succulent caramel. Clean, seemingly crisp on the finish. No booze. Soft, very malty, with quick bitterness inserting itself amongst bready, peppery notes and light chocolate and caramel. Clean, malty, good attenuation. A bit bready, maybe a touch more specialty malt than needed. Raisins, oranges, caramel, vanilla lingering. Still achieves a pretty good balance while remaining quite malty.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Rauch Bock from Notch Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Brighton draught, 4/5/23. Clear, deep brass-copper. Beige head is small, well-retained. A bit subdued at first, in the nose. Some very deep, dry, woodsmoke, earth and cellar must. Not getting much in the way of rich maltiness for being double decocted. Some fruity melanoidins, peppered, cured smoked fish lingering. Sweeter malt up front. Base malts adding honey and graham cracker. Smoke but kind of vague. Fruity, extremely so. Bready finish, a bit too much so. Heavy, heavy sourdough character builds on the end. Bitter, some alcohol, too much sourdough. Didn't seem great from the nose and just went downhill from there. Strange. It's not infected but something seems very odd here. Kind of a thin texture at points, too. Maybe some sort of hot side aeration issues that are slowly emerging?
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Rauchtanzer from Notch Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Brighton draught, 4/5/23. Clear deep ruby-cola. Off-white/light beige head is small, well-retained. Very dry, woody smokiness, not salty. Malts seem dry with a hint of toffee on top of brown bread. Cookie, pepper phenols, little in the way of hops, but still balanced and clean. Soft, a bit sweeter than expected up front with a really interesting raisin, prune, vanilla, marshmallow character that slowly moves to dry woodsmoke with bitterness coming from somewhere to very much balance. Grape must, moderate, ashy smoke and maybe even a bit of roasted peanut lingering. Clean, malty, balanced. Super interesting flavor profile here.