CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Less than Zero from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours deep gold into a shaker. White head with little retention recedes to skim surface. Light caramel and wet straw aromas. Soft with sweet caramel, hay and meadow upfront turning to mild earthy pith in the medium length finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Pours deep mahogany into a shaker. Mocha head with excellent retention recedes leaving trailing sheets. Bacon and fireplace aromas. Medium bodied with sweet fig, raisin and date upfront turning to burnt brown bread and chalky embers in the dry, lasting burnt sourdough, pith and peel finish.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed At the Cormorants from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours slightly hazy gold into a stein. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to mottle surface. Cracker, meadow and hay aromas. Medium bodied with meadow, straw, biscuit and hay upfront turning to earthy lemon peel in the dry, medium length finish.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Dopplesticke from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours clear mahogany into a stem glass. Mocha head with excellent retention recedes leaving scant sheets. Sweet golden syrup, date and fig aromas. Soft with hot golden syrup and toasted raisin brown bread upfront turning to bitter, earthy pith and pine finish. A little hot.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Bock from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours mahogany into a stein. Off-white head with good retention crackles and congomerates as it recedes. Brown bread, raisin and fig aromas. Medium bodied with toasted raisin bread and date upfront turning to earthy chocolate and mocha in the lasting finish. Nice.
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Suspect Device from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours mahogany tinged black into a shaker. Mocha head with good retention recedes to coat surface. Dark chocolate, espresso and soy aromas. Medium bodied with dry, sweet dark pit fruit, milk chocolate and brown bread upfront turning to raisins and licorice in the lasting finish.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Wowee Zowee from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
500mL bottle drunk 4/5/22. Clear, bright golden-blonde with a hint of warm copper-honey. Medium-sized, white head shows strong retention. White grape and rustic, hay-like grain atop a soft layer of honey and fresh pepper and herbs from the hops. Love that the white grape is augmented complemented by the natural white wine character of the motueka, as it does the same with the herbal/floral notes. Pretty great hop for a lager. Soft and malty, well-attenuated with hints of soft, floral pine and white grape from the hops. Strong peppery bitterness easily balances the honey and cracker-like malts. With warming the hops don't get overbearing, nor does the malt, though the stronger than average, or perhaps, pinier than average hops are a bit bitter. Cool to use a non-traditional hop here, but I think it would have been a more enjoyable beer with a little less boil time on them.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Brighton draught, 4/5/22. Clear, deep mahogany with dark magenta hues and a dark beige head showing strong retention. Smoked malt is moderate in the nose with pepper and heavy wood. Rich caramel/toffee is not too sweet but prominent, with light date and raisin in the background. Hints of vanilla and sourdough with strong pepper on the finish, though clean and with no alcohol. In the mouth it's somewhat strongly bitter with heavily drying smokiness and more sourdough-like malt character than I'd prefer. Almost astringent in its dryness with the balance off somewhat. Still soft at points, with appropriate honey and caramel maltiness and strongly woody smokiness. Just a bit too much sourdough/bitter/wood overdrying.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Gates of the West from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Brighton draught, 4/5/22. Burnished copper-to-bright-rust with a firm, white head. Clear. Floral hops are soft and fragrant. Soft cereal maltiness with honey and caramel. Clean and lightly fruity with no alcohol noted. A bit bland and papery in the mouth. Very, very dry and could use more malt depth; just a touch too thin. Softly floral hops and honey-laden cream of wheat finish is clean though a bit carbonic/blandly abrupt.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Biersal from Notch Brewing 3 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Brighton draught, 4/5/22. Clear, beautiful, ruby-garnet with deep orange highlights and a large, dense, butter-tinted, white head that shows strong retention. Smokey and with some light pretzel dough-like malt behind it. Spring water, mineral and soft, herbal hops with no alcohol, flaw or overdone specialty malt character. Sourdough, woody smoke and mineral with a fairly malty texture and great attenuation. Peppery and woody smoke doesn't dominate, allowing mineral and hop character to persist on the finish. Hint of caramel, pretzel and honey on the end. A bit less malt depth than I'd hoped for but otherwise great.