Notch Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Salem,
Massachusetts,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2010
Contact
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.
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours lightly-tinged mahogany into a shaker. Mocha head with excellent retention recedes leaving scant spiders. Sweet dark caramel aromas. Medium bodied with dark pumpernickel and caramel front to back. Quite tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2020
at 23:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours clear gold into a shaker. Bright white head with good retention recedes leaving scant sheets to coat surface. Sweet malt and corn aromas. Crisp with sweet caramel and bread upfront turning to mild sourdough before the lasting earth finish.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Nov 2020
at 22:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours deep gold into a stein. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Caramel and bread aromas. Sweet and dry with caramel and toasted brown bread upfront turning to earthy pine and pith in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2020
at 21:56
2.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 2
Yellow with a strong, pungent, bitter hop aroma. Taste is like a slightly off Czech Pilsner, with that crisp hop finish .
Tried
on 22 Oct 2020
at 23:43
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours deep hazy caramel into a stein. Tan head with good retention recedes leaving trailing sheets. Caramel and malt aromas. Soft with dark caramel and treacle upfront turning to pumpernickel and dark sourdough in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2020
at 22:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours slightly hazed gold into a stein. White head with medium retention recedes to skim surface. Bacon and smoke aromas. Soft with mild smoked malt upfront turning to maplewood bacon in the lasting finish.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2020
at 22:23
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 22 Sep 2020
at 19:01
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 21 Sep 2020
at 18:47
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 21 Sep 2020
at 18:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours slightly hazed gold into an English pint. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to nothing. Hay and multigrain aromas. Crisp with hay, caramel and straw front to back. Nice.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2020
at 22:04