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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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours clear gold into a Sam glass. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes leaving soapy lacing. Mango, marshmallow and cantaloupe aromas. Sweet, soft caramel, lemon/lime and bitter earth front to back and into the dry medium length finish.

Tried from Can on 28 Sep 2017 at 20:13


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pours gold into a shaker. Bright white head recedes to nothing. Grass aromas. Crisp sweet hay and caramel upfront turning to bitter pith in the medium length finish.

Tried on 26 Sep 2017 at 18:25


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Pours dark gold into a Sam glass. White head with good retention recedes to skin surface. Dark malt aromas. Crisp with bitter dark caramel, sourdough and roasted bready malt upfront turning to bitter earth in the lasting finish.

Tried on 15 Sep 2017 at 18:37


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours hazy pale gold into a stein. Bubbly head with little retention recedes to nothing. Smoke and caramel aromas. Soft with sweet caramel and smoky wheat front to back.

Tried on 18 Aug 2017 at 22:23


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

Sample at homebrew club last night. Hazy deep yellow color with a thin white head. Earthy spicy wheat malt on the nose and in the flavor. Earthy pine tropical citrus hoppiness counters. In my opinion the body is horribly lacking and feel’s a bit watery, I’m not a fan.

Tried on 10 Jun 2017 at 20:27


5

Really struggled​ to like this. Very dry.

Tried from Cask on 21 May 2017 at 11:24


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draught at Buk’s Boston, 3/21/17.
Light hay-flaxen golden body shows a very light haze and a small, white head atop with moderate retention.
Pineapple, grainy cereal mixed with buttercream and lightly juicy melon and mango all show off a lot more depth than expected from this hop. The malt is interesting as well, and despite there being some obvious diacetyl here, it certainly adds an interesting character to the beer.
In the mouth it’s juicy with light popcorn at times but yet somehow still endearingly enjoyable. Mango, lime, kiwi and such with honey, cereal-like character and a soft, malty texture. Good dryness, no alcohol, no resin and low but engaging carbonation. Weird but good. Or very good but with some diacetyl, is perhaps more accurate.

Tried on 03 May 2017 at 16:18


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Can pour into nonic pint glass from Andover Liquors. Appearance is hazy orange with yellow and green tinges, minimal sparkle, small white fizzy head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is strong orange, mangoes, grapefruit, pine. Taste is sweet tropical and citrus fruits, mild late earthy bitterness. Palate is light bodied with thin texture, lively carbonation and sweet over bitter finish. Overall, nice juicy flavors and taste/aroma strong for a session. Good job.

Tried from Can on 01 May 2017 at 18:50


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

Met my buddy for lunch in Burlington, MA which nicely had decent draft list been after some Notch for a bit. Nose is grassy and some citrus. Tastes grassy, grapefruit, earthy, wheat, and biscuits. Smooth palate and little zesty.

Tried from Draft on 29 Apr 2017 at 17:42


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

Draught at Canary Square, 2/25/17 and again on 3/21/17.
Lightly hazy, pale-golden body is topped by a medium-sized white head showing fair retention.
Juicy, tangerine and lime-heavy el dorado mix with the other more dry citrus from the citra as clean, fresh, house yeast mixes in the beer. Light cereal grain and hints of caramel-tinged-honey on the finish with just a touch of light butter. No alcohol or flaw. Light and fairly bright though I could do with a little bit less specialty malt.
In the mouth it’s soft, with low, fairly engaging carbonation and lots of juicy citrus. Some breadiness and light biscuit on the end with mildly bitter lemon and hints of caramel and light butter.

Tried from Can on 12 Apr 2017 at 17:09