Notch Brewing

Microbrewery in Salem, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2010

Contact
283R Derby St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Description
Launched in 2010, Notch Brewing – named for the nick made to keep a record when you're having more than one – was the first brewing company in the U.S. to focus exclusively on session beer. At the time, we simply wanted to brew the beers we loved to drink because finding them was a challenge. Session beer has been enjoyed in every great beer brewing nation for centuries, yet in the U.S. it was overlooked. So we set out to brew the world’s classic session styles from the Czech Republic, Germany, England, and Belgium, as well as explore how session beer could fit with the U.S.’s hoppy beer infatuation. Over a decade later, we have a brewery built on the back of session beer and it’s proven two things: beer consumers like options, and session beer is a great one.

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can drunk 10/26/22. Clear, light amber-brads-golden. Large, off-white head, good retention. Big, bready malts and rich honey contend with herbal hops in moderation. Clean, rich, low mineral. Interestingly, this is canned in Burlington, VT?! Soft, malty, heavy bready sourdough and toffee with fresh herbs and light to moderate bitterness. Maybe a bit intense for my liking but clean and malty with good attenuation.
Tried from Can on 26 Oct 2022 at 18:56

6.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 8.5
Can at home. Flattish looking dirty orange and minimal head. Nose is dried fruits and caramel. Tastes earthy, grass, caramel, dried golden raisins, apricot and floral. Lingering flavor.
Tried from Can on 23 Oct 2022 at 02:00

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Can on a Friday night. Lovely chestnut colored and a fingers worth of beige head. Nose is nutty and bready. Tastes of dark bread crust, dried fruit, caramel, quite earthy, little rootbeer. Medium bodied. Quite lovely.
Tried from Can on 22 Oct 2022 at 02:49

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours deep, hazed gold into a willi. Soapy white head with good retention recedes leaving soapy lacing to coat surface. Caramel aromas. Soft with sweet caramel and straw upfront turning metallic(?) in the dry, earthy finish.
Tried on 22 Sep 2022 at 00:06

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours clear gold into a Willi. White soapy head with little retention recedes leaving soapy lacing. Caramel and pineapple aromas. Soft with sweet caramel and white grape front to back. Medium length earthy bread finish.
Tried on 14 Sep 2022 at 22:14

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Pours clear gold into a willi. White head with little retention recedes to hug rim. Sweet white grape, straw and biscuit aromas. Soft with sweet caramel, straw and biscuit upfront turning to fruity dusty white grape and meadow before the lasting earthy pine bark finish
Tried on 11 Sep 2022 at 21:42

7.8/10 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

7.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours clear gold mliko into a nonick. Foamy head with excellent retention! Sweet smoke aromas. Creamy with bananas flambe and clove front to back.
Tried on 25 Aug 2022 at 00:28

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Canned 8/3/22, drunk 8/19 and 8/20/22. Clear maize-brass. Large, well-retained white head. Well it doesn't have the gross, paper pulp character that I associate with Alsatian pilsners. Does have the black pepper and light floral notes with heavy biscuit and no alcohol or flaw. Light minerality. Soft, very round for a lager, wanting a bit more grain/crispness. In that sense, it tastes cheap and improper for a great pils, yet here the beer is clean and biscuity/doughy with soft herbal and peppery notes. Sourdough-like notes pick up as well.
Tried from Can on 20 Aug 2022 at 21:26

6.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Brighton Taproom draught, 8/19/22. Hazy/cloudy blonde-lemin. Large, dense, white head, good retention. Oh yeah, sulfur-rich and malty. Less hop than I'd expect but gaining some fruitiness as it warms. Bubble gum and melon on the end. No alcohol, resin. Fruity, soft, malty, bubble gummy. Probably a lot more yeast driven than I care for, or maybe I just don't care for this yeast. Incredibly low bitterness. Tangerine, melon, table sugar. Lol is this a Grimm IPA??!
Tried from Draft on 19 Aug 2022 at 19:58