Clarkvv (16523) reviewed German Afternoons from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Canned 7/6/22, drunk 7/17/22. Clear brassy-gold, small, white head, low retention. A little bit waxy, though the spicy/herbal hops are lovely. Grainy malts seem on the lighter side as far as richness and I can't quite shake that powdered sugar and/or wax character, though it's not dominant. Malty (cookie, honey, white bread) with herbal hops that don't quite wash away the sugary malt character. Lighter body with a thin, not all that crisp finish. Just too much powdered sugar and cookie-like sweetness with somewhat disjointed hop bitterness on the finish. This one definitely didn't do it for me.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed British IPA from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Brighton draught, 7/12/22. Clear, blonde-golden with a medium-sized, moderately-well-retained, white head. Lemon-lime, plentiful herbs and tons of white bread and cracker without as much fruity yeast ester as expected, though still ample. Clean, no alcohol noted. More citrus in the flavor than I'd prefer, though it's not overly bitter and the malt is a little soggy, though soft and ample, as well. Fruity esters and citrus dominate with a somewhat monotonous white bread-like malt character and lingering bitter citrus.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Kolsch from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Brighton draught, 7/12/22. Clear, beeswax-golden with a small, white head showing moderate retention. Strong maltiness in the nose with low yeast character, a touch of fruit and light mineral, with honey and white bread aside fresh, herbal hops. Clean, no alcohol noted. Very malty example of the style, yet still shows ample attenuation and moderate hop bitterness to balance. Lemon, fresh herbs, plentiful honey and light mineral give a great example of the style. Lots of flavor for its size. Love the maltiness.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Grodziskie from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Brighton draught, 7/12/22. Lightly cloudy, pale-golden with a medium-sized, fairly well-retained, white head atop. Light lactic acid is gentle and mixes with softer, rustic wheat notes with smoke coming on slowly and gently on the finish. Touch of honey and lemon round it out with no flaw or alcohol noted. In the mouth it's soft, wheat-forward with lemon, light lactic character and gentle, but flavorful woodsmoke. Good attenuation and reasonable malt depth without any punchy acidity or preponderance of smoke.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed British IPA from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours deep copper into a shaker. Bright white soapy head with little retention recedes to mottle surface. Sweet caramel aromas. Soft with sweet caramel and butterscotch upfront turning to mild, earthy pine in the medium length finish.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Rotbier from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours beautiful garnet into an English pint. Caramel aromas. Soft with caramel, golden syrup and earthy muti-grain bread upfront turning to earth and bark in the dry, medium length finish.
Jow (8309) reviewed Lojko from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Can at home. Taking it easy tonight with just a few light brews. Cloudy gold and frothy head. Nose is floral and some sewer malting. Tatses of yeast, candy, floral, hay, oyster crackers. Sweet finish. Smooth.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Hefe Weisse from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
2022 edition 5.2% Pours cloudy gold into a hefe. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to nothing. Banana and clove aromas. Soft with earthy, overripe banana and clove front to back turning to mildly tart citrus before the dry, earthy finish.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Lojko from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Canned 6/1/22, drunk 6/11/22. Clear brass. Large, well-retained, white head. Fruity as all hell for a lager, with floral notes and light cracker and biscuit. Mineral with no alcohol or flaw. In the mouth it's malty, well-attenuated with big floral and fruity notes. Nothing against fruity lagers, but this is so much flower and fruit with a strong biscuit malt. Dry, too much floral character. Feels like a rare miss. Needs more malt texture and sweetness. Way too much floral character.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Bière d'Alsace from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Canned 5/4/22, drunk 5/27/22. Dark bronze-brass. Clear. Off-white head showing moderate retention. Soft, honey and powdered sugar with herbal, earthy hop notes and light mineral from the yeast. Clean. In the mouth it's soft and malty, pretty decently attenuated though sweeter than your average German or Czech-style pils. True to the style it's got that annoying powdered sugar, or marshmallow if you will, malt flavor that makes most of the French pilsners I've had seem pretty cheap and gives lagers a bad name. That said, this seems pretty intentional here - maybe it's just the yeast even. Whatever the case, it's not great, other than being true to style. Some decent herbal/earthy hop bitterness does help balance. Otherwise, very clean, richly-malted and well-done.