Notch Brewing
Microbrewery
in Salem,
Massachusetts,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2010
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Rauch Bock from Notch Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours deep mahogany into a willi. Tan micro head with excellent retention recedes leaving trailing spiders. Dark caramel, bacon and light smoke aromas. Soft with bacon and smoked sausage upfront turning to sweet dark caramel before the lasting earthy campfire toast finish. Nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Pours light mahogany into a stem glass. Tan pancake head with excellent retention recedes leaving spot lacing. Sweet molasses bread and dark pit fruit aromas. Soft and warm with sweet molasses and licorice upfront turning to earthy bread, dark caramel and bark in the lasting finish.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Helles Bock from Notch Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours hazy brassy gold into an English pint. White head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Smoky caramel aromas. Soft with toasted earthy multigrain bread and dark caramel upfront turning to pumpernickel and bark in the dry, warm, lasting finish.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Rauchtanzer from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours deep mahogany into a willi. Tan head with medium retention recedes leaving scant trailing sheets to skim surface. Dark caramel and light smoke aromas. Thin to medium bodied with smoked bacon and wood smoke upfront turning to sweet dark caramel and toasted brown bread in the earthy lasting finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Pours mahogany-tinged black into a shaker. Mocha head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Milk chocolate and pumpernickel aromas. Dry with sweet milk chocolate, mild smoke and mocha front to back.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed No Mud, No Lotus from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours gold into a willi. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Sweet caramel, biscuit and straw aromas. Crisp with melon and tangerine upfront turning to earthy multigrain sourdough and straw before the lasting, peppery pith finish.
Boutip (9769) reviewed German Afternoons from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
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.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Altbier from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Brighton draught, 1/4/23. Clear amber. Large, light beige head is well retained. Papery kolsch yeast, pepper and herbs from hops and soft mineral and hints of toasted malt. Very clean and snappy. Red fruit, toasted caramel and light brown bread. Pepper lingering long. Kolsch yeast (pencil, paper, pepper). I don't love medium specialty malts, as they get in the way of hops and yeast without much payoff (heavily toasted bread and caramel...yum....). But it's well-made.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Basking in the Glow from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Brighton draught, 1/4/23. Clear, brass-bronze-golden. Medium-sized white head shows strong retention. Sweaty hops with a bit of gummy bear, peach-apricot and sweet, honeyish malts. I don't love this mega-fruity, sweet and melony hop treatment that seems to be popular these days. There smells like almost no acidity either, which is the main problem. Clean, no alcohol. Sweet, round malts up front with melon, apricot, heavy honey and a bit of bland resin on the end. Glad Charlie reviewed this first so I got a half pour. Still hard to finish even a half pour...Nelson hops are close to undrinkable this harvest. Sad face.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Fire Walk with Me from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Brighton draught, 1/4/23. Clear deep amber with a light auburn shade. Large, off-white head is well-retained. Very, very fruity with heavy black pepper from the smoke. Almost some graphite in there, something slightly sharp. Good mineral and biscuity, bready malts with lighter herbal hops. Clean. Smoke and bread up front but thinning out heavily. Dry finish, light pepper and tons of biscuit but just rather extra-light-bodied even for its size. Still, the flavor is great with fruity notes from the smoked malt I guess. Not very smokey in flavor. Lots of dry biscuit, pepper and herbs lingering.