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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4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 4

Pours clear gold into a shaker. Bright white head with little retention crackles and recedes to hug rim. Fruity stale malt aromas. Crisp with stale and sour malt and dirty dishwater front to back. Hmm... reminds me of my Mom's Clausthalers in the 70s...

Tried on 15 Nov 2021 at 00:52


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can at home picked up from CW online. A crystal clear golden coloured pour with a lasting white froth. Attractive. Aroma is nice salty beech rauch, smoke, bready grains, campfire ,grass. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rounded, cereal grains, bread, mellow smoked malts, beech wood, campfire. Really nice. Palate is semi sweet, semi crisp, highish carbonation.

Tried from Can on 25 Oct 2021 at 20:31


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Wow 3.3abv didn’t realize when chose to end night could be had this hours ago. Dark pour. Nose is chocolate and earth. Tastes earthy, of cola, chocolate, sour mash, tar. Easy drinking. Not too sweet.

Tried on 04 Sep 2021 at 02:58


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can at home. Nose is bready and some fruits. Tastes of cereal, bread, florals, kiwi, lemongrass. Medium chewy palate. Interesting euro hops.

Tried from Can on 02 Sep 2021 at 23:15


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Panda thanks to Fergus: Poured a brown with a off white to tan head. Aroma is sweet, marzipan, doughy, dark fruits, nutty. Taste is dark fruit, figgy/raisin, toffee, doughy bready, malty.

Tried on 03 Aug 2021 at 18:57


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours bright murky gold into a shaker. Bright white head with good retention recedes to skim surface. Tangerine, melon and pine aromas. Soft with Meyer lemon,tangerine and hot sourdough upfront turning to earthy pith in the medium length finish.

Tried on 21 Jul 2021 at 23:44


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can at home picked up from CW online. A clear cola brown amber coloured pour with a lasting creamy light tan head. Aroma is big nutty brown bread, rich dark malts, raisin loaf, nutty, Flavour is composed of semi sweet, rustic rye bread, brown bread, super malty, raisin loaf, brown leaves. Palate is semi sweet, rounded body, moderate carbonation.

Tried from Can on 19 Jul 2021 at 20:05


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Panda at home, thanks to the Wingman, 10/07/21. Deep mahogany brown with a good sized light tan covering. Nose is fruit slice, brown bread, toffee, dried fruits, nutty, dark malts. Taste comprises caramel, dried fruits esters, hint of honey, light roasty notes, raisins. Medium bodied, fine massaging carbonation, semi drying close. Solid flavoursome affair.

Tried on 10 Jul 2021 at 15:38


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Panda at home, thanks to the Wingman, 10/07/21. Deep black pour with a well presented lasting beige head. Nose is dark malts, brown bread, raisins, dried fruits, earthy, hay bale. Taste comprises dark malts, brown bread, light cocoa powder, dried fruits, cocoa dipped raisins, ashen tones. Medium bodied, fine massaging carbonation, hint of dryness in the close. Solid flavoursome dunkel.

Tried on 10 Jul 2021 at 14:49


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Panda at home, thanks to the Wingman, 10/07/21. Clear golden with a just off white cap that veers edgeward. Nose is pale malts, grains, bread dough, biscuit crumbs, fruit esters. Taste comprises bready and pale malts, crackers, grains, biscuit, light herb, caramel, hedgerow. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid flavoursome Kolsch.

Tried on 10 Jul 2021 at 14:34